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.
***Coming Soon: Quiet Mind, Open Heart: A Four-Week Grief Hypnosis Series. Details to come.***
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.
“You have created such a safe and sacred space. I will carry it with me.”
“I used to feel very much alone in my grief. Now I feel part of something—connected, accepted, and free to be myself.”
“I’m not crazy. What I’m experiencing is normal. Hearing others in a similar place helped me feel less alone.”
“This class completely changed my life. I learned tools to heal deep soul sadness and to feel every painful and beautiful emotion as part of the journey.
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“I experienced a sense of peace and learned techniques to use when I can’t sleep. Being heard and hearing others helped me realize I’m not alone.”
“Hearing my own voice express my grief out loud to caring people was probably the most helpful. Knowing we had a beginning, middle, and end helped me move through the grieving process. I loved the yoga—especially the restorative parts.”
“Your class was like a bowl of nourishing soup for me. This is such meaningful work.”
Offerings
Choose what works for you:
6‑Week Group Session
Add‑Ons / Other Offerings:
Private Sessions
Retreats & future events (as available).
In 2014, long-time yoga instructor, Susannah Sanfilippo created Yoga for your Grieving Heart because she was stunned by the power of her grief when her father unexpectedly passed away in 2012. She found herself emotionally and physically walloped and disconcerted by the lack of empathic support. Susannah’s mother died in 2017, after years of suffering with dementia, Susannah believes that grief is Normal, Natural and Necessary
