Yoga for Grief and Finding Self-Compassion with Nancy Watson

About this episode

Nancy Watson discusses her journey through grief and how yoga has helped her and others cope with loss.

Nancy Watson has been practicing yoga since the year 2000. In 2019, she experienced a traumatic loss and realized that the only thing that made her feel a tiny bit less awful was continuing to show up on her yoga mat. She completed her yoga teacher training (YTT-200) in 2022 and knew that she wanted to help others to discover the ways that yoga can be helpful in grief. She went on to achieve a certification in Compassionate Bereavement Care Yoga from the MISS Foundation and began offering Yoga for Grief classes in January 2024. Nancy is currently the only yoga teacher in the Northeast Texas area who leads yoga classes specifically for grieving individuals. She loves sharing what she calls "the yoga magic" with her participants, both in her grief-focus classes and in her "regular" yoga classes. Find her on Instagram @yogaforgriefdallas or on Facebook @yoga.for.grief.dallas. yogaforgriefdallas.com [http://yogaforgriefdallas.com/] Contact Kendra Rinaldi to be a guest, get the newsletter or for a complimentary coaching session: https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/ Show Highlights: * A History of Silent Grief: Nancy reflects on losing her father to a brain tumor at age…

People in this episode

Host: Kendra Rinaldi

Guest: Nancy Watson

Topics covered

• grief
• yoga
• self-compassion
• bereavement
• mental health

Keywords

• grief
• yoga
• self-compassion
• bereavement care
• mental health
• Northeast Texas
• yoga teacher training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MISS Foundation

Places: Northeast Texas

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