In this episode I talk with Yoga Therapist Chris Armstrong about her work with grief – the Yoga for Grief Support classes she teaches at Mayo Clinic, how she approaches grief with her yoga therapy clients, and some of her personal grief journeys.

Grief has many flavors – unresolved grief, anticipatory grief, immediate and ongoing grief, complicated grief. Grief is messy. It's not pretty. Yet I found myself responding “that’s so beautiful” to the experiences Chris shares. Yoga can help!

Find Chris at https://chrisarmstrongyoga.com

You can also experience a gentle asana practice and reflection on someone you miss that Chris teaches at Mayo Clinic - available as part of Yoga Well Institute's podcast series.

Join the Meditation Conversations online community to share your experiences and reflections https://meditationconversations.com

If you teach meditations, you and your students will benefit from encouraging your students to talk about what happened for them in the meditation. How do you get the conversation started? What is there to talk about?

I share insights and guidance for conversation topics applicable to most meditations. Then I use a specific meditation (A Being That Can Fly), to illustrate points of interest in the student experience for each of the 12 steps in the meditation.

It's best if you do the 20-minute Being That Can Fly meditation first (it's the episode before this one) and then listen to this podcast.

Then come over the Meditation Conversations online community to join the conversation (https://meditationconversations.com).

Carrie Heeter (PhD, RYS200) is a meditation teacher, writer, and scientist. She is Professor Emeritus of Media and Information at Michigan State University and author of the book An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation. She is a long-time personal student of Marcel Allbritton (PhD, C-IAYT) and has engaged in advanced Yoga studies with Chase Bossart (C-IAYT, RYT500) through Yoga Well Institute for more than a decade.

This 20 minute Being That Can Fly meditation integrates breath, movement, and visualization steps to set a stage for participants to have unique personal experiences.

In the Meditation Conversations podcast episode 4 (now available) I use this Being That Can Fly meditation as an example to showcase ways to encourage students to talk about the experiences they have doing a meditation.

So do the meditation, then listen to theTalking About Meditation Experiences: What's there to say? podcast.

After that please join me at the Meditation Conversations online community to continue the conversation (https://meditationconversations.com)

Carrie Heeter (PhD, RYS200) is a meditation teacher, writer, and scientist. She is Professor Emeritus of Media and Information at Michigan State University and author of the book An Inside Look at Meditation: Experiences for healing, support, and transformation. She is a long-time personal student of Marcel Allbritton (PhD, C-IAYT) and has engaged in advanced Yoga studies with Chase Bossart (C-IAYT, RYT500) through Yoga Well Institute for more than a decade.