Welcome to your body.
This is an active and expressive practice designed to bring you into deeper relationship with the grief that lives in your body.
Make sure you have space to move wherever you are.
And settle into whatever position feels best for you to begin.
That might be sitting or lying down.
And even be standing.
If it feels okay,
You might gently close your eyes.
If not,
You can keep a soft gaze.
A gaze that allows you to stay in contact with your inner world,
Your inner wisdom.
And wherever you are,
I just invite you to start by taking a breath.
And see if you can sense where your grief is living in your body.
Invitation to place a hand on that part of your body if you can sense it.
And if not,
That's okay too.
Once your hand has made contact,
If it has,
See what it's like to breathe into your hand.
And whatever part of your body that is,
Maybe it's your heart or your belly or your hips or somewhere else.
I invite you to start circling that part of your body as if inviting your grief into a dance.
So just making some circles,
Some shapes with that part.
Noticing what other parts of your body want to be invited.
And giving them room to move.
If you started with your heart,
You might invite in your head.
A gentle sway or a circling of your shoulders.
Noticing what your lower back and your hips want to do.
Knowing that you're never stuck,
You can change position,
You can change your level anytime.
Knowing that for you,
This practice might be quite large and expressive,
And it might be subtle.
Whatever your body is calling for is exactly what your grief needs.
Simply inviting your body,
Inviting your grief to take up space.
Inviting in your breath,
Some sense of flow.
And any other body parts that haven't yet been invited.
What do your knees want to do?
What do your feet want to do?
What do your fingers and earlobes,
What are they calling for?
You might engage in some sort of spinal undulation or movement.
The central support system of our body.
See what it's like to initiate movement from this place.
Letting yourself be big.
You might start to reach from side to side or front and back.
Letting the water in your body take over.
Dancing with your grief.
Letting it flow,
Letting it move.
Knowing that any amount of movement,
Even just the image in your mind of movement is still movement.
Sensing what your grief needs from your body.
Getting there,
Giving it that.
And gently,
As you're ready.
Going to a seated position.
Taking a breath.
Giving yourself a hug.
Thinking your body for carrying you through,
For carrying all that it does.
And honoring yourself for showing up for your grief,
For showing up for your body in this moment.
I invite you to come back to this practice whenever you feel stuck in your grief.
You're never stuck.
It's never too late to change.
Have a gentle rest of your day.
