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First Breath 5min

Continuing bonds micro-ritual + box breathing. For when grief becomes suffocating.

There is no right way to grieve. What does exist is a way to be with grief without being crushed by it. This exercise has two parts: first a micro-ritual to honor who or what you lost, then box breathing to lower the intensity of this moment. About 5 minutes.
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Sources and references
  • Klass D., Silverman P. & Nickman S. (1996). Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief. Taylor & Francis.
  • Cable D.G. (2020). Facing the Finish: A Road Map for Aging Parents and Adult Children. Shiloh Run Press.
  • Stroebe M. & Schut H. (1999). The dual process model of coping with bereavement. Death Studies, 23(3). DOI: 10.1080/074811899201046

This exercise does not replace therapy or medical care. It is a support tool.