A call to soul…
“To approach death with fuller consciousness might sound morose, or daunting, something to hide from rather than to meet. But in practice it is a transformative act, radical even. And the surprise is that most of us will find death not as frightening as we’ve been taught, but rather gentle.”
– The Call to the Far Shore
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The Story Continues…
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This is gorgeous, soulful and substantial writing.
Tim Wilson, author, filmmaker, Director of Griefwalker
I have a longing to be buried, submerged into the belly of the Earth
We need community to do death well… to reimagine our endings.
At the bedside of a dying person, we get a glimpse into the greatest of mysteries.
Hearing stories about what transpired a few hundred years ago, I have an unexpected sense of belonging.
hope this lesson will serve me well at the hour of my death.
Why did she hold that banana to her ear?
The cycles of nature are the ever-present reminder that death gives way to re-birth. The unborn are more present than we imagine…
Healing takes place when we don’t push feelings of any kind away but let them live with us
Delightfully light and deep at the same time…
Barbra Rose Perry, Healing Arts therapist.
Learn more about Carrying Our Loved Ones through Dying, Death, and Beyond
- Explore how to carry our loved ones through death
- How to honor their bodies and spirits
- How to awaken to the ever-present help of our ancestors
- Healing and closure that can be brought about through the process of washing and preparing a body for a home vigil or funeral
- Guidance on advance care planning, grieving, and forgiveness as well as green burial
To read this book is to invite radical change, both personal change and changes in the lives of those around you…
Robert Sardello