Upcoming Yoga Therapy Sessions and Groups 

Join Karla in-person for sessions designed especially for those moving through grief and loss.
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​Share sacred space, mindful movement, creative expression, guided meditation, breathwork, deep relaxation, chant, and more

These in-person sessions are limited to six spaces and are held in Karla's yoga space at
Mandala Yoga Therapeutics 3111 Northside Avenue, Richmond VA 23228
Upcoming 6 Week Series:
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Tuesdays July 14th through August 18th 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Investment:
​ $250 for the 6 weeks

The six-week series offers a steady, supportive space to be with grief through yoga, breath, meditation, and creative expression. We’ll explore practices that support the nervous system, cultivate self-compassion, and allow space for the full range of emotions that arise in grief.

This is a flexible, responsive group that meets you where you are--
​whether you are newly grieving or carrying loss from long ago.
Sessions include:
  • Centering, mindful movement, focus on breath, meditation, nervous system and chakra balancing 
  • Guided deep relaxation through complete Yoga Nidra
  • Opportunities for reflection, journaling, and other forms of creative expression​
  • Simple rituals including candle lighting and creation of a shared altar
  • Space and time for working with painful emotions in grief including guilt, shame, despair
  • Exploration of each of the branches of yoga and how we can put them to practice in our everyday lives
  • Focus on sutras and other inspirational materials that can help support you in your journey through grief
  • A group altar for placing photos of loved ones or other inspirational items​
  • Education around grief and myths of grief
  • Practice in self compassion and self care (even if you feel you don't deserve it)​​

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Expand your sangha [community], spending time and space with others who know grief.
Find some sthira & sukha [steadiness & comfort] in the midst of heartache. 
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In The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, he states in sutra 2:46, “Sthira sukham asanam.”
This says: “Asana is a steady, comfortable posture.” The posture should always be comfortable and bring with it a sense of steadiness. In the following sutra, 2:47, he tells us that asana is “mastered by relaxation of effort, to create a lessening of the natural tendency for restlessness.”
In grief, often even in states of extreme weariness and exhaustion, we carry a sense of restlessness. When our beloved has died, when we have been through trauma, when our lives are rocked by the devastation of loss, a deep sense of restlessness often fills our hearts, minds and bodies. Finding a place of rest in grief can seem impossible at times. The practice of asana works against that restless tendency to help bring a sense of steadiness and comfort. In a sense it’s another form of surrender. 
Chapter 6, Raja Yoga
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Sangha is the Sanskrit word for group or community. In grief we need our sangha. Finding your tribe, your group, your people is central to growth and a return to wholeness. Support in grief is a form of self-care. Those who are able to find good help and support are far better able to manage the pain of grief. Seek out those who are non-judgmental and compassionate; people who will not tell you what you should do, or shouldn't do, or what you need to do, or what you need to stop doing. 
Chapter 7, Hatha Yoga

Excerpts from Yoga for Grief and Loss