Grief, Yoga and Beyond

A Grief, Yoga and Beyond Practical Workshop on the 23rd of July from 1:30 - 4:30pm. The workshop will be headed by Yi Zao and caters to those currently grieving a loss, have unresolved grief, suffering from anticipatory grief, struggling with the stated pain. The workshop to be held at the San Francisco Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, is also open to yoga practitioners, other mindfulness / body- oriented practitioners and those interested in learning more about somatic / body-oriented psychotherapy especially in its intersection with grief work. A follow-up optional survey on grief and body-oriented movement will be taken home by participants. This is the introductory session of a series of workshops on body-oriented psychotherapy dealing with grief, stress management, and pain management.

Yi is a diligent yoga practitioner During a ten-month residency at Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center, Yi integrated her spiritual practice and her graduate study on somatic psychology. For the past four years, Yi has been researching the impact of body- oriented practice and psychotherapy on grief through intellectual inquiry, her personal exploration and working with various populations in grieving. Her Masters thesis on "Working with Grief from a Somatic Psychotherapy Perspective is the central work of her life. She holds a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration on Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a registered Marriage and Family Therapy intern.

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