08: Finding Our Response to Grief

You can't rush a caterpillar out of the chrysalis.

In this episode, I interview Ken Breniman, a licensed yoga psychotherapist specializing in providing trauma-informed, bereavement-sensitive, thanatologically-inspired yoga therapy to individuals and groups in the Bay Area. Ken discusses his views on his mother’s journey, his experience of prolonged grief and connectedness, as well as his views on mortality.

He talks about:

• His prolonged grief experience in his 20s

• The legacy his mom left and how that relates to his legacy

• Making meaning in life and spirituality

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Additional Resources:

• Ken Breniman’s website

• Prolonged Grief - Overview and symptoms provided by Mayo Clinic

• Living Dying Project

• No Death No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

• How To Practice Ho’oponopono (And Why You Should) by Megan Winkler

• Living Life Forward, Understanding it Backward - Blog post by Denise Hisey at Inspired2Ignite.com about Kierkegaard’s philosophy

• The Toolshed Grief Group is an example of Instrumental Grief; this Wikipedia article describes the comparison between intuitive and instrumental grief

• The Field of Thanantology by Chris Raymond

• 3 Powerful Shamanic Practices To Help You Deal with Death and Grief by Life after Death

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