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Nyx Funerals Nyx Funerals is a funeral celebrant and grief support business in Naarm, Melbourne.

Grief House is returning.A space to gather with grief, through ritual, movement, rest and being alongside others who und...
02/10/2026

Grief House is returning.

A space to gather with grief, through ritual, movement, rest and being alongside others who understand that grief needs somewhere to go.

The next Grief House is taking shape now.

If you’d like to be the first to hear when places are released, you can add your name to the expression of interest.
Link in bio. 🕯️

01/10/2026

People often ask me how I do such a sad job.

And yes, working closely with death means being alongside heartbreak, loss and some of the hardest moments of people’s lives.

But strangely, being reminded of death every day has made me more alive.

Death work constantly reminds me that our time here is finite. That this ordinary, messy, beautiful life is happening now.

So I dance. I play. I make things. I camp under the stars. I laugh loudly with people I love. I try things. I make rituals and wear sequins.

Death work is, in so many ways, life work. 🌿

Spring newsletter out now 🌱I reflect on a personal story of facilitating a vigil for a dearly beloved, and on the power ...
13/09/2026

Spring newsletter out now 🌱

I reflect on a personal story of facilitating a vigil for a dearly beloved, and on the power of bringing people home after they’ve died.

The way a vigil can incite creativity and community and, most preciously, offer us time to simply be with those we’ve loved and lost.

*Sign up via the link in my bio.

The Final Course – Online We’re back on Thursday 27 August, 7.00–9.00 pm (AEST).Join me for a comprehensive two-hour wor...
31/07/2026

The Final Course – Online

We’re back on Thursday 27 August, 7.00–9.00 pm (AEST).

Join me for a comprehensive two-hour workshop exploring your end-of-life wishes, future health care decisions, and practical death care planning.

Together we’ll cover:
• Victorian Advance Care Directives
• Appointing important decision-makers
• Funeral and body wishes
• Body care and disposal options
• Wills and where to access legal support

Held in a small, grief- and trauma-informed group, there’ll be plenty of space to ask questions and receive tailored guidance based on your own circumstances.

Planning ahead isn’t about expecting the worst—it’s about making informed choices, reducing the burden on the people you love, and ensuring your wishes are known.

Places are limited.

✨ Link in bio to book.

There is often a quiet sentence I hear after a funeral:“It wasn’t enough.”Sometimes it’s because a single ceremony could...
21/07/2026

There is often a quiet sentence I hear after a funeral:

“It wasn’t enough.”

Sometimes it’s because a single ceremony could never hold the enormity of a person’s life. Sometimes it’s because family dynamics meant the people who knew them best couldn’t fully participate. Sometimes there simply wasn’t enough space for ritual, storytelling or the kind of honouring that felt true.

So this is your gentle reminder: one funeral is rarely enough.

You are allowed to continue honouring your person for the rest of your life.

Create another ceremony. Light a candle every year. Gather their favourite people. Cook the meal they always made. Visit the beach they loved. Listen to their favourite album. Tell their stories around the table. Return to a place that feels connected to them.

Birthdays, death anniversaries, and other significant dates can become beautiful anchors for remembrance, but they don’t have to be. Any ordinary Tuesday can become sacred when you intentionally make space to remember.

When I’m creating rituals with families, I often ask:

“How can we bring your person into this gathering?”

The answer is rarely complicated. It’s usually found in the things they loved, the places they cherished, the people who carry them forward, and the stories that keep them close.

Grief changes over time. Love doesn’t.

I’d love to hear from you. How do you honour your loved ones beyond the funeral?

🤍 Why might you want a funeral celebrant who is also a social worker?Social workers are trained to understand grief and ...
17/07/2026

🤍 Why might you want a funeral celebrant who is also a social worker?

Social workers are trained to understand grief and the many different ways people respond to loss. We know there is no “correct” way to grieve. Some people cry. Others laugh, organise, become angry or feel completely numb. All of these responses are normal.

🫶 We’re also trained to hold complexity.

Families and chosen families are not always straightforward. There may be estrangement, blended families, differing wishes or unresolved relationships that need to be navigated with care and respect. Sometimes the person who speaks the loudest isn’t the only voice that needs to be heard.

A trauma-informed approach matters.

For families experiencing a su***de, sudden death, accident or the death of a child, a trauma-informed approach can help create a ceremony that feels emotionally safe, while gently supporting those who are grieving.

Supporting the whole family.

My social work background also shapes the way I include children, facilitate family meetings and support people who simply don’t know where to begin.

✨ For me, it’s about more than writing a ceremony.

I see my role as accompanying people through one of the most significant days of their lives—with curiosity, compassion and calm.

The ceremony is important.

But so is how people feel before it, during it and after it. 🤍

There is something profoundly moving about watching a group of strangers grieve together with courage and presence.Thank...
25/06/2026

There is something profoundly moving about watching a group of strangers grieve together with courage and presence.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the very first Grief House in Naarm. Thank you for bringing your tenderness, your tears, your presence, and your willingness to step into ritual together. It was an honour to witness and hold space alongside you.

A heartfelt thank you to .psychotherapy for leading such beautiful, thoughtful somatic practice, helping us gently meet grief through the wisdom of the body. To Jon who hand crafted each memorial candle with such care and reverence, and to with her quiet steady presence as our Grief House usher.

It reminded me that grief doesn’t need to be carried alone. When we gather in community, with ritual, movement and compassion something shifts.

This is only the beginning.

I’m so looking forward to creating more spaces that invite us into embodied, creative and deeply human ways of being together.. Joh ✨

Why is ritual so important?Ritual creates a container for important moments in our lives. It gives visible form to our i...
07/06/2026

Why is ritual so important?

Ritual creates a container for important moments in our lives. It gives visible form to our inner world, allowing the bigness of our emotions to be seen, witnessed and held.

In much of contemporary Western culture, we have lost many of the communal rituals that once marked life’s significant transitions and rites of passage. Yet ritual remains a powerful vehicle for grief. It reminds us that grief is not something we must carry alone, but something that can be held in community.

This Sunday at Grief House, we begin with a ritual to honour the people who have died in our lives and to acknowledge the shared experience of grief, bereavement and love.

Grief House – Moving with Grief

Sunday 14 June, 5–7pm
Studio Take Care, Brunswick

Link in my bio. A small number of highly subsidised tickets remain available. DM me if cost is a barrier.

My winter newsletter is out tonight✨This edition wanders through grief, ritual, stars and the night sky — inspired in pa...
29/05/2026

My winter newsletter is out tonight✨

This edition wanders through grief, ritual, stars and the night sky — inspired in part by the luminous work above of and her words:

“The night is a thick blanket with puncture wounds…”

A reflection on death and the ways we search the dark for meaning, memory and home.

If you’d like to receive it, you can sign up via the link in my bio.

I’m so excited to finally share ‘Grief House’ a space for grief, ritual and collective care that I’ve wanted to facilita...
22/05/2026

I’m so excited to finally share ‘Grief House’ a space for grief, ritual and collective care that I’ve wanted to facilitate for a very long time. The first Grief House is next month in Naarm.

Grief House: Moving with Grief

A small guided ritual and somatic gathering for people grieving the death of someone they love.

An evening of collective ritual, gentle movement, rest and remembrance.

✨ Sunday June 14th
✨ 5–7pm
✨ Take Care Studio, Brunswick
✨ Sliding scale tickets via link in bio

Held by Joh Fairley () with somatics guided by the wonderful .psychotherapy

Image by Silk and Willow

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Coburg, VIC
3058

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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