HEALING RISING

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Mission

To empower individuals and communities with the knowledge, skills, and awareness needed to create transformative, healing relationships and embody the loving, liberated world we long for.

Vision

A world where people relate to each other with embodied attunement, self responsibility, genuine generosity, grounded discernment, and a whole lot of grace for the messiness of being human.

A world where we have the commitment and skills to collaborate on creating mutually supportive, life-giving systems that make our current structures based in extraction and greed irrelevant.

Values

Relationship // Connection

Compassion // Growth

Integrity // Sovereignty

Truth // Multiplicity

Humility // Responsibility

Creativity // Vision

Philosophy

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About Lux

Founder of Healing Rising

Lux Gypsum (all pronouns) is a queer, non-binary politicized healer, cultural visionary, and event organizer. In their workshops, talks, and client work, Lux focuses on conflict transformation, somatic trauma resolution, and growing our skills to create resilient, purpose-oriented communities.

For over 9 years, Lux has honed their capacity to skillfully hold potent group containers for learning and healing. In addition to facilitating community workshops and events, Lux is also a Somatic Connection Coach, Conflict Mediator, and Community Consultant, supporting individuals, couples, and groups to embody the world they long for.

Lux is trauma-informed and committed to uprooting supremacy culture in all their work, imperfectly. You can follow Lux's work and offerings on Instagram and stay in touch via their newsletter.

Trainings & Qualifications

Embodied Healing

Somatic Experiencing Beginning I - Intermediate III at Somatic Experiencing International, May 2022 - November 2024
Radiant Somatics
Somatic Attachment Therapy at The Embody Lab, January - June 2023
Coaching for Self Leadership at IFS Institute, September 2021
Mirroring Training

Conflict Mediation

Unwinding the Trauma-Conflict Web with Kai Cheng Thom through Education for Racial Equity, September 2022 - December 2022
Trauma Aware Conflict Transformation at The Village Mystery School, January 2021
40-hour Conflict Mediation Training at Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center, January 2020
Family Mediation Training at Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center, November 2020
Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation at Direct Action Everywhere, January 2018

Communication

Difficult Conversations Workshop with SEEDS, March 2022
Effective Communication Workshop with SEEDS, February 2022
Values and Agreements Workshop with SEEDS, January 2022
Nonviolent Communication Facilitation Basics at NVC Academy, November 2021
Nonviolent Communication Practice Group at Center for Restorative Solutions, November 2020-February 2021

Facilitation

Skill-Up Facilitator Training with AORTA, May 2023
Facilitation Fundamentals with AORTA, April 2022
CORE Training with Right Use of Power Institute, February 2022
Convergent Facilitation at NVC Academy, November 2021
Council Training at SNAP, February 2021-March 2021
Facilitating Effective Meetings at Thurston County Dispute Resolution Center, February 2021

Anti-Racism

Uprooting Whiteness
Communal Consultations in Somatic Abolitionism for White Bodies with Resmaa Menakem through Education for Racial Equity, February 2022-June 2022
Uprooting White Supremacy in Organizations with AORTA, May 2022
Anti-Racist Neighborhood Group with CARW, January 2022 - June 2022

Community Healing

Zegg Forum Training October 2024
Healing from Harm with Consent Academy, February 2025
Transformative Justice Course with Spring Up, February 2023
Cultural Somatics at Ritual as Justice School, March 2021
Introduction to Restorative Justice at SEEDS, April 2021

In addition to these trainings, I received my Bachelors from UC Berkeley where I studied Philosophy, and was especially influenced by the thoughts of Val Plumwood, Martin Heidegger, Korsgaard, Joanna Macy, and Charles Eisenstein.

Other teachers and thinkers who have deeply influenced me: Prentis Hemphill, adrienne maree brown, Mia Schachter, Clementine Morrigan, Jay Lesoleil, Kazu Haga, Four Arrows, Darcia Narvaez, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Tyson Yunkaporta.