6 Mindful Strategies to Recover from the Shock of Loss

By Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT

Posted: March 30, 2011


It is easy to become overwhelme­d in the face of loss and world crisis, and yet we have this gift of mindfulnes­s to keep us sane and even grow through it all. Your 6 points are spot on. We have to have support, we have to get to know ourselves better, and we have to envision (and eventually act) on the reconstruc­ted life after loss.

I teach Yoga for Grief (which relates to point 6: Practice Mindfulnes­s), and am posting 8 mindfulnes­s based exercises for grief. I will read your book and will add it to my mindful grief resource list. Thank you for all you do! The world is better for it.

Jai, Heather Whittingto­n, MA
http://www­.mindfulgr­ief.com
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Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT

About the author

Heather Stang, M.A. is the author of Living with Grief and the guided journal, From Grief To Peace. She is the creator of the Mindfulness & Grief System that is featured in the Handbook of Grief Therapies (2023) and is the founder of Awaken, a mindfulness-based online grief support group. Heather also hosts the Mindfulness & Grief Podcast, and offers mindfulness-based grief support online through her organization, the Mindfulness & Grief Institute. She holds a Masters degree in Thanatology (Death, Dying, and Bereavement) from Hood College in Maryland, and is a certified Yoga Therapist. She currently lives in Falling Waters, WV.

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