Workshop · Virtual
Rituals for Pet Loss 2025
This supportive virtual workshop created a community of understanding where pet loss could be shared, normalized, and honoured, helping participants explore ritual as a bridge between grief, remembrance, and love.
- When
- August 10, 2025, 10:00am-12:00pm PT
- Format
- Virtual
- Price
- $50.00 USD
Who is this for?
This gathering was designed for people anticipating the end-of-life journey with an aging or ill companion animal, those recently grieving a beloved pet, people still carrying previous pet loss, and professionals who support families through animal death and bereavement.
What to expect
Participants explored three phases surrounding the death of a pet: before loss, during transition, and after death, with practical ritual templates, compassionate guidance, real-life stories, and community connection.
What you'll learn
The workshop introduced rituals for honouring a pet while they are still alive, creating a peaceful container for euthanasia or natural passing, commemorating a pet’s life and legacy, and caring for grief after death.
Facilitators
Megan Sheldon
Megan Sheldon (she/her) is a cultural mythologist, humanist celebrant, end-of-life doula, and co-founder of Be Ceremonial, the world's first guided ritual and ceremony platform. She is the author of Ritual Without Religion: A Humanist Guide to Creating Secular Ceremonies, and has spent years crafting ceremonies across the life cycle, with a focus on grief and the less visible moments of change and transition.
