Meditations and mantra

Meditation on Grief

Meditation for Grief

Take a few minutes to soften your breath, quiet your thoughts, and come home to your heart.

1. Find a Comfortable Seat
Sit or lie down in a quiet place. Let your body be supported. Close your eyes if it feels safe to do so.

2. Soften Your Breath
Begin to breathe slowly and gently.
Inhale through your nose for a count of four.
Hold for a moment.
Exhale slowly through your mouth for a count of six.
Repeat this rhythm for a few rounds, letting your body start to soften.

3. Feel Into Your Heart
Bring your attention to the center of your chest—your heart space.
Imagine your breath moving in and out of your heart.
If you’re holding pain, grief, or tension there, don’t push it away. Just notice.
Allow yourself to feel whatever arises, without judgment.

4. Repeat This Gentle Mantra (silently or aloud):

I am safe to feel. I am safe to heal.
Grief is love, seeking a new path.
Each breath is a step toward peace.

Repeat for a few minutes, breathing into the words.

5. Rest in Stillness
Let go of the mantra. Just be. Breathe softly. Let your awareness expand gently. Feel the ground beneath you, the support around you, and the breath within you.

When you're ready, slowly open your eyes.

Meditations and Mantra

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

So Hum (I am That)
A classic breath-centered mantra for identity and connection with all of existence.
Inhale: So — Exhale: Hum
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti (Peace, Peace, Peace)
A prayer for inner peace, peace in relationships, and peace in the world.
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
May all beings everywhere be happy and free.
Beautiful for transmuting grief into compassion.
Om Namah Shivaya (I bow to the inner Self / divine consciousness)
A mantra of surrender, transformation, and trust in the cycle of life and death.

Buddhist-Inspired Mantras

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

This too belongs. This too shall pass.
A gentle recognition of impermanence and acceptance.
May I be held in compassion. May I soften and allow this moment.
From the practice of metta (loving-kindness).
Breathe in: Let go.
Breathe out: Begin again.
A simple, rhythmic mantra to return to the present.

Universal/Interfaith Mantras

Yogic/Sanskrit-Inspired Mantras

Universal/Interfaith Mantras

I am grieving, and I am healing. Both are true.
Honoring duality—pain and hope.
Grief is the price of love, and I loved deeply.
Acknowledging the sacredness of loss.
Even now, I am whole. Even now, I am held.
A grounding truth in the face of fragmentation.
With every breath, I return to love.
A mantra for heart-centered recovery.