Why I Took The Death Doula Training

Why I Took The Death Doula Training

Before every Death Doula training, students are invited to write a letter explaining what draws them to the course. I am touched, surprised and intrigued by the responses which help give me a sense of the group. David Phinney, a recent student wrote his letter after...
Freya’s Journey Home – A Horse Burial

Freya’s Journey Home – A Horse Burial

Death Midwifery for animals is much the same as it is for humans – we help create a sacred container for dying to happen with ease and grace and we guide the family through rituals to help process grief.   I have known and loved this beautiful Gypsy Vanner...
A Green Burial for Rufus

A Green Burial for Rufus

Rufus was a caretaker, of plants and dogs and sheep and chickens – he tended to things and helped them grow. Rufus was a loner who loved to sit by the fire and listen to the radio, he enjoyed lazy strolls through the forest and riding his electric bike to town...
Midwifing Birth and Death

Midwifing Birth and Death

I recently received a rather curt email from a birth midwife asking all of us who support others at the end of life to stop using the terms Death Doula and Death Midwife. She wrote:   “Please stop using the word midwife and doula in the dying context. We...
Regine’s Home Funeral and Sea Burial

Regine’s Home Funeral and Sea Burial

Regine was a free spirit with a passion for life and a love of the ocean. Her friend Kato Wittich contacted me and asked if Sacred Crossings could help carry out her wishes for a home funeral and full-body sea burial.   “I read Regine the option for sea...