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LIGHT Movement offers a variety of Workshops centered around somatic healing.
We would love to discuss how we can collaborate to bring these impactful sessions to your organization.
MSU Denver | Department of Social Work
Beyond Our Words ®
OCT. 8, 2025
2 CE’s offered
Grief lives in the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. In this session, participants will:
Describe how grief impacts the nervous system, body, and emotions through a somatic lens.
Demonstrate at least four accessible somatic practices, such as breathwork, gentle movement, or sound vibration, to support themselves or others in grief.
Identify culturally responsive approaches to grief that honor diverse backgrounds and traditions.
Apply mind-body-spirit tools to foster meaning-making and resilience in the face of loss.
Association of Professional Chaplains
Beyond Our Words ®
SEP. 25, 2025
1.5 CE’s
Gain a comprehensive overview of the physiological impacts of grief and trauma.
Learn how the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work, focusing in-depth on the polyvagal window of tolerance and its interaction with grief theories.
Learn practical somatic tools, including breath techniques, gentle stretching movements, sound vibration, and acupressure points.
Iliff School of Theology | September Renewal Session
Beyond Our Words ®
SEP. 18, 2025
Grief lives in the body as much as it does in the heart and mind.
Beyond Words: A Somatic Approach to Growing with Our Grief explores how we can move through loss by engaging the body, the nervous system, and the innate wisdom within us. This 60-minute session introduces participants to the science and practice of somatic healing, with accessible tools that support integration, resilience, and meaning-making.
For this Renewal session, Iliff is partnering with the LIGHT Movement (Love In Grief, Held Together), a somatic-based organization dedicated to supporting individuals and communitiesthrough grief, loss, and healing. Their mission is to provide accessible, evidence-informed practices thathonor the body’s innate wisdom, with a vision of creating peaceful communities where no one grieves alone. LIGHT believes healing happens in connection.
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Beyond Our Words ®
JUN. 24, 2025
“TAPS is the national nonprofit organization providing compassionate care and comprehensive resources to all those grieving a death in the military or veteran community.”
Association of Professional Chaplaincy National Conference
Beyond Our Words ®
JUN. 12, 2025
“As a national, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) professional association, APC advocates for quality chaplaincy care of all persons in health care facilities, correctional institutions, long-term care units, rehabilitation centers, hospice, the military and other specialized settings.”
National Symposium on Children’s Grief (NACG)
Beyond Our Words ®
JUN. 5, 2025
“The National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) Symposium is the longest-running and most comprehensive Childhood Bereavement Symposium offered in the United States. The NACG Symposium draws more than 500 children’s grief support professionals and volunteers from a variety of organizations throughout and outside the United States each year”
Beyond Our Words ®
APR. 15 – 18, 2025
“Animal Care Expo is the largest international educational conference and trade show for animal welfare professionals and volunteers.”
Beyond Our Words ®
APR. 15, 2025
“The Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization led by a volunteer board of directors whose goal it is to bring visibility to end-of-life doula work, as well as to work collaboratively with other end-of-life service providers. We strive to become Colorado’s leading go-to organization for trusted, compassionate, and dedicated professionals serving the end-of-life needs of our communities.”
Triad Mental Health Summit Series
Beyond Our Words ®
FEB 20, 2025
“This exciting event featured five distinguished experts who explored crucial strategies for mental health and wellness. Attendees will gain practical insights into somatic approaches for grief recovery, effective money management techniques for therapists, strategies for resolving anger and shame, and tools for improving couples therapy. This is a unique opportunity to engage with thought leaders, expand your skillset, and connect with others who are passionate about advancing mental health care and well-being.”
Beyond Our Words ®
FEB. 8, 2025
“Our mission at HeartLight Center is to provide meaningful and accessible grief support and education to the community.”
Beyond Our Words ®
JAN 28, 2025
Led by Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT
Grief Network Alliance | HeartLight Center
Beyond Our Words ®
1/24/2025
“The mission of the Grief Networking Alliance is to establish a network of lay and professional service providers who share information and resources with individuals, families and communities living with grief.”
Growing With Our Grief
Children and Grief
November 2024
An educational program on how to talk to children about death provided by Amy Pickett-Williams.
Learn somatic (mind/body) based tools to support children in grief. Participants will learn how to support children in learning how they hold grief in their bodies with a hands on therapeutic art activity.
Growing With Our Grief
November 2024
— A dedicated space to —
Explore the science of grief and how we hold it in our bodies.
Practice tools like gentle yoga to support integrating and growing with our grief
Open and close our time with connecting ritual
Growing With Our Grief
October 2024
Growing With Our Grief
October 2024
Growing With Our Grief
La Foret
September 2024
Growing With Our Grief
July 2024
November 7th, 2025
“Freedom and The Right to Thrive”
The mission of CSSP is to strengthen the effectiveness of school psychologists in addressing the academic, social, and emotional needs of children and youth in Colorado.
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October 23rd – 26th, 2025
The conference theme is “It’s Time to Act: Championing Disability Justice and Disability Joy in Social Work.”
This theme champions the need for social work conversations around disability joy, justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
October 1st, 2025
The COVA Conference is amongst the largest victim services conferences in the country. Over three days, in 80 workshops, and featuring two keynotes, participants learn new skills and best practices for the victim services field. The COVA conference typically hosts over 1,000 attendees from government agencies, district attorney offices, law enforcement, victim services field professionals, victim advocacy non-profit organizations, as well as crime victims and survivors.
