Grieving Traumatic Losses For those who’ve lived through trauma — and those who walk beside them

Presented by Antonio Sausys

Some losses don’t just break our hearts — they shake our foundation. When loss is sudden, violent, or overwhelming, it doesn’t follow a predictable grieving path. This is traumatic grief: the intersection of trauma and bereavement, where the pain of loss is complicated by the emotional, psychological, and physiological impact of trauma.

This 2-Hour workshop offers a compassionate space to explore traumatic grief — whether you’re carrying it yourself, or supporting others who are.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Name and normalize traumatic loss as a valid and complex form of loss
2. Recognize symptoms of traumatic grief such as emotional numbness, hypervigilance, flashbacks, or guilt
3. Use gentle somatic tools (breath, movement, grounding) to support the body’s
   sense of safety and regulation

Audience

This training is designed for:

1. 1. Individuals who have experienced trauma and want to understand it through a grief-informed lens
   2. Therapists, caregivers, and support workers seeking to deepen their ability to hold space for grief shaped by trauma

Registration

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Antonio Sausys, MA, IGT, CMT, C-IAYT is a somatic psychologist and yoga therapist specializing in grief counseling. He integrates modern body-oriented psychotherapy with ancient yogic teachings, helping individuals tap into the self-knowledge grief offers, reconnect with their true essence, and achieve alignment with the essential truths of the universe. Antonio created Yoga for Grief Relief, a somatic psychotherapy protocol, and the Yoga for Cancer program, based on the belief that “Spirit can’t have Cancer.” He trained in Somatic Psychology with Hugo Bilsky and studied yoga with prominent teachers from the Satyananda, Sivananda, and Satchidananda traditions. He also holds certifications in Integrative Grief Therapy, Foot Reflexology, Swedish Massage, and Reiki. He is the author of Yoga for Grief Relief: Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body (New Harbinger, 2014) and a contributor to Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019) and New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond (Routledge, 2019). Antonio is frequently featured in journals, magazines, podcasts, and blogs. He is also the TV producer and host of YogiViews and the founder and Executive Director of the Yoga for Health International Yoga Therapy Conference. Fluent in four languages—Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Italian—Antonio’s work reaches a global audience.

Reach out to Antonio on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-sausys-601a6415?.