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Grief and Degrief, Part 4
... The use of somatic treatments to address grief is both the unique factor and the integral part of the success of the ... rely solely on talk to affect the healing of grief after loss. Grief is the body’s innate reaction to loss and the symptomology is ...
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Grief and Degrief, Part 1
... N.Y., to present my work on the “somatic aspects” of grief. It was 9:01 a.m. as I stood in front of my class. It was my first ... soil – we are rich in grief. For me, grief comes from the loss of my husband, Mark Greenberg, who died at the Living/Dying Project in ...
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Revisiting Our Trauma
... & Bodywork magazine, August/September 2006. Grief is the most available, untapped, emotional resource for personal ... to clients as they take refuge on your table. Grief and Loss Grief is the body’s response to loss—any loss. Fresh grief can ...
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Grief and Degrief, Part 2
... is full of sentiments acknowledging how we feel after a loss. The term “heartache” and the phrase “I’m so sad, it hurts” immediately come to mind. Grief is the body’s response to loss, and we attempt expression of physical, ...
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Heal Grief Mindfully
... and her chest pain was a physical manifestation of her grief. In my practice as an energy bodyworker, I see the ways grief ... We haven’t fully acknowledged the emotions underlying the loss—the end of a marriage, the recognition that one’s child is becoming ...
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Grief and Degrief, Part 3
... & Bodywork magazine, June/July 2002. “Grief is the most available, untapped emotional resource for personal ... accurate expression of their communication regarding their loss-related experience. This gives them the opportunity to revise, reassess, ...
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Free the Body of Sadness
By Lyn Prashant Job loss, death, divorce, break-ups, financial strain, and the many challenges life ... happiness. And massage can play a key role. I define grief as a mental and emotional experience, usually triggered by a traumatic ...
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Touching Grief
... and we were directly affected. We so often feel at a loss when we are witnesses — however far removed — to tragedy, and the ... arrived, we were not part of a coordinated effort with other grief workers. This limited the scope of our practice, as most of our clients ...
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Loss of Innocence: Massage at Ground Zero
... 11, 2001. It was a day, and it was an eternity. It’s when grief stole America’s smile, and when the air of an entire city was thick ... with his own issues, too. “I felt overwhelmed—at a loss,” Kearney remembers. “There was so much that needed to be done, and ...
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Tears and Time: Being Mindful of Your Emotional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
... Overwhelming sadness. Crisis exhaustion. Unrecognized grief. My moment came two weeks ago when the tears seemed to flow all day. An ... who’ve closed their doors are also grieving the loss of their clients specifically. “I miss them,” one MT wrote only a few ...