12/05/2025
Special Yoga Series for Grief: Getting Through the Holiday Season
Though everyone must navigate loss throughout our lives, we often feel lost and isolated in our grief. Then, here come the holidays. It can be overwhelming and intense when you are missing “your person.” But we are not alone in this experience. Just as anyone can do gentle yoga, everyone experiences grief and can heal from it with compassion and support.
We are offering a 2-hour workshop on a Saturday from 3-5 pm on December 13.
This workshop will be similar to, but not identical, to the very successful Grief Workshop we held in November. If you came to the November session, you are very welcome to come in December as well. If you could not make it November, that will not make the December workshop any less helpful. (There will also be a third session on Saturday, January 10, which we will announce separately nearer that time.)
Each session will include a gentle, highly intentional practice of movement, breathwork, guided meditation, and relaxation. We will allow grief to move through the body, mind, and spirit with care and self-compassion. After roughly 75-85 minutes of practice, we will hold space for reflection and sharing as much or as little as desired for whomever wishes to participate.
Sessions will be led by Lesa Rae Vartanian, Ph.D., developmental psychologist and death educator for over 25 years. She will provide some brief grief education to help normalize and understand what you may be experiencing, along with some take-home resources that can help us get through this often challenging, but still beautiful time.
No previous yoga experience is needed—please come as you are, wherever you are in your grief journey (and wherever you are in your yoga practice). This is a supportive space where our grief is acknowledged and honored. Donations to Erin’s House for Grieving Children will be gratefully accepted in lieu of any class fees.
You can sign up for the workshop in MindBody or at the studio.
If you have questions about the workshops, please do not hesitate to let us know by email at simplyyogafw@gmail.com or by text at 260 710 6428
