Meet Linda Aileen Miller, Author of Holding Space for Adoption Loss, in the soon-to-be released book, The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Transformation, Linda shares her deeply emotional journey of gifting her firstborn son for adoption in 1969, along with the tools that helped her physically and psychologically survive the fifty-seven years that followed.
Our bodies hold the stories of our lives.
They are buried deep inside
They drive our bus
They make us cry
They hold us down
Let them loose
So, we can fly!
Secrets left untold
Taken to your grave
Serve you or no one else
Find your voice today!
A lot of trauma has danced through my life. Some still unspoken and untold. There is a void around grief, death and dying. It was part of my story when I was just 5 years old.
Lots of death. In 2001, someone near and dear to me passed every month. Can you imagine? My Shamanic friend pronounced me a Death Walker. In simple terms to Native Americans, a Deathwalker is their version of Hospice. Someone who is with you, supporting those final days.
There are many forms of death and many forms of grief.
Death of a dream
Death of a relationship
Death of life, as you knew it
Leaving the world you created far behind
Timely and untimely
Death is death
And on the other side
Some are resilient
Some go and hide
My choice to gift my firstborn for adoption is one. We never spoke of it. It was less real that way.
It will always matter to me, and it is very real.
The Wellness Universe (WU): Hello Linda, please tell us about yourself and what inspired you to write your chapter in the book The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools For Navigating Loss, Grief and Transition.
Linda Aileen Miller (LAM): Linda Aileen Miller, LMT, CD(DONA), (she, her) as a Level 2 Holy Fire Reiki Master, Expert Level Myofascial Release Therapist, Certified Birth Doula, Certified Holding Space Consultant & LDLG(Loving, Dying and Letting Go) Teacher for The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breathe and Death, I spent twenty-seven years supporting those healing the body-mind effects of PTSD.
“No One Should Give Birth or Die Alone” is one of my favorite mantras.
As a Certified Birth Doula and advocate for the unborn, I lovingly hold space for birth and loss in life.
In 1969, as an unwed mother-to-be, I left my home, family, and friends and moved to Indianapolis. Giving up everything that felt safe, believing in my heart that secretly offering my soon-to-be-born child for adoption was my only choice. At the time, it was the best choice for us both.
WU: What tool do you share in this book, and what can we expect to experience as a result of using this tool?
LAM: My favorite self-care over the years? My #1 go-to response is writing my story, along with Integrative Breathwork, dancing and jiggling! Moving stuck energy out of your body will move mountains.
WU: Is there anything else you’d like to share?
LAM: Yes. Is there a story hidden deep in the soul of your cells, waiting to be told? Breathe into that space and be willing to let it go. I’d be honored to hold space for you.
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