Learn how grief, trauma, and stress are held in the body and how to work with them from a mind-body-spirit approach. This is a gentle 55-minute class for all ages, abilities, cultures, faith backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Everyone is welcome. Please bring a water bottle, a yoga mat (we have extras to borrow), and any other yoga props you may want.
Classes are all donation-based - only pay what you can.
Gentle Grief & Trauma-Informed Somatic Movement
Learn how grief, trauma, and stress are held in the body and how to work with them from a mind-body-spirit approach. This is a gentle 55-minute class for all ages, abilities, cultures, faith backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Everyone is welcome. Please bring a water bottle, a fitness mat (we have extras to borrow), and any other props you may want.
Classes are all donation based - only pay what you can!
Our 40-hour, Yoga Alliance-certified training will be offered in two parts:
- 20-Hour Somatic Healing Training: Growing with our Grief
- 20-Hour Embodied Yoga Training: Moving with our Grief
This 40-hour training is for certified yoga teachers with a desire to explore grief and trauma-informed approaches to movement. The final 20 hours will include asanas, readings, student teaching, and lectures that prepare participants to teach classes and lead yoga workshops from a grief and trauma-informed lens.
Details: To learn more about this training, including objectives, schedule, recommended readings, and teachers, please visit lightmvmt.com/offferings/trainings
Gentle movements and pranayama for navigating loss and inviting peace.
This class is brought to you by The LIGHT Movement, a non-profit providing classes, retreats, trainings, and resources focused around grief and somatic-healing tools.
In the serene embrace of nature, we will walk together and find solace in the beauty around us. Each hike offers a safe space to connect with others, reflect, and heal. Whether you’re seeking companionship or a moment of peace, our trails provide a path to recovery and renewal. Please bring a water bottle, snack, and anything else you may need to feel comfortable on the trail.
Through gentle yoga postures, breathwork, and meditation, we will focus on balancing the body’s energy centers (chakras) to promote emotional and physical wellbeing. Each session will focus on a different chakra, guiding you through a compassionate journey of healing. This is a safe space to honor your grief, find solace, and cultivate a deeper connection to yourself and the present moment. All are welcome.
This class combines the dynamic flow of vinyasa with trauma-informed principles, helping you build strength, flexibility, and mindfulness while promoting emotional regulation and body awareness. The room is heated to enhance your practice, allowing for deeper stretches and detoxification. Please bring a yoga mat, water bottle, and towel to ensure you stay comfortable and hydrated throughout the session.
Join us Wednesday mornings to create a collage, which can be a very visual and soothing way to deal with your grief.
This is a 1 hour, gentle, slow-paced practice designed to create a safe, supportive environment for individuals who have experienced trauma. The emphasis is on promoting relaxation, body awareness, and emotional balance while encouraging a mindful connection between the body and the breath. All mobility levels are welcome.
A community gathering where individuals can honor their grief through meaningful conversation, gentle movement, and the power of music. Led by a diverse group of faith representatives and grief therapist Amy Pickett-Williams, attendees will participate in a candlelight remembrance ceremony.
On the longest night of the year, we will celebrate love in grief and remind each other that we are not alone in our journeys.
If you are unable to attend in-person, the event will also be live streamed on YouTube.
A community gathering where individuals can honor their grief through meaningful conversation, gentle movement, and the power of music. Led by a diverse group of faith representatives and grief therapist Amy Pickett-Williams, attendees will participate in a candlelight remembrance ceremony.
On the longest night of the year, we will celebrate love in grief and remind each other that we are not alone in our journeys.
The virtual option will be streamed on YouTube: The LIGHT Movement - YouTube
You are invited to our monthly Self-Care group to relax & reset! Come as you are & give yourself time to just be & feel, within a warm and welcoming circle. Life can be soooo busy and overwhelming. It is essential to make space for moving through tension & stress, grief & loss, and navigating the changes in your life. Maintaining healthy self-care practices will increase your ability to manage whatever is happening. Come learn some new tools & meet some new friends. You are always free to engage as you feel comfortable, and move as your body leads.
Self-Care Saturdays will include:
- Grounding Yoga & Meditation
- Somatic Awareness & Movement
- Meaningful Expression Activities (ex: writing, singing, inspiration cards)
- Support, Sharing & Reflections
What to bring (all is optional, but recommended for best experience):
- Pillow for sitting, blanket or wrap (some blankets & mats are available)
- Journal/sketch book & pen
- Special item of remembrance (sacred object or reminder of someone/something you love)
- Special objects you may be ready to let go of (could be simple as a stone or feather, anything that speaks to you)
- Your favorite stuffy (if you like cuddly things)
- Water bottle & whatever else you need for your comfort
This Growing With Our Grief Workshop led by Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, founder of the LIGHT Movement, is a FREE comprehensive three-hour training designed to empower social work, psychology and other mental health students and providers, educators, chaplains, and global healthcare workers with transformative somatic tools and knowledge on grief. Particiapants will explore polyvagal theory and the window of tolerance through engaging lectures that illuminate how these frameworks regulate the nervous system amid grief and trauma.
The training incorporates practical, chair-based experiential exercises such as vagus nerve stimulation, bilateral movement, and practices involving contraction and expansion, as well as therapeutic art to support holistic mind-body integration. By blending the science of grief with meaningful, hands-on techniques, this workshop offers a pathway for fostering personal growth, embodiment, and deeper meaning-making throughout the grief process.
Parking:
- DU offers accessible short-term parking options for all members of our community. Visitor parking lots are identified by the color green and a 300-series number on the campus parking map. The closest visitor parking garage to Craig Hall where the event is being held is 301. There is a parking map attached for reference.
- The kiosk pay stations are located in the Visitor lots and are $2/hour or $10 max for the day. Payment must be made when they arrive on campus.
All pay meters accept credit cards only. - Guests can also pay for parking in the Visitor lots from their smartphones with the Park Mobile App.
http://us.parkmobile.com/mobile-apps - The Visitor/pay to park lots on campus are displayed in green on the attached map. For additional information please visit the DU Parking Website.
A 20-hour professional training to enhance your grief work with evidence-based somatic tools that honor the body's role in holding loss. Gain practical, trauma-informed skills to support clients and patients through compassionate, embodied healing.
We welcome all medical, mental health, faith representatives, chaplains, educators, and others who work in the grief areas. Continuing education (CE) credits are available. Payment is through La Foret Retreat Center.
Evidence and experience affirm the power of the human-animal connection, and companion animals improve the mental and physical health of the humans that care for them. Losing a beloved pet, or the opportunity or ability to care for a companion animal can be an isolating, and under-appreciated loss.
If you have experienced or are in relationship with someone experiencing grief related to companion animals, join us in community. Explore how to make meaning and find purpose to grow with your grief. Leave with somatic tools for integrating grief in the mind and body and a greater sense of belonging.
Guided by Jordan Constantine, functional, grief and trauma-conscious Yoga educator, and Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW and Founder of The Light Movement
The workshop, created by The LIGHT Movement, is a 2-hour experience designed to help participants understand the physiological impact of grief and learn somatic tools for growth and integration. Rooted in the goals of The LIGHT Movement, the workshop aims to remind participants they are not alone, teach science-based somatic practices to support mind-body integration, and foster meaning-making and purpose in grief. Through an inclusive and supportive environment, attendees explore concepts like contraction and expansion, polyvagal theory, the window of tolerance, and vagus nerve regulation. Practical tools, including gentle yoga, breathwork, bilateral movements, and vagus nerve stimulation, are practiced to empower participants to navigate their grief. The session concludes with reflection and grounding, offering a pathway to self-compassion and community solidarity while honoring diverse grief experiences. This workshop equips participants with actionable knowledge and practices to continue growing with their grief journys.
This class offers a sacred space to slow down, breathe, and write your way through it.
Journal through Grief is a gentle, guided class designed to support anyone experiencing loss—whether it's the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a health challenge, or another life transition.
Through soul-centered journal prompts, reflective exercises, and compassionate facilitation, you'll be invited to:
- Honor the truth of where you are
- Express the inexpressible
- Discover new journal techniques that collaborate with you to help you move grief out of your body and onto the page
- Connect with Divine Guidance and Love as medicine to your grief.
No prior writing experience is needed. This class is about presence, not perfection. Whether you’re in the fresh ache of loss or navigating long-buried sorrow, you are welcome here.
Attendees: Bring your favorite journal and pen, log in to Zoom 10 minutes early, if possible to troubleshoot any technical issues, and join from a quiet place where you will be undistracted for the hour session.
Erin Dworak has been a journal workshop facilitator since 2010 teaching people how to use the power of journaling to navigate the deepest seasons of loss, healing, and personal transformation. With years of experience creating sacred spaces for self-discovery, Erin helps others process their pain, connect with the divine around us, and find meaning through intentional reflection. She believes journaling is a bridge between the seen and unseen—a practice that brings clarity, comfort, and connection during life’s most tender moments.
The grief accompanying work with animals is complex, from the loss of bereavement, the moral distress of shelter and adoption decisions, or the grief of emotional exhaustion and burnout.
If you are impacted by grief in your work with animals, join us in community and solidarity. Explore how to make meaning and find purpose to grow with your grief. Leave with sense-based, somatic tools for mind/body integration and a greater sense of belonging and support.
Guided by Jordan Constantine, grief and trauma-informed yoga educator and yoga therapist in training and Amy Pickett-Williams, Founder of The Light Movement
When: December 5-7, 2025 from 4pm Friday -12pm Sunday
A Gathering over two days in a nurturing space to gently explore grief through somatic healing. Through movement, breath, art, and nature, we support the mind, body, and spirit in finding renewal and growth after loss. This retreat will be organized as separate, tailored, age-appropriate experiences for both children and adults navigating loss.
Payment made through La Foret Retreat Center. Scholarships available!
Adults- $350 + lodging
Children (under 18)- $175 + lodging
Please contact [email protected] if you have questions
Note: This registration link will navigate you to the La Foret website to complete your sign-up. Be sure to select the event, "Embodying LIGHT Retreat: A Somatic Grief Journey."
Survey: Please open this link to fill out our welcome questionnaire. This survey will only take a few moments and will help us give you a better experience at this retreat.
Beyond Words Training: Somatic Integration of Grief and Trauma
Dates: December 5–9, 2025
(Includes the Grief Retreat December 5th-7th and training the 7th-9th, must attend both for CE’s)
Description: Join The LIGHT Movement for our grief and trauma-informed training, Somatic Integration of Grief and Trauma, led by expert trauma and grief-informed psychotherapists and yoga teachers. A 20-hour professional training to enhance your grief work with evidence-based somatic tools that honor the body's role in holding loss. Gain practical, trauma-informed skills to support clients and patients through compassionate, embodied healing.
Who It's For: This training is for people interested in learning about the science and tools of somatic (mind/body) healing from trauma and grief. We welcome all medical, mental health, faith representatives, chaplains, educators, and others who work in the grief areas. Continuing education (CE) credits are available.
Registration: After registering here, payment is made through La Foret Retreat Center. The Cost for the training is $1,100. Continuing Education Credits for Health Professionals are an additional $100. Please choose the CE Credit Option when booking if needed. Discounts for students are available. Please email us at [email protected] for the discount code.
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
The LIGHT Path: 300-Hour Trauma & Grief-Informed Yoga Teacher Training
Dates: December 5-10
(4pm Friday - 12pm Tuesday)
Description: Become a Trauma and Grief-Informed Yoga Teacher with 200 hours of training or add on 100 hours of CE to your 200-hour RYT. You'll learn somatic practices, nervous system science, and embodied tools to support growing with grief and healing trauma. It begins with the in-person portion at La Foret from Dec 5-10. Your experience will start with the Grief Retreat (Dec 5-7), then we will move into the Grief training (Dec 7-9), and lastly the Yoga Teacher Training portion (Dec 9-10).
Virtual Dates: The virtual portion of the training goes through November 2026 and is every Wednesday evening and approximately 1 weekend per month. Please see our website for the full schedule: https://lightmvmt.com/trainings/
Who’s it's for: Anyone wanting to become a 300-hour RYT through a trauma and grief-informed lens OR 200-hour yoga teachers who want to become trauma and grief-informed.
Registration: The cost listed here is for the virtual training only. Please pay The Light Movement for the virtual training and LaForet for the in-person training. Both are required for the full program.
*There is a 50% discount for the 300-hour virtual part of the yoga teacher training if you are already a 200-hour yoga teacher. Additionally, if you register for both this training and the Mindful Grieving Yoga Therapy training, you will receive a 10% discount on both.*
Please contact [email protected] if you have questions!
Join Us in Person!
✨ All ages welcome
🕐 8 AM with Yve
📍 Littleton, CO
Hike for Healing: A day to illuminate grief on this summer solstice, in the serene embrace of nature, we will walk together and find solace in the beauty around us, connect with others, reflect, and heal. Whether you’re seeking companionship or a moment of peace, come experience how walking in nature can help provide a path to recovery and renewal. This event is offered to raise awareness around somatic healing and raise funds to support LIGHT Movement.
Attendees: Please bring a water bottle, snack, and sunscreen. We will walk 3 miles on a flat, wide, no-shade trail. No dogs.
Yve Harrold serves those who have experienced loss both as a Grief Educator, Yoga teacher, and a writer on life and grief. She also has 25 years of experience in learning and development as an executive, facilitator, and instructional designer. She is an avid hiker and a lover of the outdoors. Visit https://mysoulride.com to learn more!
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 10 AM MST with Pauline
📍 Offered on Zoom
Gentle Yoga: A gentle yoga class to soothe the brain and nervous system. The class is trauma sensitive and will include mindful movement with breath awareness. The practices are designed to soothe and nurture the mind and the body. Everyone is welcome, no previous yoga experience needed, practices can be done chair based or standing.
Pauline is a professional yoga teacher who offers trauma-informed yoga classes for adults and teens in Impington, Cambridge. To learn more visit: https://www.paulineyoga.uk
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 11 AM MST with Erin
📍 Offered on Zoom
Somatic Journaling: A gentle, guided journaling workshop for all – no prior journaling experience necessary. Find meaning through reflection, using the power of journaling to navigate loss, healing and personal transformation. Find meaning through reflection!
Attendees: Bring your favorite journal and pen, and join from a quiet place where you will be undistracted for the hour-long session.
Erin Dworak has been a journal workshop facilitator since 2010 teaching people how to use the power of journaling to navigate the deepest seasons of loss, healing, and personal transformation. With years of experience creating sacred spaces for self-discovery, Erin helps others process their pain, connect with the divine around us, and find meaning through intentional reflection. She believes journaling is a bridge between the seen and unseen—a practice that brings clarity, comfort, and connection during life’s most tender moments.
Join Us in Person!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 1 PM MST with Alex
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
Lotus Flow - Journey Through Darkness and Light: This class combines the dynamic flow of vinyasa with trauma-informed principles, helping you build strength, flexibility, and mindfulness while promoting emotional regulation and body awareness.
Attendees: Please bring a yoga mat (we have extras to borrow), water bottle, and towel to ensure you stay comfortable and hydrated throughout the session.
Dr. Alexandra Ament, PhD, BCBA, RYT is a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher.
Join Us in Person!
✨ All children welcome
🕐 1 PM MST with Amy
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
Finding our Way, Yoga for Kids: This class offers gentle movement, breath, and play to help children feel safe, express emotions, and regulate their nervous systems after loss or trauma. It supports healing through connection, creativity, and choice.
Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT has been providing grief psychotherapy for over 25 years. She brings a somatic-based (mind/body/spirit) perspective to her practice. As a yoga teacher, she believes these tools need to be accessible to all people to support healing and growth from their grief and trauma. She is also the founder of the LIGHT Movement.
Join Us in Person!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 2 PM MST with Taylor
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
Painting Light, Honoring Love: A candle painting workshop for those navigating grief. Using warm, colored wax, we create personal candle tributes to honor and remember loved ones, holding space for healing, creativity, and reflection.
Join Us in Person!
✨ All ages welcome
🕐 2 PM MST with Amy
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
Gently Moving with Grief, Chair Yoga for All Abilities: This gentle, accessible chair yoga supports those navigating grief or trauma by promoting nervous system regulation and somatic awareness. With adaptive movements and invitational language, it fosters safety, breath, and grounding—all from a seated position.
Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT has been providing grief psychotherapy for over 25 years. She brings a somatic-based (mind/body/spirit) perspective to her practice. As a yoga teacher, she believes these tools need to be accessible to all people to support healing and growth from their grief and trauma. She is also the founder of the LIGHT Movement.
Join Us in Person!
✨ All ages welcome
🕐 4 PM MST with Olga
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
✔️ Supplies Included
Somatic Fingerpainting: Nature Connection: A calming, sensory activity for all ages. Using fingers and natural paints, participants create images from nature to support grounding, self-expression, and nervous system regulation.
Olga Kost is an artist, esthetician, nail tech, brow and eyelash artist, and the owner of LNO Boutique. Visit https://likenootherboutique.com/ to learn more!
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Kids aged 9-12 welcome
🕐 6 -7:30 PM MST with Sam & Austin
📍 Offered via Zoom
Create Awesome Stories with Emotion: Sam Casey and Austin Ickes, the author and illustrator of the upcoming middle grade novel Jay the Magical Middle Schooler, teach kids how to express emotions in characters. In the first half of the class, Sam will briefly introduce how to express emotion through actions and body language, and students will write a piece of flash fiction. After a five-minute break, Austin will teach the kids how to show emotions in drawing, and students will try those techniques. (Hint: It’s all about the eyebrows!) Kids will have time at the end of the class to share their work.
Join Us in Person!
✨ All ages welcome
🕐 3 PM with Devon
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
✔️ Supplies Included
Join Us in Person!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 3 PM with Clarissa
📍 Unity Spiritual Center- Denver
The Healing Power of Sound: A soothing sound bath accompanied by gentle teachings on how sound can be a balm for grief, offering release, remembrance, and inner renewal.
Clarissa Fugazzotto is a spiritual life coach, energy healer, and founder of We Light The Way Healing & Coaching. Visit: welighttheway.love to learn more.
Join Us in Person!
✨ Teens, adults, and elders welcome
🕐 4 PM with Pooja
📍 Unity Spiritual Center, Denver
Embodying Light Through Movement: Celebrate the longest day of the year through gentle, guided somatic movement and expressive dance. Rooted in mindfulness, this class invites teens, adults, and elders to reconnect with their bodies, release tension, and move with the rhythms of the season. No dance experience needed—just an open heart and a willingness to explore. Together, we will honor the light within and around us through intentional movement and stillness.
Join Us Virtually!
✨ All ages welcome
🕐 2 PM MST with Amy
📍 Live Streamed
Gently Moving with Grief, Chair Yoga for All Abilities: This gentle, accessible chair yoga supports those navigating grief or trauma by promoting nervous system regulation and somatic awareness. With adaptive movements and invitational language, it fosters safety, breath, and grounding—all from a seated position.
This class will be held in person at Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, and will also be offered virtually through a live-streaming of the class. Please register for this offering if you will be joining the class virtually.
Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT has been providing grief psychotherapy for over 25 years. She brings a somatic-based (mind/body/spirit) perspective to her practice. As a yoga teacher, she believes these tools need to be accessible to all people to support healing and growth from their grief and trauma. She is also the founder of the LIGHT Movement.
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 1 PM MST with Alex
📍 Live Streamed
Lotus Flow - Journey Through Darkness and Light: This class combines the dynamic flow of vinyasa with trauma-informed principles, helping you build strength, flexibility, and mindfulness while promoting emotional regulation and body awareness.
This class will be held in person at Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, and will also be offered virtually through a live-streaming of the class. Please register for this offering if you will be joining the class virtually.
Dr. Alexandra Ament, PhD, BCBA, RYT is a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher.
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Teens, adults, and elders welcome
🕐 4 PM with Pooja
📍 Live Streamed
Embodying Light Through Movement: Celebrate the longest day of the year through gentle, guided somatic movement and expressive dance. Rooted in mindfulness, this class invites teens, adults, and elders to reconnect with their bodies, release tension, and move with the rhythms of the season. No dance experience needed—just an open heart and a willingness to explore. Together, we will honor the light within and around us through intentional movement and stillness.
This class is being offered in person at Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, and will also be offered virtually through a live-streaming of the class. Please register for this offering if you will be joining the class virtually.
Join Us Virtually!
✨ Teens & adults welcome
🕐 3 PM with Clarissa
📍 Live Streamed
The Healing Power of Sound: A soothing sound bath accompanied by gentle teachings on how sound can be a balm for grief, offering release, remembrance, and inner renewal.
This class will be held in person at Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, and will also be offered virtually through a live-streaming of the class. Please register for this offering if you will be joining the class virtually.
Clarissa Fugazzotto is a spiritual life coach, energy healer, and founder of We Light The Way Healing & Coaching. Visit: welighttheway.love to learn more.
You're invited to a virtual gathering on September 30th to enjoy gentle yoga, hear from a panel of grief and trauma experts, and discover LIGHT's upcoming events, including a grief retreat, YTT, and professional trainings in Colorado, Springs. This learning benefit raises money for SAGE event scholarships.
- 5:30 - 6pm: Gentle practice to open hearts and bodies.
- 6-7 pm: Expert panel for wisdom-sharing and inspiration.
- 7-7:30 pm: Closing panel with LIGHT facilitators to preview SAGE’s diverse offerings.
Tiered pricing options that provide SAGE scholarships to those who need them.
SAGE events include a grief retreat, yoga teacher training, and professional grief and trauma training.