Yoga for Grief Relief

Yoga for Grief Relief Grief is a radical opportunity to transform our awareness, but few of us know it. When I was twenty years old, my mother died of a stroke.

Yoga for Grief Relief is a somatic psychotherapeutic process using specific Yoga techniques as somatic tools to address the physical, mental and spiritual symptoms of grief towards self re-identification following an important loss. For two and a half years, I lived in a state of denial, completely disconnected from my feelings. When I was finally able to be with my pain, I discovered, to my astonishment, that my body had created an additional calcium deposit between one of my ribs and the breastbone—what the body will sometimes do in response to a fracture. In essence, what my mind had been hiding, my body showed with pristine clarity: I had a broken heart. As life continued after the loss of my mother, I began training with Lyn Prashant, an outstanding grief counselor and therapist and creator of the Degriefing process, a comprehensive mind-body approach to grief therapy. She helped me learn that grief is one of our least-tapped sources of self-knowledge. Sometime after starting to work together, Lyn asked me to develop a yoga prac- tice to address the body-centered effects of grief, which can range from feelings of lethargy to dull aches, tightness in the chest cavity, shortness of breath, and sleeplessness. I was well equipped through my training as a somatic psychothera- pist and yoga teacher. But it was my own personal experience of grief that led me to build a sadhana, or spiritual discipline, that eventually became a holistic practice I call Yoga for Grief Relief.

Thank you for the clarification Ananda!
12/09/2025

Thank you for the clarification Ananda!

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Feeling the Heat? Turn Anger into Energy Anger happens — but it doesn’t have to hijack your peace.Join our upcoming “Cha...
10/24/2025

Feeling the Heat? Turn Anger into Energy

Anger happens — but it doesn’t have to hijack your peace.

Join our upcoming “Channel Your Anger Through Yoga” workshop at Integral Yoga SF — available both in person and online — and discover how to:
• Cool emotional flare-ups before they take over
• Move and breathe your way back to balance
• Turn your inner fire into clarity and compassion

This unique session blends traditional yoga tools — movement, breathwork, and mindfulness — with a psychological framework for understanding and processing emotions.

You can’t avoid anger — but you can transform it. Learn how to make peace with your powerful emotions — and let your fire fuel growth instead of burnout.

https://integralyogasf.org/event/anger-management-through-yoga-therapy/


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I will be sharing yogic tips for emotional processing with the always dedicated Bulgarian audience!
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I will be sharing yogic tips for emotional processing with the always dedicated Bulgarian audience!

Making Space for Grief After Traumatic LossNovember 15 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PSThttps://conta.cc/4o0lBavSome losses don’t ...
10/18/2025

Making Space for Grief After Traumatic Loss

November 15
10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
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Some losses don’t just break our hearts—they disrupt our sense of safety, shaking the body, mind, and spirit. This is traumatic grief: when the pain of loss is entangled with the lasting effects of trauma, making the grieving process more complex and non-linear.
Through gentle somatic practices and shared reflection, we’ll explore how trauma shapes grief and discover ways to support healing and regulation in the body and mind.
Open to individuals, practitioners, and caregivers. Come exactly as you are.

Trauma is more than survival — it's also loss.Loss of safety. Loss of trust. Loss of who we were before.November 15 @ 10...
10/17/2025

Trauma is more than survival — it's also loss.
Loss of safety. Loss of trust. Loss of who we were before.

November 15 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

Join us for a 2-hour online workshop exploring trauma through a grief-informed, embodied lens — with breath, gentle movement, and space to feel what’s been quietly carried.
No fixing. No pressure. Just presence.
All are welcome.

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Exploring Trauma Through the Lens of Grief and Embodied PresenceTrauma is often seen through the lens of survival — but ...
10/17/2025

Exploring Trauma Through the Lens of Grief and Embodied Presence
Trauma is often seen through the lens of survival — but not often enough as a form of loss. In this experiential, two-hour online workshop, we’ll gently explore the often-unspoken grief that accompanies trauma: the loss of safety, trust, identity, and connection.
Through guided reflection, compassionate listening, and simple somatic practices, we’ll create space to honor what’s been lost — and begin to restore relationship with what remains.
This space is for:
• Anyone carrying trauma and seeking a more compassionate, grief-informed understanding of their experience
• Practitioners, caregivers, and therapists wanting to integrate a grief lens into trauma work
You don’t need to “be ready” — only willing to listen inward, breathe gently, and let your body speak.

There’s been so much loss lately.If you're feeling it too, maybe this is a good moment to pause and explore how we proce...
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There’s been so much loss lately.
If you're feeling it too, maybe this is a good moment to pause and explore how we process difficult times — together or on our own. Grief, change, uncertainty — none of it is easy. But you're not alone in it.

Grief is a natural response to loss—personal or global—but navigating it can feel disorienting, isolating, even immobilizing. In the midst of these challenging times—marked by political unrest, economic uncertainty, and the devastating signs of climate change—it becomes even more important t...

Feeling the Heat? Learn to Channel Your Anger through Yoga Anger is a natural and even healthy emotion — but when left u...
09/25/2025

Feeling the Heat? Learn to Channel Your Anger through Yoga
Anger is a natural and even healthy emotion — but when left unchecked, it can take a toll on your body, mind, and relationships.
Join us for a transformative workshop at Integral Yoga SF that blends ancient yoga practices with modern emotional awareness techniques to help you:
Understand how anger shows up in your body
Learn to cool intense emotions before they erupt
Use yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness to reset your nervous system
Create space for calm, clarity, and conscious response
Whether you suppress it, express it, or turn it inward — anger doesn’t have to control you. Learn how to work with this powerful emotion, not against it.
https://integralyogasf.org/event/anger-management-through-yoga-therapy/

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