11/08/2025
Special Yoga Series for Grief: Getting Through the Holiday Season
Though everyone must navigate loss throughout our lives, we often feel lost and isolated in our grief. Then, here come the holidays—a season of celebration and joy, hustle and bustle, gifts and meals…and memories. It can be overwhelming and intense, especially when you have experienced the death of someone dear to you in the past 1-3 years. The holidays are hard when you are missing “your person.” But we are not alone in this experience. Just as everyone (literally everybody and every body) can do yoga, everyone experiences grief and can heal from it with compassion and support.
We are offering a 2-hour workshop on a Saturday from 3-5 pm in November, December, and January. Each session will include a gentle, highly intentional practice of movement, breathwork, guided meditation, and relaxation. We will allow grief to move through the body, mind, and spirit with care and self-compassion. After roughly 75-85 minutes of practice, we will hold space for reflection and sharing as much or as little as desired for whomever wishes to participate.
Sessions will be led by Lesa Rae Vartanian, Ph.D., developmental psychologist and death educator for over 25 years. She will provide some brief grief education to help normalize and understand what you may be experiencing, along with some take-home resources that can help us get through this often challenging, but still beautiful time.
No previous yoga experience is needed—please come as you are, wherever you are in your grief journey (and wherever you are in your yoga practice). This is a supportive space where our grief is acknowledged and honored. Donations to Erin’s House for Grieving Children will be gratefully accepted in lieu of any class fees.
Dates: November 15th, December 13th, January 10th
