Helen Saunders Funeral Celebrant

12/09/2025

I arrived in my holiday apartment in Greece and noticed a voicemail. It turned out to be local (U. K. not Greece!) Funeral Director asking me if I could officiate a funeral on 1st October. This is my first 'repeat' funeral. I officiate for a dearly loved Grandpa around the end of last year. He had an unusual life story starting his life in U.S.A. and ending in Gorleston. The family absolutely adored him. I met his dearly loved wife as she recalled how they met and shared their life. It is so sad she is gone but it is my honour to help the family say goodbye to her too. 🙏💜

22/08/2025

If you need this, here is your permission. It's OK if you have a few hours or even days when you don't think of your loved ones. Your memories are safely stored. Your loved wants you to carry on. 💜

11/08/2025

I have many spiritual friends who dread the idea of a typical Crematorium funeral. Funerals/memorials can be held in many places including Woodland Burial halls, Village halls, garden or woods. Ceremonies can include calling on angels, masters, fairies. You can have any music you like including Sound healing instruments, Chanting or folk band.
I absolutely love thinking out of the box! I'm rarely in it to be honest! 😁💜

21/07/2025

It's my Mum's anniversary today, 24yrs. It has got easier for me but there's always an ache in my heart. The hole a Mum leaves can never truly be filled. I remember her today full of gratitude and love. 💜💜💜

16/06/2025

Sometimes Direct Cremation is agreed by family and they arrange a family celebration but most don't. I find these companies use aggressive advertising and tap into the elderly's worries about money. It's disgusting. 😢

15/06/2025

The absense is hard to bear on days like today. But we can do our best for focus on gratitude and love 💜

02/06/2025

Preparing for my first Spiritual Memorial. We're having a Fire Remembering Ritual, Sound Bath and Rose planting as well as poetry and music 🌹🎉💜

20/05/2025

If your loved one was committed to Yoga, Reiki, Sound Healing, Chanting, Mediation, Shamanism/Drumming, Meduimship I'm your Funeral Celebrant 💜

20/05/2025

I specialise in Spiritual Farewells as I lead a spiritual life myself. Crematoriums can seem uninviting and sterile for those who are Pagan, Wiccan, Spiritual, Shaman etc. I can offer a personalised farewell in any Crematorium or Woodland Burial site in East Anglia. You may prefer a memorial or celebration in your own garden, on the beach or a village hall. This gives freedom to sit in a circle around a fire with drumming, chanting or meditating. Celebrating your loved one in a way that's meaningful and aligned with the way they lived. We can create the most beautiful goodbye together.
Feel free to message me if you have lost somebody or you want to plan ahead.
Love and blessings, Helen 🕉️☯️🙏💜

30/03/2025

You never stop needing your Mum 💜 Love to all who are celebrating or struggling today. You are not alone 💜

06/03/2025

So lovely to receive a thank you from this family. It was a very complicated service needing the balancing of several elements. 💜

02/02/2025

Problem solving can never take away the pain of grief. We simply need an open hearted friend to walk with us 💜

Ernest Hemingway once said,
“In our darkest moments, we don’t need advice.”
What we truly need is the power of human connection: a quiet presence, a gentle touch, or the smallest gesture that reminds us we’re not alone. These acts of love and solidarity become the anchors that hold us steady when life feels overwhelming.
Pain is a deeply personal burden, and difficulties are uniquely ours to face—but your silent presence tells me I don’t have to face them in isolation. It’s a quiet reminder that, no matter how lost I feel, I am still worthy of love and connection.
Sometimes, words aren’t necessary; your silent support speaks louder than anything else. Love, in its purest form, has the power to help us rediscover ourselves, even when we’ve forgotten who we are.
Let’s remember the importance of simply being there for one another. ♥️