The Grieving Brain - The Grieving Body

Grief doesn’t just live in our hearts — it lives in our bodies, in our breath, in our nervous systems.

In this half-day, grief-informed workshop, we’ll explore how loss changes the brain, dysregulates the nervous system, and shapes how we move through the world. Through compassionate education, guided movement, and structured reflection, you’ll begin to understand your internal landscape — and learn practices to gently support your healing. This workshop is for women carrying grief — whether from death, change, or the quiet losses life doesn't always name — who are longing for space to breathe, learn, and gently reconnect with themselves.

✨ Why a Wednesday?

Because healing doesn’t wait for the weekend. This midweek offering invites you to slow down, reset, and tend to your nervous system — right when you usually need it most. Spend the morning with us and take the afternoon for yourself for an extended self-care day!

✨ What to Expect

🤝 Grief-Informed Community

Share space with other women navigating loss (from death and non-death grief) in a quiet, supported circle of belonging.

🧠 The Grieving Brain

Learn how grief and trauma affect brain function and how the brain itself grieves.

🌬️ The Grieving Body + Nervous System

Explore how the body responds to loss, and how to recognize signs of hyperarousal and hypoarousal, learning tools for navigating all nervous system states.

🧘‍♀️ Vagus Nerve-Informed Movement + Breathwork

Through soft, intentional movement and breath, we’ll awaken the vagus nerve — the body’s built-in pathway to safety, calm, and connection. This gentle flow invites your nervous system to settle, so you can feel more at home in your body. No experience needed.

🖋 Guided Writing Prompts + Meditation

Tune inward and reflect on where grief lives in your body — with compassionate prompts and space for curiosity, not critique.

💤 Close with Guided Yoga Nidra

We’ll end our morning with Yoga Nidra — a deeply restful guided meditation designed to soothe the nervous system, invite emotional integration, and offer the body a sense of peace and release.

🌳 Quiet Integration Hour (12ish–1:00 PM)

Stay for a final hour or so of silent reflection — walk the land, write, breathe, or rest. No facilitation, no pressure — just space to be.

This is not group therapy. It’s a grief workshop — a space for learning, noticing, and gently reconnecting with yourself in the presence of grief.

💛 Come as you are. Leave with practical tools, deeper understanding, and the quiet support of shared experience.

Space is limited, say Yes to You now!

This workshop is offered by the Center for Loss, Grief, Hope & Healing — a compassionate counseling practice devoted to walking with you through life’s most tender losses. Rooted in clinical integrity and heartfelt care, our offerings are designed to support your healing with gentleness, depth, and hope.

Nola Metz Simpson, M.Ed., LCMHC, is a licensed grief and trauma counselor and RYT-200, with a deep commitment to creating safe, restorative spaces for healing. Blending clinical insight with somatic and expressive practices, she gently guides women toward greater connection, compassion, and clarity as they navigate the landscape of loss. Nola is looking forward to presenting this workshop and making space for grief healing!