What is a death midwife?

A death midwife is one who assists an individual and their family through the transition of death, just as a birth midwife assists the baby and the mother through the transition of birth. A Sacred Crossings death midwife incorporates the roles of: spiritual counsellor, death doula, home funeral guide, funeral planner and celebrant.

Our definition is as follows:

“A Death Midwife shepherds individuals toward a conscious dying experience; guides loved ones in after-death care of the body and empowers families to create personal and deeply meaningful funerals at home.”

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David Searls

"Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean."

- David Searls

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