From Grief to Healing, by Amanda Mackenzie

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Introduced

• Breath meditation • Earthstar meditation • Heartfelt meditation • Mindful meditation • Bodyscan meditation • Elements meditation • Unity meditation • Child’s meditation • Soulstar meditation • Compass meditation In meditation I found I could step back from my confusion and pay attention to the present moment. Even as I was sad about the past and anxious about the future, I discovered that the more I could focus on the present, the more that expanded as a calm space, opening time up for me one moment at a time.

Movement—focus your body for grounding and flow Our bodies are amazing! They come in all shapes and sizes and allow us to move, experience, sense, reach, and be intimate with one another. In the past, much of the Western approach to the body has been to separate it from the rest of our being—our minds, our emotions, our 16


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