Yoga for Grief and Loss January 2026
​8-Week Yoga Therapy Group Series

Join Karla for this 8 week Yoga for Grief and Loss series designed especially for those moving through grief and loss.  We'll share sacred space, mindful movement, journaling and artmaking, guided meditation, deep relaxation, chant, and more.
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Springtime Solace:
A Yoga for Grief & Loss Retreat
for the Brokenhearted
​in the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Crozet, Virginia ​
at Mountain Light Retreat Center
​March 19-22, 2026

Join Karla  for a nourishing, supportive 3-night retreat under the Spring Equinox new moon, at the peaceful and calming Mountain Light Retreat Center in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
This is your invitation to unplug from the rush and distraction of day to day life and engage in this sacred time for yourself.  Take space and time to nurture your broken heart, explore your emotions, nourish your body, mind, and spirit, allowing Mother Earth and the renewing energy of the new moon to soothe your soul. 
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Compassionate Bereavement Care Yoga Provider (CBC-Y)
Certification Program

A seven-day, intensive training program taught by researcher  Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and yoga therapist Karla Helbert, LPC at the MISS Foundation Selah Carefarm just outside beautiful Sedona, Arizona. This course is approved for 30 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for grief and clinical training plus 30 contact hours through Yoga Alliance with a registered YACEP.
The Compassionate Bereavement Care Certification® program explores and extends current evidence based practices in traumatic grief and is based in a non-medicalized, non-pathologizing, mindfulness-based approach. We teach the art of full presence and compassionate counseling informed by recent science (Cacciatore, 2010; Cacciatore & Flint, 2012; Thielman & Cacciatore, 2013; Cacciatore, Thieleman, Killian, & Tavassoli).

 Now Planning for 2026 Cohort 
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 Bearing the Unbearable ~ The Wisdom Course Online
Available Now

When we love deeply, we mourn deeply. Over ten lessons, grief expert and Zen priest Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and Karla Helbert help us navigate our path through grief, showing us a model that allows us to be with our grief and, over time, transform it into compassionate action in the world.
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