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Advanced Somatic Certificate: The Body in Grief - Why Traumatic Loss Requires More Than Talk Therapy

Nervous System Integration

Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YACEP
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This workshop equips clinicians with advanced, practical somatic tools to support emotional stabilization and grief processing. Participants will learn to apply evidence-informed somatic regulation strategies, incorporating bilateral movement and pendulation to help clients safely navigate overwhelming loss. Grounded in clinical framework, the workshop emphasizes advanced vagal regulation techniques to facilitate autonomic balance and foster long-term emotional resilience.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Apply bilateral movement and pendulation for regulation.

  • Apply evidence-informed somatic regulation strategies to support stabilization and emotional processing in grief contexts.

  • Apply advanced vagal regulation techniques within a clinical framework.

  • Evaluate the role of relational safety and co-regulation in supporting individuals experiencing grief and traumatic loss.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop aims to equip clinicians with advanced, evidence-informed somatic techniques—including bilateral movement, pendulation, and vagal regulation—to promote autonomic stabilization and facilitate emotional processing in grief contexts.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

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Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YACEP
Joann Lutz, MSW, LICSW, C-IAYT, E-RYT, YACEP, trainer, author, psychotherapist, and yoga therapist/teacher, is the creator of Autonomic Yoga, a nervous-system informed, trauma-sensitive yoga approach to mental health care. Her book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone, is being praised by international leaders in yoga therapy and trauma studies. In it, she describes and applies the Nervous System-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga model of care (NITYA). She is also the author of a NASW CE course, "Bringing Yoga into Social Work Practice," and the paper, "Classical Yoga Postures as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Autonomic Nervous System Regulation." published in "Proceedings of the Yoga and Psyche Conference, 2014," published by Cambridge Scholars Joann has been practicing yoga since 1970, and teaching it since 1980. She has been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker since 1991 and Certified as a Yoga Therapist since 2016. Joann, trainer, author, psychotherapist, and yoga therapist/teacher, is the creator of Autonomic Yoga, a nervous-system informed, trauma-sensitive yoga approach to mental health care. Her book, Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone, is being praised by international leaders in yoga therapy and trauma studies. In it, she describes and applies the Nervous System-Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga model of care (NITYA). She is also the author of a NASW CE course, "Bringing Yoga into Social Work Practice," and the paper, "Classical Yoga Postures as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Autonomic Nervous System Regulation." published in "Proceedings of the Yoga and Psyche Conference, 2014," published by Cambridge Scholars . Joann has been practicing yoga since 1970, and teaching it since 1980. She has been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker since 1991 and Certified as a Yoga Therapist since 2016.

Financially Sponsored By

  • LIGHT Movement