Where You Feel It in Your Body

Purpose: Notice what grief has been doing to your body, not only your thoughts.

When to use: Use this on a day your body feels heavy, sore, or strange and you cannot say why.

Worksheet prompts

1. Draw a rough body. Mark where you feel it today.
   A stick figure is fine. Shade the heavy places.
2. What has your body been doing lately?
3. How heavy does your body feel today?
4. What has helped your body, even for an hour?
   Food, a walk, a hot shower, lying down without guilt.

Grief lands in the body. Looking after yours is not a distraction from it.