2023年12月1日 · As for grief, you’ll find it comes in waves. When the ship is first wrecked, you’re drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of…

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As for grief, you'll find it comes in waves. When the ship is first wrecked, you're drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while.

2022年12月1日 · Grief has been described as “the conflicting feeling caused by the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behavior.” [1] Emotions brought on by the experience of a significant loss can be turbulent; and in some cases, can feel like a wave from the ocean as they build and release into one’s reality.

2024年8月28日 · Grief is a deeply personal experience that manifests in various ways, including intense sadness, emotional numbness, and physical symptoms like fatigue or restlessness. It often comes in waves, with moments of overwhelming pain interspersed with periods of calm or even positive memories of the lost loved one.

2024年2月5日 · Once you’ve experienced deep grief for the first time, you understand what it means that grief comes in waves. Years and years after you lost someone, you’ll be struck with a niggling mixture of feelings inside your chest of longing, sadness, and melancholy.

2024年3月4日 · Grief comes in waves, and sometimes the wave comes when you’re least expecting it. And it doesn't matter how long ago the loss took place. Loss is permanent, and so is the empty space it leaves inside you. So, when an emotion or a reminder of the loved one pops up all of a sudden, it’s a wave of grief.

2025年3月2日 · “Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes, the water is calm, and sometimes, it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” –Vicki Harrison. Grief can look different for different people.

2025年2月6日 · Grief is a part of life. Water is, after all, life-sustaining — our very being. The ocean is simply life in motion. The waves of the ocean don’t shift on their own. They form when a storm rolls in, when the moon replaces the sun, or when …

We offer a safe and inspiring container in and around the ocean—an invitation to courageously share, move through our bodies, and hold the grief and love that feel without a place to go. Our programs are deeply rooted in eco and somatic therapy, the practice of continuing bonds, and rituals that foster meaning-making after loss.