Grief yoga & movement
Some weeks you can’t talk about it. You can still move.
Slow, non-denominational movement for people carrying a recent loss. Nothing you have to believe, no chanting unless you ask, and no one will make you say how you are feeling.
Grief yoga is slow, gentle movement and breathing designed for people who are grieving. It does not require experience, flexibility, or any belief. Grief sits in the body, in the chest and the jaw and the hands, and needs somewhere to go; movement gives it somewhere.
I am a YAA-certified instructor and an end-of-life doula, so the room is held by someone who is not frightened of grief and will not try to fix it. Sessions are one to one at home, or small groups of six. Tears are fine. Leaving early is fine. Lying on the floor for the whole hour is fine.
Who is grief yoga for?
- Anyone in the first year of a loss, or the fifth, or the twentieth.
- People grieving an animal. It is the same grief and you are welcome.
- Caregivers, before the death, who have not put their own body down in months.
- People who work around death — nurses, hospice staff, vets, funeral directors — and rarely get to set it down.
- Families, together, when nobody can find the words.
What does a session look like?
About an hour. Slow, floor-based movement, a lot of breathing, long holds, and quiet. No performance, no chanting unless you ask for it, and no language you did not choose. If your faith matters to you there is room for it; if you have none, that is fine too.
Sessions and schedule
One to one at your home, or a small group of up to six. Group dates are set by request rather than a fixed timetable, so ask and I will tell you what is coming up. The first conversation is free, like everything else here.
Bring the body. Leave the words at home.
One to one at home, or groups of six. Ask what is coming up.