Every Loss Has Its Own Shape. So Does Its Healing

A Grief Circle for Sudden & Traumatic Loss

When Loss Comes Without Warning, Grief Comes Without a Map.

8 weeks, together, plus a private session — for sudden, violent, or traumatic loss.

Some losses arrive with no time to prepare, no chance to say goodbye — an accident, a sudden death, a violent or traumatic event. This grief carries shock and trauma layered on top of loss. This circle moves gently, honoring both.

You Might Belong Here If…

The suddenness of it keeps replaying, and you feel stuck in the moment you found out.

You’re carrying both grief and trauma, and it feels like too much to hold at once.

You startle easily, feel unsafe, or can’t seem to settle in your own body.

You need a pace that’s gentle — not another program that pushes you to “process” before you’re ready.

“My somatic and Certified Grief Yoga® training exist for exactly this — because trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. This circle moves at the pace your nervous system needs, never faster.”

How the Circle Works

Weeks 1–2

Being Witnessed

You tell your story, fully, without anyone trying to fix it or rush you past it. Just being truly heard begins the healing.

Weeks 3–5

Moving Through, Not Around

Guided grief and somatic practices — drawn from my Certified Grief Yoga® training — to help the grief move through your body, not just your mind.

Weeks 6–7

Finding the Light Again

Gently, without ever rushing you, we turn toward what it means to carry this loss and still find moments of light, connection, and life.

Week 8

Carrying It Forward, Together

We close as a circle — with what you’ll carry forward, and the truth that you never have to carry it alone again.

Bonus

Your Private Session

A private session just for you — gentle, at your pace, to work somatically with whatever your body is still holding from the shock and trauma of how this loss happened.

Small group of 6–10, virtual, 90-minute sessions, weekly for 8 weeks — plus one private one-on-one session, just for you.

“The light was never extinguished in you. It lives within your loss — waiting to be found. And you don’t have to find it alone.”

— Debbie Rivera

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You Don’t Have to Walk Through This Alone.

Reach out with any question, or claim your place in the next circle — no pressure, just an open door.

Join This Circle

Small group. Private. Held with care.