Someone I Love Is Grieving…How Can I Support Them?

Start here: Show up. Gently. Consistently. Without fixing.

Grief doesn’t need solutions — it needs presence.
It needs someone who can sit beside the wreckage without rushing to rebuild it.

Support looks like:
💠 Respecting their timeline
💠 Validating their anger, numbness, silence — all of it
💠 Offering help without needing thanks
💠 Remembering their person’s name
💠 Saying “I don’t know what to say, but I’m here” — and meaning it
💠 Not turning away when it gets messy
💠 Loving them exactly as they are

Through the lens of yoga’s Yamas & Niyamas, grief support becomes a practice:
Ahimsa — Be gentle.
Satya — Be real.
Asteya — Give space.
Brahmacharya — Be mindful with your energy.
Aparigraha — Let go of needing to fix it.
Tapas — Keep showing up.
Santosha — Accept where they are.
Saucha — Bring small breaths of calm.
Svadhyaya — Do your own work, too.
Ishvara Pranidhana — Surrender the need to control.

You won’t get it perfect. You don’t need to.
Just stay. Breathe. Walk with them, one moment at a time.