Grief Rituals
Evidence-based grief ritual practices drawing on polyvagal theory and somatic healing. Step-by-step rituals for releasing grief held in the body.
Grief Rituals
Stone Release Ritual: The Science and Steps of Letting Grief Go Through Touch
How holding a stone engages the vagus nerve to create the
physiological safety grief processing requires. Includes the
full ritual protocol used in somatic grief work.
Grief Rituals
Why You Can't Cry: A Ritual for Thawing Emotional Numbness in Grief
Emotional numbness in grief is a dorsal vagal shutdown response
— not a sign that you aren't grieving. A somatic ritual designed
specifically to work with freeze, not against it.
Grief Rituals
Grief Wave Protocol: A 5-Step Ritual for When a Grief Wave Hits Without Warning
Grief waves are autonomic surges — not emotional failures. A
five-step ritual for moving through an unexpected wave without
being overwhelmed by it, drawing on polyvagal and somatic
principles.
Grief Rituals
Somatic Grief Ritual: How to Release Grief Stored in Your Body
Grief is stored as physical tension, not just emotion — and
body-based rituals can reach it when talk alone cannot. A
complete somatic practice for identifying and releasing grief
held in the body's tissue and nervous system.