Balancing Gratitude and Grieving: What do you need to let go of this fall?

Balancing Gratitude and Grieving: What do you need to let go of this fall?

Gratitude and grief often seem like two separate things. They are not. Gratitude, when practiced wisely, is not about pretending everything in your life is perfect. Gratitude requires a fundamental recognition of What Is. Grieving plays an important part in that acknowledgement. 

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Marcia’s Musings: When Love and Loss Collide

Marcia’s Musings: When Love and Loss Collide

Of all the paired human emotions, love and loss cause the most challenge for me. As an only child raised and nurtured in the embrace of two warm and closely knit families, I dreaded the passage of time with its inevitable march toward separation caused by death….

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Common Bond

During this time of year, when we are reminded to pause and feel gratitude for our good fortunes and blessings, I realize that “thanksgiving” has not been an annual event for me in a very long time. The practice of yoga, mindfulness, and healing brings gratitude front and center – a daily pause kindled by the observation of life’s victories, no matter how small.

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Marcia's Musings: Then There Were 3

This is a song of life. Like most songs, and all stories of life, it contains both joy and sadness, and it begins like this.

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The Torrent of Grief, Its Pain and Its Value

The Torrent of Grief, Its Pain and Its Value

Grief arrives for many reasons. We often identify the death of a partner, spouse, friend, child, parent, or colleague as the deepest form of grief – and rightfully so. We’ve witnessed the pain of this kind of grief etched on survivors’ faces.

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