{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#225 Grief as a Teacher: Remembering SharathJi","description":"Grief is a powerful teacher. It doesn\u2019t ask for permission before it arrives\u2014it simply comes, dismantling everything we thought we knew about love, faith, and permanence. It turns the familiar inside out, leaving us raw and exposed to the mystery of loss. In this heartfelt episode, Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann, Joseph Armstrong, Edgar Navarro, Frances Cole Jones, Heather Serna, and many others come together to share stories, memories, and reflections about SharathJi; their teacher, guide, and spiritual anchor. Together, they explore how grief becomes part of the path, how lineage continues through love and practice, and how the teachings live on even when the teacher is gone. As Elizabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross and David Kessler remind us, \u201cThe reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not \u2018get over\u2019 the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to.\u201d SharathJi\u2019s sudden departure left a void that words can\u2019t fill. When we lost our teacher, we also lost the reflection of who we were in his eyes. There was a certain refuge in being a student, the comfort of knowing that someone stood before us as a mirror, a guide, a guardian of our path. Now, that mirror asks us to see ourselves. The guidance turns inward. \u201cSharathJi, there\u2019s so much left undone, so much left unfinished,\u201d Kino reflects. \u201cSo many questions we still wanted to ask, so many mornings we thought we\u2019d share in the quiet rhythm of practice. We will have to walk on, sometimes and often along a lonely path, without you standing before us, but always with you in our hearts.\u201d Through shared stories and moments of remembrance, this episode is both a eulogy and an offering, a testament to the lasting presence of a teacher whose spirit continues to live through every breath, every bow, every act of devotion. ","author_name":"Yoga Inspiration","author_url":"http:\/\/kinoyoga.libsyn.com\/website","html":"