Fall 2020 Workshop
"Being Present with Dying"
Basic End-of-Life Doula Skills for Family & Community
Saturday, October 3, 2020 • 10:00 am - 1:00pm, MDT
Sunday, October 4, 2020 • 1:00 pm - 4:00pm, MDT
Workshop Schedule

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"BEING PRESENT"
Sat. Morning, October3
(10 am-1:00 pm MT)
Sat. Morning, October3
(10 am-1:00 pm MT)
Welcome
Overview of workshop
Brief check-in with participants – 1 thing you’d most like to explore during these two sessions
Overview of End-of-Life in 2020 – new ways & old wisdom ways
(Brief Break)
Experiential practice of gratitude & letting-go
Discussion of grief & loss
Personal inventory of experiences with dying, grief & loss
Overview of workshop
Brief check-in with participants – 1 thing you’d most like to explore during these two sessions
Overview of End-of-Life in 2020 – new ways & old wisdom ways
- Innovations in end-of-life care
- How has the presence of COVID changed how we die, how we give care, how we mourn & grieve?
- Foundation of non-local consciousness
- Compassionate communication/presence at end-of-life
(Brief Break)
Experiential practice of gratitude & letting-go
Discussion of grief & loss
Personal inventory of experiences with dying, grief & loss
- What have your experiences with grief and loss taught you about grief? (Individual journaling)
- How might this impact your work as a community doula? (debrief in larger group)
"LETTING GO"
Sunday afternoon, October 4
(1:00-4:00 pm MT)
Sunday afternoon, October 4
(1:00-4:00 pm MT)
Welcome
Overview of session
Audio recording: "Unspeakable Grace & Journaling"
How the body dies:
Discussion of impact of COVID
Closing
Overview of session
Audio recording: "Unspeakable Grace & Journaling"
How the body dies:
- Physically, emotionally, spiritually
- consciousness
- mysteries
- symbolic language
- Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually
- After-death care
- What you leave behind
Discussion of impact of COVID
- How to be of service when we can’t be together physically
- Caregiving, healing
- Vigil, grief support
Closing
Note: Upon registration, you will receive compelling materials to read before the course starts, as well as a resource list at the end of the course. We will utilize lecture, stories and group work throughout the two days. There will be time for journaling, as well as several experiential exercises we will do together.
Zoom link info will be sent by email to all registrants a day of two before the workshop.
Zoom link info will be sent by email to all registrants a day of two before the workshop.
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