Find a comfortable position.
You can sit or lie down.
Just make any last movements,
Adjustments before finding stillness.
And you can take a couple of deep breaths in and out.
Coming into the body,
Into the center.
And wherever you are on your journey with grief,
Whatever stage and however big or small the loss.
Just making the intention that you'll be gentle with yourself.
That you'll be kind.
My friend once said that grief is love and when we put grief to sleep,
We put love to sleep.
And it's hard grieving when in some parts of the world we don't have the rituals or communities to support us in the journey.
So letting this just be a safe space for you to feel whatever is coming up.
And you can gently shift your attention to any emotions coming up.
Shift your attention to the body.
Becoming aware and just observing.
And just imagining yourself,
The version of yourself that's observing,
Supporting and comforting any emotions that are coming up.
And as you're sitting in stillness knowing that you're giving yourself more and more space to feel anything that wants to be felt.
And you can imagine your heart opening to any sensations,
Any emotions.
Whether they're joyful or whether they're painful.
Just allowing all to be there.
Allowing yourself to feel all of it,
With it.
Judging whether it's the right or the right emotion,
The right amount.
Just allowing yourself,
Giving yourself that space.
And as you feel into each sensation and movement,
Allowing yourself and your body just to feel relaxed,
To make any noises or movements,
Any releases.
Allowing any sounds to come out.
Just feeling yourself support whatever there is.
If it feels right you can call in a supportive figure to hold you.
Whether that's a loved one,
Someone who's past who could be a resource or the earth itself.
Maybe it's a teacher or a guide.
Just allowing them to be with you and comfort you,
Hold you.
As you allow yourself to go into any emotion that's coming up.
Allowing yourself to feel all of it.
And you can just gently bring the awareness back to the sensations of the body.
The mind has drifted.
Always gently.
Allowing yourself to feel all of it.
Just allowing everything that's coming up to be there.
Allowing yourself to feel all of it.
And you can take as long as you want.
Just staying with whatever is coming up.
Once you feel ready you could ask yourself how would feel like a nice way to remember whatever you're grieving.
Whether it's a loved one,
Whether it's something that didn't or couldn't happen.
Whatever it is just asking yourself what's a nice way for me to remember this,
To acknowledge this.
Maybe you want to make a little place dedicated to remembering.
Somewhere in nature or somewhere that reminds you of whatever it is you're grieving.
Once you've decided what you'd like to do or if at the moment it doesn't feel like the time.
Just trusting that whatever decision you're making is the right one for you just now.
When you're ready you can move the body,
Move the fingers and the feet.
You can come back to the space.
You can ask to be continuously held for the rest of the day if that feels right.
And you can come back to this space where all sensations and emotions are welcome.
Treat your body with this special care.
Drink lots of water if you can.
Thank you.
