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Ep. 566 Yoga for Living with Loss with Sheena Nancy Sarles

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Learn how grief shows up in the body and how simple yoga techniques can help us recognize and embody grief in a healthy way.

A woman with short dark hair smiles at the camera, wearing a purple top. To her right, there is a book cover titled 'Yoga for Living with Loss' by Sheena Nancy Sarles. The background features a gradient of teal and dark green.

About the guest:

My guest Sheena Nancy Sarles is a yoga teacher, author, and longtime communicator whose work focuses on times of loss and transition. She has decades of experience teaching yoga for grief that includes breath, subtle movement, reflection, and nervous-system regulation. She is the founder of Yoga for Living with Loss and author of a book by the same name and today she discusses how grief shows up in the body. Learn more about her work at the website:

yogaforlivingwithloss.com

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This episode includes:

  • How Sheena became interested in yoga and applying it for her own grief after experiencing several deaths
  • Her recognition that grief is in the body as well as the emotions and mind
  • How yoga, chakras, and grief come together in her classes
  • “Grief is not something to remedy, it’s something to incorporate”
  • We all carry some grief with us at all times over some part of life or another
  • The functions of each chakra as well as the shadow side
  • How to balance the chakras and improve the functioning of each
  • The emphasis is on feeling whatever emotions are there rather than resisting and pushing them away
  • There are no timelines or rules for grief – it is universal but also unique
  • The power of witnessing what your grief is bringing you each day
  • The value of simple things like the breath, movement, and shaking the body during times of grief
  • Yoga for grief is basically coordinating breath and movement with awareness

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Ep. 406 Living with Life-Limiting Illness with Novelette Munroe

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Learn about the challenges of coping with loss, grief and uncertainty that accompany a life-limiting illness.

My guest Novelette Munroe is a poet, artist and hospice volunteer who was born with a rare and life-limiting genetic skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB.) Despite dealing with ongoing and constant medical issues Novelette manages to volunteer her time in hospice and peer bereavement in her local community. She discusses the challenges of her life journey and how she has managed to cope with multiple losses caused by her illness and the deaths of several friends who also had EB. Learn more about Camp Discovery for kids with skin diseases:

www.aad.org/public/public-health/camp-discovery

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This episode includes:

  • What life has been like dealing with EB
  • The importance of connecting with others who are experiencing a similar illness and how summer camp changed everything for Novelette
  • Why Novelette decided to become a hospice volunteer
  • How Novelette developed “grief literacy” with the help of teachers
  • Practices that have helped her cope with ongoing illness, uncertainty and grief
  • The benefits of mindful self-compassion for grief and illness
  • What Novelette wishes medical professionals understood about helping patients with life-limiting illness

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