Week Two · Grieving Awake
Present Moment Tending
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46 : 10
The Wave Practice
Breathe with the flame · in 4 · out 8
Sound
Voice
Voicing
soft
full
When a wave comes
I
Feel it rise. Don’t brace. Turn toward it.
II
Hand on heart.
III
Lengthen the exhale — let the flame guide your breath.
IV
If the body wants to make a sound, let it. A sigh. A tone. The sound the grief actually is.
V
Let the wave recede. Then notice: it receded.
Listen
Going deeper
The wave I turned toward today felt like…
The second grief — the story on top of the pain — sounded like… Write the story down. Then write what is actually true right now.
One moment I was fully here today was…