2024
2025
Caregiver Dinner – Denver
If you are a caregiver, or have lost someone you cared for, you are invited to attend our Caregiver Dinner. We will serve comforting food, experiences, ideas and support for current and past caregivers. If you are able, you are invited to bring a dish to share, but it is not required.
Date: Tuesday, January 14th at HeartLight Center from 6pm-8pm
Comfort Food Dinner – New Mexico
in partnership with Bosque Trails
Next Dinner: Thursday, Jan 16 2025 at 5:30pm
location: Bosque Trails Hospice
Come to a cozy environment and leave the dishes and worries about cooking at home. We will serve comforting food and create a space for sharing experiences, meals, and beverages. This gathering is open to all adults (18+) who have experienced the loss of a loved one – regardless of the circumstances or relationship – or are navigating serious illness and anticipatory grief. While bringing a dish is not required or expected, you are welcome to contribute if it feeds your wellbeing. Through the act of sharing a meal, we aim to nourish both our bodies and hearts with mutual support. In partnership with Bosque Trails Hospice. Special guest Monica Delgado Vargas, PhD and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner, will provide a brief demonstration of tapping and discuss how it can be helpful when in grief.
Grief After the Holidays: Goal Setting & Tending in the New Year – Virtual
A follow-up from the “Grief and the Holidays” workshop, and for anyone who has attended a Facing the Mourning group and experienced the “Goal Setting with Milestones” section of that group, this virtual workshop is a way to get some support and helpful tips when transitioning to the new year with grief, setting and tending to doable goals, and more. We will discuss coping with emotional reactions in the new year, coping strategies and self-care needs, and goal setting in the new year. Suggested Donation: $20. Registration is required.
Meeting Date: Sat. Jan 25, 2025
start time: 8:30amPT/9:30amMST/10:30amCT/11:30amEST
Intro to TRE Workshop – Denver
This intro class provides simple exercises that can assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and the physical effects of trauma. Cost: $30. Space is Limited. Registration is required.
Unable to accommodate walk-ins.
Meeting Date: Sat. Jan 25, 2025 at 10am at HeartLight Center
Growing with our Grief: Understanding the Science and Tools for Somatic Healing – Denver
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 journeys. Register on the LIGHT Movement website.
Date: Sat. Feb. 8th from 10-12pm at HeartLight Center
Beyond the Grief Workshop – Denver
Please join us in a space of holding both gratitude and grief as we courageously enter the new year without our loved ones. Moving forward with a sense of enjoyment is often accompanied by guilt for seemingly “stepping out of” our grief. Amanda will guide you through the use of various self-care approaches including writing exercises, sharing, EFT Tapping, and more, with a focus on continuing the bond with your loved one while allowing yourself to embrace what 2025 has in store for you.
NEW DATE: Wed. Feb. 12th from 6-8:00pm at HeartLight Center
Valentine’s Day Remembrance – Denver
For those who have experienced the loss of a spouse, partner or significant other, we invite you to join us for a Valentine’s Day Remembrance with hot chocolate, cookies, and remembering our beloveds. Suggested Donation: $15. Registration required.
Friday, February 14th at 4pm at HeartLight Center
The Body in Grief: Tending to the Physical Experiences that Accompany Grief – Virtual
This experiential workshop will show you how to gently hold space for uncomfortable physical states, how to prevent discomfort from leading to worst-case thinking, and how to regain a sense of safety in your skin. These mindfulness techniques are a wonderful complement to other support tools, such as talk therapy and movement therapy, for improving mind-body wellness during grief.
Meeting Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 on Zoom, 9am (PT)/ 10am (MST)/ 11am (CT)/ 12pm (EST)
Cost: $20
Registration is required.
