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Embodied Grief Support

Founded by Cami Thelander, BS, ICF Certified Grief Coach

Embodied Grief Support provides Grief Coaching, Craniosacral Therapy, Grief Yoga, and custom healing essential oil blends for a holistic, body-centered approach to navigating life after loss.

03/31/2026

I love that strangers feel safe enough to share about their grief with me. Many times when I’ve told someone that I’m a grief coach, they immediately share about their loved one who has died or another experience of deep grief in their life. Simply stating that I’m a grief coach gives people permission to talk about grief and death in a world where people often turn away from those conversations.

If you’re feeling the call to be a grief support for others, join us in April for our next round of classes to become a Certified Grief Coach. I’m happy to share more about my experience in this training and how we prepare others to be confident in supporting people navigating deep loss.

Comment below or message me if you have any questions. Or check the link in bio to learn more about The Confident Grief Coach School 💜

12/12/2025

1. Permission to say no! Do what feels most supportive this year. You don’t have to go to the party.

2. Recruit support and lean into your tools. Plan ahead and know what you can do if you are feeling overwhelmed.

3. Honor your grief and include your person. How can you remember them and hold space for both the grief and the joy?

I’m here to help if you need extra care this season ✨

Check the link in bio for resources and to book a holiday support session 🫶🏻

12/04/2025

In the season of gift-giving, consider giving a gift that heals instead of another “thing.” 💛

Our Spring Grief Retreat is now open for registration—and Early Bird pricing is live. It’s the perfect time to save your spot for a weekend of renewal, reflection, and guided support.

Whether for someone you love or for yourself, this is a gift that truly nourishes.

Join us this spring. 🌿✨

Link in bio for all the details 💖

11/28/2025

Grief reshapes us, creating tender spaces inside that hold the weight of our loss and the depth of our love.

The space grief opens within us is not emptiness, but a sacred container for all we’ve known and all we still carry: the memories, emotions, sorrows, and hopes that live within us.

This is what I call The Grief Bowl—the tender place within that holds our love, our pain, and the transformation that emerges when we tend to them with care.

In this ceremony, you’ll be gently guided through the Grief Bowl practice, a mindful and embodied ritual that helps you tend to your grief with presence and compassion. Using a physical bowl as a symbol and container, you’ll be invited to name what is living within you—your emotions, memories, or stories—and place them into the bowl to be witnessed, honored, and held.

Your grief bowl becomes a tangible reminder that your grief has a place to go, that it can move and change, and that you can return to it whenever you need to reconnect, release, or remember. It serves as a mirror of your own capacity to hold love and sorrow side by side.

Together we’ll share stories, hold silence, and honor our individual and collective losses. You’ll be invited (but never required) to share what you’re carrying and to witness the stories of others. There is profound medicine in being seen and reminded that we do not grieve alone, with others who understand the language of loss.

Sunday, December 7
The Grief Room, St. Paul
1-3 PM

Visit the link in bio to register 💫

11/20/2025

I'm hosting some heart-centered events soon 🙏

If you're looking for support on your journey, I invite you to join me in these spaces. Each one offers a safe environment to process your grief and learn tools for moving forward in a way that feels authentic and supportive. It's about transforming your pain into power, not forgetting or erasing it.

Check the link in my bio for all the details (and more resources for grief support) ❤️❤️❤️

10/31/2025

Halloween was my dad’s favorite holiday. The last one I spent with him was in 2007 — he was in his electric wheelchair as my sister and I went door to door in White Bear Lake.

Normally, he’d be decorating the yard with skeletons, ghosts, spider webs, and his iconic bat lights. We used to watch horror films together, too — Child’s Play and Silent Hill were probably not appropriate for 8- and 9-year-olds… I’m still afraid of the dark.

This time of year helps me feel closer to him. I see him in the skeleton decorations (and usually make a dead dad joke), and wonder what he’d be doing if he were alive — maybe handing out candy, or hanging out by the fire with us.

In many traditions, this season represents connection to the spiritual realm — a time to honor the dead and celebrate the lives of loved ones. For me, Halloween holds that sacred meaning. I think of the joyful times with my dad and remember how he’d raid our Halloween candy. He always stole our Butterfingers! You better believe I’ll have my annual king-sized Butterfinger tonight while watching a scary movie, in honor of Steve.

That said, Halloween can be hard for those who’ve lost someone. The playfulness around death can feel painful when you live with real loss. While you enjoy the festivities, remember those who are grieving and check in on your people.

If you’re missing someone, you’re not alone. I see you, and I’m with you. Sending my love. 🖤🦇🎃👻💀

09/25/2025

I can’t believe how much has shifted in a few short years. From the depths of grief, I’ve found so much love, joy, and purpose. 🌿

About 3 years ago, I began my journey as a grief coach—building on my Craniosacral Therapy practice and my own experience of loss. Since then, I’ve completed multiple certifications, coached dozens of clients through heartbreak, and offered hundreds of healing bodywork sessions. 💆‍♀️

I’m also halfway through a Holistic Nutrition culinary program 👩🏼‍🍳 and dreaming up a farm-to-table healing retreat on my new property in Scandia. 🏕️

This is my way of honoring my grief—and the lives of my dad and stepdad—by transforming pain into healing and purpose. ✨

💗 My books are open for Craniosacral Therapy + Grief Coaching (virtual + in person), with healthy meal prep services coming soon!

🌱 And if you feel called to help others heal after loss, the next Confident Grief Coach School certification starts next week. DM me for info—I can’t recommend it enough.

Thank you for being part of my journey. Healing doesn’t happen alone. 🙏

08/08/2025

After surviving the loss of her partner to su***de, she found a new kind of strength—by saying yes to a grief retreat.
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Grief can feel isolating. Overwhelming. Like no one could possibly understand what you’re carrying.
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And showing up to a retreat in that state? With strangers? It’s brave.
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But for one past retreat attendee, saying yes to a grief retreat became a turning point. She gave herself permission to feel, to connect, and to be witnessed—and it changed everything.
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Here’s what she shared about her experience:
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“Diving into this retreat helped give me a new kind of confidence. It showed that I continue to refuse to suppress my grief and my story.”
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“Surviving the loss of Logan makes me feel like I can handle anything thrown my way—but I also feel similar about a grief retreat. If I can face really hard feelings with strangers, I can handle anything.”
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“I was craving connection with people who had experienced a hard loss like I have. The retreat gave me the opportunity to connect and feel less alone. Just what I was craving.”
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“There was never any pressure to participate. But once you get going, it’s hard not to—because Cami created a space that was safe, fun, and engaging.”
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“One of the best things I did for me.”
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If you’ve been considering attending the Breathe Grief Retreat next month, but have been holding back because it feels intimidating—I get it. That hesitation is real.
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But healing is possible. And you don’t have to do it alone.
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There’s still time to join us. Come as you are. Your grief is welcome here. 💛
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🕊️ Breathe Grief Retreat
🗓️ September 4–7
📍 Minnesota countryside
🔗 Link in bio to register or learn more

DM me if you want to chat about whether it’s a good fit for you.

08/07/2025

Today I had the honor of facilitating a grief group at an assisted living facility… and what I witnessed moved me deeply.

Their sense of community was so strong.
They knew each other by name.
They checked in on one another.
They spoke of their loved ones and kept their memories alive.

It filled my heart… but it also made me wonder:

Why don’t we all have that kind of community in grief?

Most people I work with as a grief coach don’t have that level of support.

So many feel alone.
They feel the pressure to “move on,” and the calls and visits stop after the funeral.

Yet for this group, community was the most healing thing of all. They didn’t try to fix each other’s pain—they simply showed up.

And that’s why we’re hosting our grief retreat.
Because far too many people are navigating loss without a strong circle to hold them.

If you’re craving that kind of support and connection, send me a message—I’ll share all the details.

💙 Sending you love, and wishing you a community that shows up for you in the hard moments.

08/05/2025

What if 4 days away could change how you carry your grief? 🌿

The Breathe Grief Retreat (Sept 4–7 in Minnesota) is a place to pause, breathe, and be held — just as you are.

If you’re feeling tired from carrying so much… if you’ve been longing for rest, connection, and a way forward… this retreat is for you.

Here are just a few of the things waiting for you there:
✨ Quiet mornings with tea on the porch
🕯️ Gentle yoga by candlelight
🌲 Slow nature walks to soothe your nervous system
💬 Real conversations with people who truly understand loss
🕊️ A safe space to honor your loved one and release what’s been weighing you down

You don’t have to fix your grief.
You don’t have to explain it.
You’re invited to simply show up — and let healing begin in its own time and way.

Message me with any questions or visit the link in bio for more info ❤

08/01/2025

Here’s what to expect at our Breathe Grief Retreat happening this fall!! Early bird discount is still in effect until tonight — if you’re ready, now’s the time 💫

Check the link my bio for more info and to register. Feel free to DM me with any questions 🤗

07/19/2025

For years, I stayed busy to avoid feeling the weight of my grief. After losing both my dad and stepdad by the time I was 15, I pushed through life with a heavy heart—always moving, always doing, always trying to outrun the pain.⁣
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It wasn’t until I slowed down—REALLY slowed down—that I began to heal.⁣
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One yoga class, one moment of stillness, changed everything. I finally let the tears come. I stopped running. I started feeling. And that’s when my grief began to shift.⁣
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Here’s what I learned:
✨ Slowing down does not mean getting stuck or falling behind — it’s coming home to yourself.

✨ Your grief doesn’t need fixing. It needs space. It needs your loving attention.

✨ Feeling your emotions fully is the key to releasing them. Feel to heal!

✨ Healing happens when you stop avoiding and start listening. Lean in.
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If you’re stuck in cycles of distraction or numbing, let this be your reminder:

You don’t have to carry it all alone.
You don’t have to keep running.
You get to pause. You get to feel. And you get to heal.
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If you’re craving support, message me. I’m here to walk with you. Or join me at my grief retreat this September to explore the healing that becomes possible when we slow down together. 💛

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https://embodiedgriefsupport.com/

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