Heartache is one of the most universal human experiences — and one of the most isolating. This workshop invites participants to engage in the radical act of grieving and healing together. Drawing from indigenous wisdom, the power of the circle, ancestral ways of grieving, and communal ritual ;we will move through grief rather than around it, reconnecting to the ancient knowledge that healing has always been a collective act. Through somatic practice and collective witnessing, we will hold one another in the fullness of our heartbreak and discover what becomes possible on the other side.
CE Eligible
Unbroken Together
A Community Ceremony for Heartache and Healing
Saturday, November 7th
9:00 am
Room: Ballroom A
Key Takeaways
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An understanding of how collective witnessing transforms private heartache into shared healing, and why we were never meant to grieve alone.
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Somatic and relational tools for moving grief through the body rather than burying it, drawing on the wisdom of community as a healing modality.
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A renewed relationship with heartbreak as a site of transformation, not just loss, but an invitation to deepen self-trust, redefine love, and return to yourself.
Kaya Spicer, LICSW, LCSW-S is a licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical supervisor, certified sex therapist, and pleasure activist based in Texas. She is the founder of Infinite Zen Therapy, a practice specializing in the integration of sex and couples work with a focus on gender, erotic, and relational diversity. Kaya brings a uniquely intersectional lens to her work, drawing from Internal Family Systems, somatic psychotherapy, Tantra, and trauma-informed practice to support individuals, couples, and polycules in reclaiming their bodies, their pleasure, and their wholeness.
A sought-after speaker and educator, Kaya has presented at universities, medical institutions, and national conferences, and has been featured as an expert in Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Psych Central, and The Knot. She is a recipient of the Health Equity Leader Award from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and is an active member of AASECT and the American Academy of Psychotherapists. Through Zen Collaborative, her consulting and training LLC, she is developing a clinical curriculum rooted in sacred sexuality as a healing modality, with the intention of training clinicians and publishing a clinical text that brings this framework into the broader therapeutic community.”