Hello and welcome.
My name is Melina and I'm really glad you are taking this time for yourself and your feelings.
If you are here maybe something inside of you feels heavy.
Maybe you are grieving someone or maybe you are grieving something less visible.
A part of yourself,
A dream,
A chapter that has ended.
Whatever it might be,
You are not broken.
Because grief,
It doesn't mean there's something wrong with you.
It means something deeply mattered to you.
And that's a beautiful thing.
Grief is not the opposite of strength but it's one of its most honest forms.
And this track right here,
It's not about getting rid of your grief but it's about learning how to hold it gently and without fear.
To be able to see it as a tribute to something which mattered to you instead of something which needs to be pushed away.
Let's begin this practice by taking a deep breath together.
In through the nose and slowly out through the mouth.
And again in through the nose and out through the mouth.
Letting go just a little.
Now take a moment to notice where exactly in your body you feel this grief.
Is it in your chest,
Your throat or your stomach?
Does it feel heavy,
Tight or maybe just numb?
Please don't try to change anything here even if it's hard.
Just stay with it.
Bring your breath gently to that place as if you were breathing with it and not against it.
There's no rush.
Grief,
It moves in waves.
It doesn't demand you to be over it.
It simply asks to be acknowledged.
I know that grief can feel like an all-consuming dark hole or like a storm.
But please keep in mind the intensity of these emotions only shows how real the connection was.
The size of the pain is often a mirror of the depth of the love we felt towards this person or this chapter of our life.
And yes,
It might feel like it's too much for us to handle at times.
But less pain wouldn't make the loss less real.
But it would only make it feel less true.
You're not grieving wrong.
You're simply feeling what is deeply human.
Grief might feel like it's here to stay forever.
But it's not permanent.
It moves,
It shifts and it softens when it's allowed to be what it is.
True grief also softens in connection with ourselves or others.
Please remember you don't have to carry it alone.
Now imagine that your grief is sitting next to you.
Not waiting you down,
Just next to you.
Like something you're gently keeping company.
I want you to notice that you are not the grief.
Grief is something you are feeling right now but you are so much more than that.
So let the grief just be here next to you.
Ask yourself now,
What exactly am I grieving?
What has changed,
Ended or been lost?
What still feels unfinished or painful to let go of?
Is there a sentence I never said?
I could buy that never could happen?
Take a moment here and if no words come that's okay too.
And if there is something you need to say,
You wanted to say,
If you like,
You can say it quietly in your mind right now.
Or just place your hand on your heart and feel it.
If it helps,
You can imagine someone you trust or love sitting with you.
They don't have to say anything.
They can just be there,
Breathing with you,
Holding space for you and reminding you that you are not alone.
I want you to know that loss can change how love or connection shows up.
But loss doesn't mean that the love is gone.
Some part of what you miss will still live inside of you,
In your memories,
In how you think,
Act and care,
In how you love others maybe.
And yeah,
It's true,
Things are not as they used to be.
But it doesn't mean they are not still a part of you.
Grief reminds us that something valuable was there and still is in a different way.
You carry it forward,
Not necessarily as a shadow,
But maybe as something luminous.
When it comes to grief,
There is no right pace,
No rule that says when grief should be done.
You are allowed to grieve slowly and in your own pace.
And what you're also allowed to do is to keep living,
To feel pain but to love as well,
To move on,
To feel joy again,
Without betraying what you've lost.
Grief can be a bridge between what was and what is.
And every step you take on your way,
Is part of that bridge.
Let's take one last breath together,
In through the nose and out through the mouth.
I want you to let this breath remind you that you are still here and you can carry both,
What was and what will be.
Thank you.
