Embodiment Somatic Healing Programs

No two experiences of loss will be exactly the same and each grief seems to have its own trajectory and timeline. No one can tell us how we should or shouldn't grieve, though many will offer well-meaning advice. Grieving may be a natural response to our losses but it may also be one of the hardest things we ever do. We may feel we are absent from parts of our lives, or that we are feeling too much, we may fear the pain. There is hope though. Learning and incorporating somatic practices, being around people who have been through something similar, feeling supported - all these can help us honor our experiences and find our way forward with more compassion and resilience.

Your body knows how to grieve and is a powerful resource that is already there for you. In our upcoming Emerge program we use body based approaches that provide grounded support for grieving.

Some topics we will cover are:

How somatic approaches can support grieving
How grieving affects the body and brain
How to support a grieving body and mind
Grieving and physical pain
When we get stuck
Somatic emotional processing,
What part is trauma? What part is grief?,
The body as a source of resilience
The heart of grieving

We will meet once a week for six weeks in live online community, starting July 6

Taught by Giselle and Andreanna

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When I experienced the death of my close friend and mentor I found that being with others helped me the most. I found that my usual friends weren't really comfortable with my grieving. Being with others who shared my loss helped me feel supported to share the flowing organic movement of my grief. I was able to be present to others and myself.

Co-regulating with others regulates our nervous system, helping it to find balance. This balance gets lost when we've been trapped in hyper aroused or shutdown states due to stress, trauma and grief.

At Embodiment Institute creating a safe space for sharing in our somatic healing courses is so important to us because it's one of the keys to the power of healing. As a clinical social worker, group work was one of my main modalities and I have since run many groups for people with stress, trauma and grief in the healthcare system. My love of group work came from my early experiences and I have continued to run groups of many kinds for most of my career. It's my preference over one on one work because of its power to heal. It brings people together and creates life changing experiences.

In our 6 week live online Emerge course we create a supportive space for grievers and provide you with a somatic toolbox to support grieving.

Begins 6th July 5-7pm PST
www.embodiment.institute/emerge-course-for-grief-and-loss

Our bodies know how to grieve if we are attuned to its needs. Neuroscience shows that having resilience and a flexible mindset greatly supports grieving. This is evidenced by people being able to move through their grieving if they have good vagal tone, the ability to modulate the nervous system during times of emotional distress. Being with others who support and ground us also helps our vagal tone. Our body will tell us when we feel supported, grounded and centered, when we listen. If there is trauma, from the past or as part of the loss this can also affect our vagal tone. We can bring practices into our daily routine that support our nervous system and improve our vagal tone. The body has such a capacity to heal and can be a resource of resilience and knowledge.

In our 6 week online live Emerge course we create a supportive space for grievers and a somatic toolbox to support grieving.

Begins 6th July 5-7pm PST
embodiment.institute/emerge-course-for-grief-and-los