Grieving the loss of a loved one is so important because it allows you to release emotions and really begin a healing process.
Grief is never about getting over a loss,
But learning to integrate your emotions in a way that honors what was and really allows you to move forward with more peace.
Breathwork can be a powerful tool in processing grief because grief isn't just emotional.
Grief lives in your body.
So when we experience loss,
Our breath often becomes shallow,
It becomes restricted.
So let's just start to notice that beginning by softening your gaze,
Maybe placing one hand over your heart and one over your belly.
Just take a moment to acknowledge your grief.
You don't have to fix it.
You don't have to push it away.
Just allow it to be here with you.
Take a nice deep inhale through your nose and exhale out softly through your mouth.
Notice where you're holding tension,
Maybe in your chest,
Your throat,
Around your shoulders.
Just simply observe.
Inhaling deeply through your nose and exhale with an open mouth sigh.
Just letting it feel like a good release.
Two more times,
Inhaling through the nose and open mouth,
Let it out with a sigh.
Inhale through the nose and exhale out with a sigh.
Adding a little count to it,
Inhaling to the count of four and exhaling slowly through the mouth.
Continuing in this rhythm,
Just creating some space here,
Feeling the expansion from within with every inhale and with each exhale,
Just imagine letting go,
Just dropping a little bit of the weight,
Keeping this awareness of your breath.
Shift your awareness to your heart space and inhale deeply here,
Imagining warmth and compassion.
Feel your chest and exhale,
Just send love to your body.
And if emotions rise,
Allow them to have space,
Your breath is here to hold you.
Inhale,
Find openness and exhale.
Just release,
Pulling in fresh air and letting go of tension.
Just a couple more of your breaths,
Just like that,
Evenly pulling in and allowing tension to dissolve with every passing exhale.
As you breathe,
Just allowing any past judgment,
Resentment or hope,
Just let it melt away.
And simply imagine being in the presence of this loved one,
Perhaps beginning to feel a warmth in your heart.
And if your breath starts to skip a beat,
If you feel tightness,
Just notice.
Perhaps a gentle memory or a shared experience comes to mind.
And with each breath,
Allow love to flow between you,
For there is no distance here in this space,
Only connection.
Inhale their presence and exhale,
Just releasing any false space between you.
Observe how these often hard,
Unresolved emotions tend to create sensation in your body.
And notice how this alters your breath,
Maybe noticing where you're rejecting breath,
Where you could allow space to carve in a little more of it.
And if there is something maybe left unsaid,
Begin to feel the words forming within you now.
And if you begin to sense any pain or hurt,
Allow space on your inhales.
And see if you can't let some of that go as you exhale.
And if there's a sense of gratitude,
Let it expand within you.
And continue to melt away any tension with your exhale.
And take a few more deep breaths,
Letting love be the guide,
Breathing into those hard places.
Really allowing yourself to be a witness to their memory.
To the special place that they held within your life.
To the sacred place they hold within your heart.
And all that grief that you feel is just a reflection of your heart's capacity to love.
And if you notice yourself still holding on to any resistance,
I invite you to inhale some presence and some space.
And really just let it go.
They are at peace.
You are at peace.
And there's no real division between you.
I am so glad that you showed up for your grief today.
I will let the music continue to play for some time.
So you can continue to breathe into the messages dwelling within your heart.
As you allow reflection and ease to fill those dark spaces.
I am Mary of BreathMindset.
Breathe well,
Friends.
