I’ll be honest — I used to hate yoga. Like, if you’d have told me 3 years ago on this date, March 10, 2020, right before the world went under, that I would not only be practicing yoga but also teaching and writing about it, I would have told you you were insane. Not no way, not no how. Alas, here we are.

Grief is defined as a “deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement; a cause of such suffering.” While most people associate the immediacy of grief with death, bereavement can take on many shapes. Here’s how yoga can help.