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Afterlife Research and Education Symposium – Sept 15-17 Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ September 15 – 17, 2017 Rev. Olivia joins a host of astounding guest speakers at the Afterlife Institute’s annual symposium. Olivia’s presentation focuses on the importance of the 3-day vigil and the logistics of home-based after death care....
Read MoreConscious Dying & After Death Care Intensive – Sept 28 – Oct 2 Los Angeles, CA
September 28 – October 2, 2017 Los Angeles, CA This 5-day intensive offers comprehensive instruction in caring for a loved-one from terminal diagnosis to final disposition. Open to professional and non-professional end-of-life caregivers and those wishing to offer the practice of Home Funerals to their community. This workshop is also Level II & III of The Art of Death Midwifery training program. Early bird $150 discount if registered by Aug. 1 2017....
Read MoreThe Art of Dying Conference – Oct 13-16 New York, NY
Oct. 13 – 16, 2017 New York, NY Rev. Olivia joins a host of prominent presenters at this year’s Art of Dying conference which kicks-off with a pre-conference workshop with keynote speaker Stephen Jenkinson. On Saturday, Oct. 14 4:30 Olivia addresses the topic of Death Midwifery and the critical need for midwives and doulas in today’s death-phobic society and Olivia presents a post-conference all-day practicum on after-death care, home funerals and green burials on Monday, Oct. 16. To learn more, please visit:...
Read MoreCelebrating a Life – Creating meaningful Funeral and Memorial ceremonies – Nov 10-12 Los Angeles, CA
November 10, 11 & 12, 2017 Los Angeles, CA An experiential workshop for those interested in training as a funeral celebrant and for anyone seeking to create a personal and meaningful funeral, memorial or graveside service for a loved one. Students write and produce ‘mock’ funerals during the workshop. This is Level IV of The Art of Death Midwifery Training Program, graduating students will receive their certificate at the graduating ceremony concluding this weekend. Topics include: writing the eulogy, prayers, rituals, readings, tributes and religious and cultural after-death rites from around the world....
Read MoreStephen Jenkinson – Die Wise – July 29 & 30, 2016
STEPHEN JENKINSON brings DIE WISE teachings to Los Angeles! To Purchase tickets for Friday, July 29, please CLICK HERE To purchase tickets for Saturday, July 30, please CLICK HERE Don’t miss this extraordinary event! Limited seating. Early bird ends June 15. FRIDAY, July 29 7 – 9 pm $25 BUY NOW! SATURDAY, July 30 10 am – 4pm $120 BUY...
Read MoreThe Advance Death Care Directive
Paramahansa Yogananda
“When I am gone, only love can take my place.”
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Sir William Gladstone
"Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of the people, their respect for the law of the land and their loyalties to high morals."
- Sir William Gladstone
Ram Dass
“We are all just walking each other home.”
- Ram Dass
Joseph Campbell
"The cave you most fear to enter contains the greatest treasure."
- Joseph Campbell
Lao Tzu
"Take care with the end
As you do with the beginning."
- Lao Tzu – Tao Te Ching
Walt Whitman : Song of Myself
All goes onward and outward,
Nothing collapses
And to die is different from what anyone supposed,
and luckier…
- Walt Whitman : Song of Myself
Rumi
Death has nothing to do with going away.
The sun sets
The moon sets
But they are not gone.
- Rumi
Hermann Broch
"No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.”
- Hermann Broch
unknown Japanese poet
In times of grief
and sorrow
flowers bloom
even then
- unknown Japanese poet
Sir Francis Bacon
"Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home."
- Sir Francis Bacon
Rev. Olivia Rose
"Death invites you to fall in love…it’s the fragility of life that makes you weep with helplessness."
- Rev. Olivia Rose
David Searls
"Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean."
- David Searls