💡 Program Structure & Hours

• Online Learning Modules: 20 hours
• 10 hours of pre-recorded modules (self-paced)
• 10 hours of guided practices and journaling prompts
• Live Zoom Sessions: 30 hours
• 12 live sessions @ 2.5 hours each (weekly or bi-weekly format)
• Integration & Final Lab: 10 hours
• Peer Dialogue Labs (2 x 2 hrs)
• Final Project Presentations + Feedback (1 x 2 hrs)
• Community Grief Ritual & Closing Circle (1 x 2 hrs)
• Mentorship + Case Study Lab (1 x 2 hrs)

Total Contact Hours: 60 hours

💡 Learning Objectives

By the end of the program, participants will:

1. Identify and differentiate between types and models of grief
2. Apply somatic and nervous-system-informed grief practices
3. Facilitate grief spaces using trauma-informed, culturally inclusive tools
4. Integrate ancestral, spiritual, and philosophical perspectives on grief
5. Design and present a personalized grief-support framework

🌿CURRICULUM OVERVIEW🌿

• Weekly Curriculum Structure: Each week includes a combination of pre-recorded content, practice, and a live interactive session.

  WEEK 1 – Foundations of Grief

  • Humanizing grief: types, models, and myths
  • Introduction to nonduality in grief
  • Practice: Grief Mapping + Journaling

  WEEK 2 – Grief and the Nervous System

  • Polyvagal theory, somatics, vagus nerve regulation
  • Practice: Body tracking and breathwork

  WEEK 3 – Felt Sense Dynamics™

  • Theoretical framework for somatic grief processing
  • Practice: Embodied Emotion Mapping™

  WEEK 4 – Shadow, Shame & Identity

  • Parts work, Jungian shadow, cultural shame
  • Practice: Guided shadow dialogue

  WEEK 5 – Attachment and Compassion

  • IFS foundations, CFT for grief
  • Practice: Inner parts witnessing

  WEEK 6 – Cross-Cultural Ritual & Ancestral Grief

  • Ecological grief, lineage healing, collective loss
  • Practice: Ancestral letter writing & ritual building

  WEEK 7 – Grief Stories & Gestalt Work

  • Narrative therapy, Gestalt empty-chair
  • Practice: Story rewriting exercise

  WEEK 8 – Ethics, Space-Holding, and Initiation

  • Practitioner boundaries, sustainability, sacred container-building
  • Practice: Self-attunement & final ritual prep

  WEEK 9 – Integration & Peer Lab I

  • Reflective peer sharing + support

  WEEK 10 – Final Projects + Closing Ritual

  • Presentation of personalized grief frameworks
  • Collective closing ceremony

🌿Assessment & Completion Requirements🌿

• Attendance in all live Zoom sessions
• Completion of online reflection assignments
• Final project submission: grief-support model or ritual plan
• Peer review session participation
• Certificate awarded upon completion of all components

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🌿 Delivery Format

• LMS: Library Access Provided
• Zoom for live group calls and ritual sessions
• Online community forum for peer exchange

🌿 Supporting Documents Available Upon Request

• Full Syllabus
• Weekly Schedule
• Workbook Excerpts
• Instructor CV
• Certificate of Completion Sample
• Peer Review Rubric
• Reading List

🌿Program Developer

             Dr. Naomi Sanderovsky, Ph. D.

Professor of Death & Dying | Certified Grief Educator | Trauma-Informed Coach
Ph.D. in Philosophy & Religion | Nondual Integration Specialist | Somatic Facilitator
Founder of Luma Via Retreats & Certification Programs | 20+ years in grief education, intercultural studies, and embodied healing practices