If you have not been able to attend to your sorrow, chances are you have not been able to feel the world around you.

Maybe you are hiding and withdrawing, or keeping busy so that you don’t “hear” what is going on in your heart.

Perhaps you have become numb and listless and empty—so you’ve sought out food or drugs or dangerous behaviors so that you can’t see what’s smoldering beneath the surface.

Afraid to move in any direction you’ve closed off a part of yourself and feel stuck—and trust yourself less.

Now imagine having a technique that allows you to grieve by yourself.

Imagine being able to totally immerse yourself in whatever you are doing. Imagine feeling a greater sense of calm, understanding and compassion.

One way of dealing with grief is that of the Theravadin Buddhists’ practice of mindfulness. It’s a way to stay aware of your mind and body “in the here and now.”

In my next few Blog posts I’ll share more about grieving with mindfulness.

And I’ll pass along a beautiful guided meditation that was shared with me.

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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