Grief is not just an emotion. It’s something the body holds.

After losing someone close, I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t focus. All I could feel was a heavy ache in my chest that wouldn’t lift. Nothing helped, until I started moving my body with purpose.

Kundalini Yoga taught me to move with my grief, not to avoid it. Each kriya became a ritual. Every breath became a way back to something steady. The mix of sound, stillness, and breath gave me something to hold on to when everything else felt like it was falling apart.

Grief doesn’t follow a timeline. It can show up in a scent, a season, or a memory. That’s why it’s so important to have practices that can meet you in the moment.

Even now, years later, I still return to certain kriyas during hard anniversaries or unexpected waves of emotion. They help me move sorrow through my body instead of letting it stay stuck. These aren’t performances. They’re practices that hold space for our full humanity.

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