Somatic Based Groups in Los Angeles, CA, Workshops, and Resources Online
Whether your loss happened months or years ago and it was a death, a broken relationship, or a lost chapter of life, it can leave you feeling stuck, isolated, and heavy with the weight of it. It may feel like you are just waiting for grief to be “over” so that your life can begin again, you can come back to your body, and you can re-build. This 9-week group will create a safe space for you to be with others, heal in community, and finding a new way of moving through and with grief.
A Space for Your Whole Self
This is a warm, inclusive, and trauma-informed container designed to help you move from simply surviving your grief to living with it in a state of presence. Facilitated by Melissa Velasquez, ASW and Sarita Barnes, ASW.
This is a closed group meaning that participants commit to journeying together for most of the group to make it possible for trust and emotional safety to develop. You can join the group as late as May 17, 2026.
Together, we will explore:
Grief as an Active Process: Shifting from "getting over it" to being present with change.
Somatic Processing: Using both talking and sharing and gentle body-based practices to release the tension and trauma that grief stores in our nervous system.
Ritual: Discovering personal and collective ways to honor your loss with intention.
Connection and Collective Healing: Break cycles of isolation by being witnessed by a community, giving and receive support, and connecting.
Is This Group for You?
This space is for anyone navigating the complexities of loss of a partner, parent, friend, relationship, or identity. If you feel alone in your journey, you belong here. We prioritize a welcoming environment for all who are living with the quiet burden of what was. The group is $55 per session with sliding scale spots of $35 - $50 per session for those who need them.
Let Me: Grieve a 9-Week In-Person Grief Healing Group
Sundays at 11:00 am starting May 10, 2026 (Last Opportunity to Join is May, 17 2026)
Scribble 5541 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
$35 - $55 per session
[RECORDING] Savor Session: Somatic Practices for a Deep Reflection and Savoring
There are certain seasons and times of year that naturally brings up the desire to reflect, begin to make meaning, to find ways to treasure and savor moments and memories. If you're anything like us you are also resisting the pressure to start a new year with a bunch of goals and to instead focus on being and staying present.
In this recording, you will be guided through one hour of practices to help you to slow down, get and stay present, and enjoy this season more deeply. These practices will also serve the purpose of helping you to regulate emotionally and make space for all the feelings that this time of the year can bring up. We will explore breathwork, tapping, resourcing, mindfully engaging with your senses as well as practical steps for clearing out space to savor.
Everyday Somatic Healing
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Everyday Somatic Healing: A 5-Part Course on Somatic Work to Help You Learn to Heal in Mind and Body
Learn to Create New Patterns, Holistically, Compassionately, in Mind and Body
All with transformative practices that you can actually stick with, that weave into your life, and that align with your needs, value, and your current life.
This 5-part journey will provide you with a solid foundation for starting your work with somatic practices or helping you take that work to the next level.
You are going to learn:
what it means to let the body lead
how to regulate your nervous system and engage in this work with more safety and less overwhelm
somatic practices for using embodiment to break down old patterns and create new ones
how to create a rhythm of somatic work and somatic healing that weaves into your life and that you can sustain.
You will get access to hours of video content, guided meditations, worksheets, reflection practices, grounding and somatic regulation skills and all the tools you need to engage in somatic work.