How Physical Practices Can Help Navigate Grief: A Comprehensive Guide
Grief is often seen as a purely emotional journey, with crying and sadness being the most recognized responses. However, grief impacts us in multifaceted ways, affecting us emotionally, cognitively, socially, physically, behaviorally, and spiritually. Understanding how grief affects our body and employing physical practices to manage it can be incredibly beneficial.
Grief and school transitions
The energy that is so palpable at this time of year can feel jarring when we are grieving. I often talk with clients about how there is this uncanny experience in grief of feeling like life has frozen internally, but outside the window everyone is just moving about their merry way. We can have that feeling pop up at many times during grief, especially when grief is fresh, at holidays/celebrations, and at times like back-to-school.