10 Min Somatic Practice to Release Grief

Transcript

hello and welcome to the somatic practice to help you release extra grief stored in the body so in traditional Chinese medicine grief is an emotion associated with the lungs the lungs are the organ that is designed to receive and release so if there's any problem with the lungs if there's perhaps too much stagnation because of too much grief or anything else that's going on there they they don't have the ability to to release release all of that grief that is being stagnant there so today we're going to work on some somatic practices that will help you release the whole lung area so that you can open up to the grief and release it out of your body I invite you to find a nice comfortable position seated in the middle of your mat perhaps cross-legged or in Easy pose grabbing as many props as you need for this practice to feel really supported safe and calm in your experience today just find the present moment here tap into your body and acknowledge any Sensations or emotions that might be arising everything is welcome everything is okay in this class you're here you're working on your emotions on any stagnancy that you might be experiencing know that it is okay raise up your hands to about shoulder height here and on the next out breath imagine you're bringing your shoulders together hunching in shoulders in and on the next out breath opening up the shoulder so that your shoulder blades here are touching as much as possible in breath close in aiming to touch the shoulders towards one another opening up releasing this is such a gentle practice to help you open up that lung energy that grief energy and perhaps slowly starting to introduce some more arm movement here for nice little back bends as you close in closing the shoulders rounding your spine with the next out breath opening up your arms to the sides your shoulders open up and your chest is shining forward and notice is the difference between this contraction and expansion how does that feel in your body how does it feel emotionally for you as well bring the shoulders in and open up just inviting that energy of the lungs into this practice and maybe for so long you've been struggling with grief that it really made your whole rib cage area stiff and rough and tense so this is helping it open up just a little bit one last time close in and open and now we're going to gently take our fingertips and tap onto the whole rib cage area here introducing some vibration into the lungs into the chest helping awaken some of that stuck stagnant energy out of your system so whatever Direction here feels for you feel free to go for it there's no right or wrong gently tapping your whole rib cage here and as you do maybe visualize all of that grief that loss that stuckness coming to the surface here of your body so that you can work with it it's not just buried down in your tissues it's coming here online so we can process it and feel better after well done you can gently release the T tapping now this time interlace your fingers and turn your palms upside down so that they they're facing the roof the ceiling the sky wherever you are opening up the chest here feeling that upper body stretching and on the next in breath reach up up up with your shoulders to your ears here and on the next out breath release lowering the Palms down to your head a little bit next in breath breathe and open the Palms up to the sky shrugging the shoulders stretching the whole spine the lungs opening sideways and releasing back down one more time stretching up and and releasing back down this time keep your fingers interlaced feel free to shake off your arms here if this is too much for you and once again Lift It Up Lift both arms above your head here with the Palms facing to the sky and this time lift up and shrug your shoulders to your ears and as you breathe out drop the Palms behind your head feel that opening in your upper back in your chest shining forward lift up deep breaths here as you breathe out emptying your lungs completely really working with that breath today in this class it's going to help you facilitate so much freedom and space in your lungs which in turn of course helps all of that stuck grief Ah One More Time Stretch up shrug the shoulders and release back down feel free to let go of the hands shake them off place your hands on your knees here just reconnect to the present moment for just a second and maybe notice how your lungs are feeling at this moment now feel free to open your eyes if you had them closed and for the next movement we're going to work with the side body here which is going to help you open up your side lungs which so often get constricted and stuck when we don't breathe properly when we have too much grief stuck in them so I invite you to place your right hand with the Palm facing up just about your belly height here and PR place your left hand on top of your head with your palm facing down and now we're going to do this this nice little twisting movement sliding both hands away from each other coming back to Center and switching sides so the bottom hand the bottom bottom Palm is facing the sky the top Palm is facing the ground the Earth opening up here your side body and your lungs in your own time no rush here really this movement can look however it looks for you it doesn't really matter how much you're twisting here how elegant this movement looks like it's all about lengthening that side body here and sending the breath here few more times feeling perhaps some new expansion in your lungs more space being created in your chest one last time to each side come back to Center and I invite you to now place your hands onto your lungs wherever that feels comfortable for you and gently close your eyes here what Sensations are you noticing right now in your body perhaps is there any vibrations any tingling how does the grief feel in you right now is it perhaps more expanded more present instead of just [Music] suppressed does it have more space to move in your body and know that this is really the goal of what we're trying to do when we're experiencing too much grief we want to give it space in the body instead of just expel it it's okay to feel it it's okay to feel grief but know that at the same time you have space to feel Joy thank you for joining me in this class