Description
An introduction to death care at Earthaven.
Since 2015, our community has experienced the losses of eight beloved community members. These deaths rocked our world and initiated us into taking more responsibility for this stage of life. Some deaths were unexpected and some were after a long illness. Regardless of the nature of the death, we, as a village rose to the occasion of tending this final passage into the mystery beyond our human form.
When this initiation was thrust upon us, we leaned on the experience of our mentors. We learned to grieve together from Sobonfu Somé, now an ancestor herself. We learned to care for the dying together, as well as prepare bodies and conduct home funerals and home burials from Caroline and Ruth with the Center for End of Life Transitions (CEOLT). With each death and through years of formal death care training with CEOLT, we created beautiful, reverent, and sacred life-death honoring spaces of healing, transformation, and transition.
We are now starting to share what we’ve experienced in our village, as well as our stories, lessons-learned, and ideas of how we can be seed-crystals for others looking to feel empowered to care for and honor their dead from their homes, with their family and friends.
In this workshop, we will share an introduction to home funerals and green burials, including a virtual tour of our village burial ground.
