Welcome back to the track number three.
If you haven't listened,
Please go to the track one and track two.
From acute grief to healing grace,
Somatic grief recovery.
So when you give your heart the space to rest and pause in the acceptance of the loss and in the acceptance of continuous change with your life,
With the life around you,
Grief will move into the sorrow.
Once you give your heart the space,
The pause to rest and be with the acceptance of the loss and be in acceptance of continuous change in your life at the same time,
Your grief will move into the sorrow.
And how would you know this is a sorrow?
Sorrow feels lighter and it feels like there is more space around your pericardium,
Around your heart space.
I danced with my sorrow for a very long time,
As long as I needed.
Sorrow allows prolonged grief to rest for the first time and allows grief to take a breath.
It feels as if deep grief can ease into holding of sorrow.
Sorrow feels as holding of grief.
It has more space.
Sorrow is slow,
Fragile.
It's private.
Sorrow seeks privacy.
It's graceful.
And it's a sacred place to be in your grief recovery.
It is a place where emptiness starts to show up and resets your mind,
Your soul,
Your body.
If grief has a quality of a deep,
Heavy cloud,
Sorrow has a quality of a fog.
So sorrow follows grief and sadness follows sorrow.
And body craves sadness.
It wants to finally sit down and rest for a very long time.
And sadness is a place of reset.
It's a space of emptiness.
It feels almost like a gift and possibility of something new.
And your body wants that place of emptiness.
And this is not a place of being numb or dissociate,
No.
It's an empty space where the memory of the loss is still present.
And there is a quality of I honor my loss.
And I have the capacities to take my loss with dignity and pride and to breathe at the same time.
Sadness is very peaceful.
The mind is resting.
The heart is resting.
The lungs are resting.
And yet we have a memory of our loss where the intensity is not devastating.
It's a place where memory of our loss is soothing.
It's nostalgic.
If sorrow was a fog,
A soft mist in our heart,
Then sadness is a soft mist with the rising sun on the horizon.
It's pristine.
It's a place of peace and depth.
It's divine.
It's a sacred place to be.
It's a space of soft power.
Place where grace is born.
Place where you speak with God.
Place where you speak with angels.
Place where you are with divine.
Place where you are in the presence of your beloved one.
Place where you talk to your person,
Where you share your day with your person.
A place where you get hugs from your person.
And do not rush from that place.
It's empty.
It's a place where you can finally pause and feel self-compassion.
It is a place where you can be gentle with yourself.
It is a place where you are tender with yourself,
Where you are wise toward self and your life.
It's a place where you become wise toward others.
It is a place where you can feel your love.
It is a place where your loved one can feel your love.
It is a place where you can be with your pet,
Where you can smell your pet,
Where you can touch your beloved pet.
It is a place where you can pause and make choices about how to create change in your life.
Taking small,
Small,
Micro steps while honoring the permanent loss.
This space allows you to look in the future.
And this empty space you can fill with something that will nourish you and soothe you.
And space of sadness is a place where you can create a legacy in memory of a loss.
What speaks to your grieving heart exactly in that space.
And don't rush,
Don't rush from this space of sadness.
So we will pause here so you can contemplate and take your time in the space of sadness.
I will meet you in the last track,
Track number four before we move to meditation practice.
Much love and care.
