Prayer without self becomes a gentle current, carrying the pain where words cannot go. In grief, such prayer steadies the soul, reminding that the weight is not carried alone. It is the turning of the heart toward something greater, the placing of tears in hands not our own, the quiet trust that even in darkness, light is listening.

Grief is not only spiritual. It is also psychological, neurological, and deeply somatic. While this book holds grief as sacred — as a path of soul — it is important to honour the very real effects that loss and trauma have on the body and mind. When grief is profound, sudden, or layered with trauma, it can overwhelm the nervous system.

Grief is not only emotional; it is energetic. It is important to get out into nature, allowing it to give its gifts of peace and harmony to soothe your heart. Walk in the woods, lean against a tree and ask for help with your healing. On a spiritual level, forest bathing is an act of communion: entering a sacred cathedral of green, where the soul remembers its kinship with the Earth

Plants are companions and teachers. Reminders of life cycles and rooted truth. Each plant carries its own spiritual energy—its own medicine—and when we approach them with reverence, they become allies in our healing journey.