Grieving

Hi, and welcome to day one of part one of the grief pack. So whatever kind of grief or bereavement you're going through right now, I'm really sorry that you're having to go through it. Please know that you're not going through it alone. Over the next few parts of the grief pack, we're gonna be looking at how we can create a space, a space of acceptance, a space for healing, and ultimately, a space of letting go. Letting go not meaning in any way to negate what's happened or to lessen the relationship. It's more about how we can sort of let go of the tension in the mind that causes that additional sense of pain and heartache. So allowing the relationship to continue, allowing that feeling of love or connection, however you think about it with that person, but letting go of the tension and the additional thinking around it. So please know this isn't meant as something to do just in the next 10 days. So bereavement, grief, has no fixed timeline. It's different for everybody. We all grieve in different ways. For some people, it passes very quickly. For some, it takes a long time, but I would frame this in terms of when we lose somebody that we really care about, we never really move past it. That becomes part of our life. It becomes a really important part of our journey. And this is more about finding how it can become a healthy part of our journey, so that that doesn't cause us additional layers of pain and heartache as we continue in our life. Do make sure that you have the support around you, you need. If you feel like you're really struggling, please do make sure you reach out to your doctor, your health professional, and of course, to loads of friends, to family, support groups, whatever you find works for you best in this time of grief. Right now, though, we're gonna begin with our eyes open, a nice, soft focus. Just aware of the space around you. Aware perhaps of any sense of nervousness in sitting down without any distraction, knowing that that sense of pain or loss might be with you right now. But just pausing for a moment and just taking a couple of big, deep breaths, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. And with the next out breath, just gently closing the eyes. And in closing the eyes, feeling the weight of the body pressing down, feeling the contact of the body against the seat, or the floor, weight of the hands and the arms on the legs. Just settling into that space, starting to notice the different sounds around you now. And then just bringing that attention back to the body. Take a moment just to check in with the body. Notice how it feels. Quite common in this situation to feel a sense of heaviness. Not looking to change anything,...