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Cycles of Grief
by Laurie Levine, Author of Spiritual Medicine, International Healer and Teacher

 “As we experience grief, we are truly in uncharted territory. We do not know just how long or how intensely we should feel the anger, pain and guilt resulting from loss. Nor do we know how to behave toward others. Often we feel guilty because we are afraid of imposing our sadness on others. “From The Path Through Grief” by Marguerite Bouvard.

 Grief can surface from any number of changes in our life. We do not have to experience a death to feel grief. We can grieve over a divorce, any change in our life, such as: moving house, changing cities or countries, getting married, loosing a pet, getting older, loosing our job, changing careers,  having a miscarriage, our children getting older and not needing us so much etc.

The grief cycle can be different for each person.  The variety of feelings we can experience during the stages of grief include: sadness, loss, guilt, anger, shock (disbelief), despair and numbness. We may want to withdraw at times and not understand what is happening while we are going through the grief process.

What can we do when these feelings come up? The first and most important thing is to recognize and acknowledge how we are feeling. The next step is to let ourselves know that this is ok and is part of the process.

We do not have to go through the grief process alone. It is helpful to talk about how you are feeling, write it out, be creative, do physical exercise or find whatever way works best for you.

It is vitally important to remember that for optimum health and wellness to take place, the emotional energy needs to move out of the body.  If it is repressed, our body will find some way to release it. This can show up in many ways. I have seen it manifest as shingles, back pain, migraines, insomnia, fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, cancer, chronic conditions just to mention a few. 

Take the time to be loving and gentle with yourself and get whatever support you can.  Feed yourself fresh, healthy and nurturing foods and get what ever physical exercise you can. For calming anxiety and helping you to feel more peace, you can use the heart hold whenever you need to. Meditate, breath fully, trust in yourself and follow your own intuitive sense are helpful spiritual practices for balancing the mind and body.

If you have been around people who are grieving, make sure to energetically protect yourself so that you do not take on their grief. We can be supportive and loving to others without having to take what they are feeling.

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