Grief: Four Practices for Sensitive Souls
A tender protocol for gently moving sorrow through the body & soul
Over the last two weeks here on The MindfulSense Mentor🧚 we’ve explored the depths of Grief as it lives inside our lungs.
First, the my own story of a cough that began after a heartbreak, manifesting as allergies, but rooted in a grief I hadn’t yet named. Then, the story of Norah—whose lungs refused to open until I helped her listen to what her body was trying to say.
These stories are about the sacred language of Grief, and what happens when sensitive souls carry sorrow in silence for too long.
🫁 Heartbreak, allergies, and the grief trapped inside my lungs that no one could see. This is the story of my own grief surfacing as bronchitis, masked as allergies
🫁 The breath we hold, the pain we misname, and the healing that begins when someone finally listens. This is the story of Norah (a fictionalized client), whose lungs refused to breathe until her grief was named.
Today, I share with you the four practices I lean on in times of Grief, and the protocol I offer to clients like Norah when they discover they are not depressed, but they are grieving. These aren’t simple mindset hacks, reframing exercises or generic coping tips you get from therapists and other coaches. These are sacred, sensitive rituals rooted in shamanic wisdom and ancient somatic healing re-designed for the sensitive soul who feels everything… deeply.
Beyond the paywall you will receive:
a breath-balancing practice to start filling the emptiness you feel in your soul
a somatic grounding exercise for root repair
a nervous-system rewiring mantra to compost grief into strength
an ancestor practice to redefine your relationship with that which you have lost
This protocol isn’t a replacement for medical treatment. It’s a a way to process grief energetically, symbolically, and somatically through a return to sacred breath. It’s meant to work in collaboration with your medical health care providers advice and treatments.
These four practices offer a holistic approach to listening to what your lungs are holding—so that your body can finally begin to release. If you’ve been quietly carrying a loss that no one can see—let this be the moment you receive something back.
If your grief has made it hard to breathe, this protocol is for you.