The Practice of Grief with Christina Nystrom

In this powerful episode, yoga instructor Christina Nystrom from Spiritually Fit shares the raw and layered story of navigating deep personal loss. After the deaths of her father, close friends, and her significant other, Christina turned to yoga not as a cure, but as a lifeline. Through principles like Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender) and Svadhyaya (Self-Study), she found a way to live with grief rather than fight against it. Christina opens up about what it means to carry such heavy grief, while still choosing presence, purpose, and connection—and how she now helps others do the same. This is a conversation about holding pain and possibility at the same time, and the quiet power of moving through grief on purpose. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit griefonpurpose.substack.com/subscribe