Grief, Belonging and the Body

Listening, movement and gentle practice

designed to help you feel less alone

and more at peace.

Grief is exhausting.

And it doesn’t live only in the heart — it lives in the body, too.

Since 2014, Yoga for Your Grieving Heart has offered a compassionate, body-based approach to grief support through gentle yoga, breathwork, and community.

This supportive two-part 6-week series offers space to breathe, move, and be with your grief alongside others who understand.

No fixing. No rushing.
Just support, compassion, and care.

Part 1 - A Place to Land

Grief is not only an emotion - it lives in tight shoulders, shallow breath, a heavy chest, and sleepless nights.

Designed for those grieving the death of someone close, this six-week series gives your grief a place to land - in your body, in your breath, and in the company of others who understand loss. Whether your grief is raw and recent or has lived quietly in you for years, you are welcome here.

Each week weaves together gentle yoga, movement, breathwork, and somatic practices that speak directly to a nervous system in grief, alongside compassionate listening and sharing. 

This is not a place to be fixed or to pretend you are fine. There is no right way to grieve here, only your way. Nothing is required except your presence.

What we explore together:

• Showing up, exactly as you are

• Honoring those we lost through story and shared witness

• Understanding what grief does to the body and nervous system

• Befriending ourselves with loving kindness

• Naming the losses beneath the loss

• Learning to carry both the weight and the gifts

A small, steady group. A quiet, intentional space created specifically for grief. Time to speak, listen, or simply be present, at your own pace.

Each class is two hours. No previous yoga experience needed. All bodies welcome.

Part 2 - What Remains 

You've done the hard work of showing up. Now we go deeper.

Designed for those who have completed Part 1, What Remains is a six-week continuation for anyone who is still raw, still finding their footing, still navigating a world that has moved on faster than they have. For those whose friendships have shifted, whose solitude has grown heavy, who are quietly wondering how to let people back in — and how to reconnect with themselves.

This is not about being over it. It's about discovering what survived.

Each week weaves together yoga, movement, breathwork, and somatic practices with deeper inquiry — exploring the questions that grief eventually asks of all of us. Who am I now? What did they leave in me? What do I still have? What is mine to carry forward?

What we explore together:

• What could death not touch? Who are we without them?

• What they left in us — beliefs, values, gifts we inherit

• What we still have control over

• Survival strength and future self

• Presence without form

• What I now know

Each class is two hours. Come back to what held you. There is more here for you.

Part 3 - Quiet Mind, Open Heart:

A Stand-Alone Four-Week Grief Hypnosis Series.

Grief doesn't move in a straight line, and it doesn't ask for permission. This four-week series gives your mind a steady place to rest and process. These four sessions are designed to help grief soften at its own pace. Whether you're here on your own or continuing from the previous classes we've done together, this series meets you where you are. No rushing, no fixing. Just steady, gentle support as you find your way through.

Each class is 75 minutes

Dates:

Part 1: Mondays, 4-6pm, Sept 14 – Oct 19, 2026

Part 2: Mondays, 4-6pm, Oct 26 – Nov 30, 2026

Part 3: Mondays: Mondays, 4-5:15pm, Dec 7 – Dec 28, 2026

Location:

Good Medicine, 231 York Street, Portland, Maine

Investment:

Pricing: 1st Session $450.00. 2nd session: $450.00.

Bundle Sessions 1+2: $800.00 Earlybird (3 weeks before start date) $425/single session

Part 3: $300.00

You’re not alone in this

People sometimes arrive feeling unsure - carrying grief in their bodies, wondering if it will feel safe to share, move, or even just be quiet. Here are a few reflections from those who have taken part in Yoga for Your Grieving Heart.