3-Minute Grief Meditation — Grief Is Love That's Still Here (Dedication to My Mom)

9 May 2026 · 3 min

The Instant Alignment: 1 Minute Magic

9 May 2026 · 3 min

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In this short podcast episode, the host (Speaker B) dedicates the show to her mother, reflecting on her mother’s unconditional love, humor, and influence on the host’s passions for dance, writing, and the podcast itself. Marking six years since her mother’s passing, the host guides listeners through a brief, 3‑minute grief meditation that encourages body awareness of grief, reframing the feeling as love that persists after loss. The meditation emphasizes noticing where grief is felt, breathing with the sensation, and recognizing it as a measure of love rather than something to be fixed. The episode concludes with a heartfelt thank‑you to the mother and an invitation to listeners. Interspersed are two sponsor reads: a motivational ad for Capella University targeting lifelong learners, and a promotional ad for SpinQuest offering free in‑game coins for a purchase.

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This episode is dedicated to my mom, Jerry, my best friend for 50 years. Today marks 6 years since she passed. She was unconditional love. She was laughter, usually at the most inappropriate moments. She loved good food, good friends, and a full table. Everyone was welcome, always. She inspired my love of dance, my love of writing, and she inspired this work too. The idea for the Instant Alignment Podcast came to me in the bath on her birthday this year, which feels exactly right because the truth is she's still teaching me, still showing up, still here. So today we're gonna go a little deeper. Stay with me. Find your spot wherever you are. Close your eyes. Let your shoulders drop. Let your jaw soften. And take one slow breath in and hold it. And take a longer breath out. Today I want to offer you a quiet recognition. If you're carrying grief for someone you've lost, something that's changed, a version of life that didn't unfold the way you hoped, I want you to try something. Instead of trying to move through the grief or past it, just notice where you feel it in your body. Maybe it's in your chest or your throat, behind your eyes, the center of you, your solar plexus or your stomach. Just notice. And now gently try this thought on: this isn't only grief, this is love. Love that's still here. Love that kept going after they did or the situation changed. Breathe with that. Let it be true for just a moment. The ache is the measure of the love. The two were never separate. You don't have to transmute it. You don't have to fix it. You just get to feel it. And recognize it for what it actually is: love. Still here, still yours. Take one more breath in and hold it, and exhale out. Mom, thank you for the laughter, for the table that was always open, filled with yummy food, For showing me that love doesn't really leave, it just changes shape. To everyone listening today, you're welcome here. She would have wanted it that way. I'll see you on the next one. I'm sending you so much love.
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