What type of meditation is the most effective for getting through grief and loss?

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Adelina N.

Practicing mindfulness meditation for grief, or observing thoughts and feelings without judgment or reaction, helps the body and mind find peace and refuge in a time of great change. In addition, the practice of meditation and mindfulness can assist us in healing our grief, because it helps us live in the present moment… where our grief resides. It gives us better access to the "now," thereby helping us become more aware of our pain and sadness, and in turn begin to heal it.

Sofia Z.

I highly recommend loving-kindness meditation. If you are not very familiar with it, I recommend to try a guided loving-kindness meditation that focuses specially on grief. I have a very useful app in mind, they have a one year free trial, it’s called “balance”. If you go to their singles sessions you’ll find a grief category with that meditation technique

Wade Z.

Letting go meditation, try to let go of everything you feel negative about that loss. Because in the long term you learn more from your loss then your wins.so just let go.

Attila F.

Practicing mindfulness meditation for grief, or obaerving thoughts and feeling without judgment or reaction, helps the body and mind find peace and refuge in a time of great change.

Ju Q.

Guided meditation for healing, overcoming grief. Meditation that says it’s a passing moment and everything will be okay. Meditation mountain on Spotify has some good guided meditations. Praying, spiritually inclined meditations also help. Plum village meditations are not religious but they can help.

Cilli F.

Breathing and closing your eyes in a dim light place i think because it helps you relax and breathe through all that you are going through

Helmtrud Y.

I honestly don’t know how to explain it for someone who’s going through grief and loss. I think you have to first go through the 5 stages of grief and after that you can add some breathing meditation to it. But you should know that grief and loss are matters of the heart therefore it has to be handled with care and love.

S L Ne Z.

I find mindfulness meditation helpful to be most effective. The times you can be present with just your thoughts. To come to grips and accept what is done is done, and no amount of external effort will ever change the outcome. 🙂

Rhea T.

Breathing practice is good for grief and loss as it can help you feel calm and composed . During such times it’s also necessary for you to do basic stretching and feel the life in your body when the muscles pull . It will definitely make you feel better

Mariam N.

Actually i’m no expert in that kind of things but my suggestion is that you try to relax and get to go in the deepest places in your mind and just try relaxing putting all you are and all you have in concentrating on being in peace or smthn like that , thank you for asking me and i wish you a happy life and good morning/ evening Stranger <3

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