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Episode 122 What Is Grief Yoga? | How To Use It In Sessions Today: Interview with Paul Denniston
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Episode 122 What Is Grief Yoga? | How To Use It In Sessions Today: Interview with Paul Denniston

Yoga in the Therapy Room: Tips for integrating trauma informed yoga · Chris McDonald, LCMHCS

May 31, 202335m 57s

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Show Notes

What is grief yoga and how can it help individuals experiencing grief and loss? How can you use Compassionate Transformation when working with clients dealing with grief?

MEET Paul Denniston

Paul Denniston is the founder of Grief Yoga® and the author of Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment.

The mission of Grief Yoga is to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering to connect to empowerment and love.

Grief Yoga combines many different forms of yoga to channel and release anger and allow unresolved grief a compassionate space to breathe and move. His gentle work creates a safe space of movement, transformation, and healing to connect to the resilient loving warrior within.

Paul has taught and trained this practice to thousands of therapists, counselors, and healthcare professionals around the world

Find out more at Grief Yoga and connect with Paul on Facebook & Instagram

IN THIS PODCAST:

  • What is the importance of combining sound, movement & breath? 5:44
  • How to overcome grief in a safe way 9:06
  • What are the benefits of using grief yoga?14:03

What Is The Importance Of Combining Sound, Movement & Breath?
  • What are the many ways that we suppress grief?
  • Creating intention when using yoga movement for dealing with grief
  • What are some challenges of moving through grief by only using talk therapy?
  • Understanding how grief can be trapped in our bodies

How To Overcome Grief In A Safe Way
  • Why it is essential to find what we have to support us when dealing with grief
  • Ways to find balance and center yourself
  • How to encourage breathwork in grief
  • How to introduce grief yoga to clients

What Are The Benefits Of Using Grief Yoga?
  • What is compassionate transformation?
  • A movement walkthrough to get into the body and deepen the breath
  • Identifying where you are holding pain in your body
  • The importance of keeping movement simple and embodying what you are doing at the moment
  • Is grief yoga trauma-informed?

Connect With Me

Download the Free guide: How to build confidence and competence bringing yoga into the therapy room

The Yoga in Therapy Collective —where therapists learn, grow, and get support with yoga-informed practices

Explore the Yoga Basics for Therapists course—designed to help you confidently and ethically integrate yoga into therapy

Yoga Basics: The Therapist's Guide to Integrating Trauma-Informed Yoga into Sessions

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