Thresholds of Life - An End-of-Life Workshop

with Nora Cedarwind Young, Certified Death Midwife,
Hospice Chaplain & Priestess 

August 14, 15, 16, 2009

Indianola, Washington (Kitsap Peninsula near Seattle)

Come together in circle to empower yourself, your family, community and friends.  Learn to honor the passing of a loved one through a home funeral, green burial or vigil. Reclaim the time honored traditions of home death care and choice through education. This practical, hands-on workshop is for you, caregivers, families planning a loved one's passing, ministers, hospice staff or volunteers, end-of-life professionals, community advocates and those pursuing this life's work.

Step through the threshold and learn to:

• Assess if a family is a good fit for a home funeral
• Create sacred space & connection
• Prepare, plan and participate in a home funeral vigil
• Be present to a loved one's passing
• Understand the laws and file a death certificate
• Respond with intention at the time of death
• Care for the deceased through bathing & dressing
• Bless and anoint a body with intention
• Safe and proper cooling and handling of dry ice
• Create sacred space and ritual for farewell
• Work with cremation caskets and shrouds
• Honor the roles of family and friends
• Care for the caregiver
• Grief and the many phases it processes
• The face of death 
  
• Transport the body of a loved one
• Learn about green burial & earth stewardship
• Embracing and envisioning our own death while alive and well
• Paperwork and documents for planning your own death
• Role play, laughter, tears and empowerment! 

Welcome this realm of Spiritual Care
into your heart and life!

Spiritual Care is compassionate presence and companionship for you and your loved ones in the midst of end-of-life challenges.  Through this sharing, you may discover meaning, wholeness and spiritual healing, while exploring the depths of your humanness. Open your heart and mind! 

About Nora Cedarwind Young

Nora Cedarwind Young is an ordained Priestess, Certified Death Midwife, Hospice Chaplain, Green Burial Educator, End-of-Life Planning Advocate and Home Funeral Guide.  Her focus is on education and reclaiming the care of our dead, appropriate planning and earth stewardship.  She has facilitated rites of passage for every “threshold” life has to offer. Nora is known for facilitating rituals and workshops at many gatherings and conferences throughout United States. A dedicated Hospice volunteer and perpetual student, Nora resides on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State with her beloved husband and a few cats all in a grove of tall cedars. For more information about Nora and her work, visit www.thresholdsoflife.org

REGISTER NOW!!!!  REGISTER NOW!!!!!   REGISTER NOW!!!!

Space is extremely limited and is on a first registered basis.  I am aware of these challenging times; I have reduced the cost of the workshop drastically. I know in my heart there are special people being called to this work and want you to be there! A $100 non-refundable deposit will hold your space and must be received by June 20th. The total reduced cost is only $250 and registration must be paid in full no later than July 20th. Register now to assure your place in the only intensive Nora is teaching in Washington state this year, and enjoy the special reduced rate! Your deposit assures your spot.

For more info email Nora at nora@thresholdsoflife.org or phone 360-302-0197.

Please mail your deposit check to:
Nora Cedarwind Young, PO Box 187, Chimacum, WA 98325

Include your Name, mailing address, home phone, Cell phone if applicable and email. 

YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER ONLINE VIA PAYPAL!
You can pay with a credit card even if you don't have a PayPal account.

Click here to pay a $100.00 nonrefundable deposit:

Click here to pay in full, $250.00:

Come together in sacred space where we will tell our stories, and embrace the honor of working together and with end-of-life in a beautiful and private home, with a waterfront view, eagles, herons, otters and tides. We will co-create meals to keep the expense of our journey together affordable. More information to follow once registration deposits are received and confirmation will come via email, including a questionnaire regarding food preferences so we can menu plan to co-create nutritious, good food to energize us on this journey. You will laugh, cry, be angry, remember and recall… you will also dream, envision and realize you have choices available…. and it’s all up to you.

SEE YOU IN THE CIRCLE

Nora Cedarwind Young, Certified Death Midwife
Proudly reclaiming family directed choice at end-of-life.

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