There is a kind of grief that comes with loving an animal that is hard to put into words.

It lives in the quiet moments…

the routines…

the absence of a presence that was once woven into your everyday life.

 Grief has been described as love with nowhere to go.

When our animals pass, the love doesn’t go away— it takes a different form, and we can learn to be with it in a new way.

Sometimes, in the midst of grief, it can be hard to recognize that—or to know what to do with what we’re still feeling.

You may be feeling heartbroken, exhausted, like you’ve lost a part of yourself—or not quite able to think clearly. You may even feel it in your body, in ways that are hard to put into words.

This can happen when the nervous system and energy field are deeply impacted by loss.

Holding the Heart is a gentle, guided experience with the donkeys designed to help you come back to yourself.

Through time with the donkeys—whose calm, grounded presence helps the body settle—and guided energy practices, this experience helps your system settle, restore, and begin to rebalance.

From that place, many people find they feel more present, more clear, and more connected to themselves—and to the love that’s still there.

🌿During our time together, you’ll be guided through:

• quiet, unstructured time to connect with and be supported by the donkeys

• a short, grounding perspective on how pet loss affects the nervous system and energy body

• an energy practice to help call your energy back from grief and overwhelm

• gentle support, including a guided relaxation, to help you settle, open your heart, and feel the love and connection with your animal in your own way
  

Most of the experience is spent with the donkeys, allowing your body, your nervous system and your heart to settle in a natural, supported way.

🌿 Who This Is For

This experience is for pet parents who:

• have experienced the loss of a beloved animal (no matter how recent or long ago),

• are caring for a senior, ill, or declining pet, or

• are navigating anticipatory grief

  
  

🌿 Your Guides for this Experience

Blair Hope is a professional animal communicator, Healing Touch for Animals practitioner, and Certified Animal Hospice Practitioner. She understands the deep emotional and energetic bond we share with our animal companions, and has supported pet parents across the U.S. and internationally in exploring that connection.

Through her work—and her own relationships with animals—Blair has come to understand that the love we share does not end when our animals pass. She brings her experience with energy healing and gently guiding pet parents through the end-of-life journey, finding a sense of peace and continued connection afterward.

Blair also helps pets & their people understand and find solutions to behavior changes and challenges in her private practice, and is a member of the Team at the farm, creating and guiding experiences with the donkeys.

The Donkeys of Campbell's Lane Farm naturally know how to meet us wherever we are, be present with us, help us find our hearts and regulate our nervous systems. 💖