Grief is not just sadness.
It is shock in slow motion — a trauma that keeps echoing long after the world expects us to “move on.”

Loss tears the ground beneath us.
A person, a dream, a version of ourselves… suddenly gone.
The mind tries to understand.
But the body is the one that must survive the impact.

Grief is a trauma that does not happen in one moment —
It unfolds inside us every day afterward.

💛 And the body remembers everything.

But it also remembers how to heal.

🌬 When Grief Feels Too Heavy: A Breath for Right Now

If grief is in your chest…
If the throat is tight…
If you are reading this because you are hurting…

Try this exactly where you are — just one hand movement is enough:

• Place a hand on your heart
• Feel your heartbeat — proof you are still here
• Inhale through the nose for 4 seconds
• Exhale slowly for 8 seconds
• Whisper to yourself:

“I breathe for the part of me that is hurting.”

Repeat 4–6 times.
Let the exhale carry a tiny bit of weight away each time.

This is grief work.
Emotion leaving the body, breath by breath.

🫀 Why Grief Becomes Trauma

When loss hits, the nervous system enters survival mode:

• The heart races

• The breath shortens

• The body freezes

The danger may be over…
But the body doesn’t know that.

So grief hides inside:
• tight jaw, shoulders, and chest
• stomach knots and digestive imbalance
• numbness or sudden panic
• insomnia, nightmares, or deep fatigue
• difficulty feeling safe or connected

This is not a weakness.
This is your body saying:
“I am trying to protect you.”

🧘‍♀️ Yoga: Where Grief Meets Safety

Trauma-sensitive yoga helps because it:

✔ gives the body a safe place to shake and release
✔ makes space for emotions without forcing them
✔ rebuilds trust in the body
✔ honors the pain instead of pushing it down

You do not have to talk about your grief to heal it.
You only need a moment where your body feels allowed to soften.

 Gentle Practices for Grief Release

Try one. Try all. Go slowly.
Tears are welcome — they are a nervous system release.

1️⃣ Supported Child’s Pose — Let the Body Cry Safely

Curl into yourself with a pillow under the belly.
Forehead grounded.
Breathe into the back.
Permission to collapse. Permission to feel.

If emotion rises → hold the ground instead of the thought.

2️⃣ Heart-Opening Butterfly — Where Love Was Lost, Love Still Lives

Soles together, knees open.
One hand on belly, one hand on heart.
Send the breath toward the chest —
where memories sit heavy.

Whispers: “I can miss you and still breathe.”

3️⃣ Legs Up the Wall — When Everything Feels Too Much

This shape resets the nervous system.
Let gravity hold you for once.
You don’t have to be strong here.

Every exhale is a tiny letting-go of what hurts.

🔄 Movement for Grief That Has Nowhere to Go

Some grief is loud. Some is silent.
Either way, the body needs a way to discharge the shock.

Pilates: rebuilds core strength after collapse
Running or cycling: transforms stuck adrenaline into flow
 Slow yoga flows: bring rhythm back to a body in freeze

Every practice says:
“I survived this moment.”
Even if tomorrow is hard again.

🧠 Holistic Trauma & Grief Healing

Grief is a trauma that requires the mind, body, and breath together.

My approach integrates:
• psychological guidance
• nervous system regulation
• somatic trauma release
• yoga, Pilates & mindful endurance
• breathwork for emotional safety

You do not need to explain your pain.
Your body speaks for you — and I listen.

💛 Grief Has Its Own Time

Some days you rise.
Some days you shatter.
Both are healing.

The goal is not to “get over it.”
The goal is to live alongside the love you lost —
without drowning in the pain.

Your body is not betraying you.
It is mourning.

And mourning means you loved deeply.

 When You’re Ready to Heal — I Am Here

Trauma-Sensitive & Grief-Informed Yoga

1:1 private sessions and small groups

💻 Online sessions anywhere you are

If your heart is heavy but your breath is still here,
healing is possible.
Even if it comes one inhale at a time.