Name: 2027 DEATH DOULA CERTIFICATION
Start: 2027-02-08T20:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-07-26T22:00:00.000Z
Location: Online

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&quot;A death doula, first and foremost, is a &lsquo;placeholder&rsquo; in the community, representing the presence of death in community life. A community resource for individuals, families and professionals in these fields. One who &#39;shows up for death&#39; &quot; &ndash; Reverend Bodhi Be Our 6-month&nbsp;Death Doula Certification program is for those who&#39;ve completed our online or in-person training. We meet via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 10am Hawaii time (1pm Pacific time) from February 8th - July 26th, 2027. Each month, one of our classes will feature a guest teacher skilled and experienced in the area we&#39;re studying. &zwj;Death doulas&nbsp;are supplementary and complementary components in the field of caring for the dying and their communities. A death doula can provide a wide spectrum of support to one&rsquo;s community. That spectrum ranges from educating healthy people in preparations for their eventual death, &nbsp;accompanying dying people to doctor&rsquo;s appointments, being an advocate and coordinator amongst the care team, providing in-home support &nbsp;and care to a dying person and provide care, counsel and support to a dying person&rsquo;s family. It can include facilitating home funerals and the care of a dead body, as well as provide continuing grief support and counsel to the family and community. * Study each of the components in Doorway Into Light&#39;s spectrum&nbsp;of &#39;what&#39;s a death doula?&#39; * Sit at the bedside of a dying person(s) for 12 hours each month. * Fill out our online response forms for each &#39;sitting&#39;. * Deepen the skills of deep listening, empathetic response, self-inquiry, one&rsquo;s spiritual relationship. * Practice holding safe space - encouraging safety, vulnerability and trust. * Learn how psychedelic medicines can be useful for the care of the dying. * Learn about care of the body after death. * Deepen cultural competence in your community to honor each family&rsquo;s traditions, comfort levels, and openness to the movement and expression of grief. * Learn how to be a memorial and funeral ceremonial guide. * Meet 2x each month on Zoom for group study. * Write a final paper/summary of takeaways and how one plans to utilize their certification. Become certified as a Doorway Into Light Death Doula. DOORWAY INTO LIGHT(DIL) provides conscious and compassionate care for the dying, their families and the grieving, and has been offering community educational programs and trainings since 2006 on the subjects of: preparing for death, awakened living and dying, and the care of the dying and dead.. DIL has been offering death doula certification programs since 2017.&nbsp; DIL&nbsp;operates the only not-for-profit, certifed green funeral home in the US helping to transform the &lsquo;funeral business&rsquo; and return it to sacred community work. Doorway Into Light has a storefront, The Death Store, a community educational resource center that provides education, counsel and support on a donation basis. Reverend Bodhi Be is an ordained minister in a Sufi lineage.He is the founder and executive director of Doorway Into Light, a nonprofit organization on Maui. Bodhi is a funeral director, an end-of-life and bereavement counselor and educator; a hospice volunteer; a teacher and trainer of death doulas; a speaker and workshop leader. &nbsp;He has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses, hospice staff, social workers, ministers, chaplains, therapists, artists and lay people in the logistical, emotional/psychological and spiritual care of the dying and the care of the dead, and over the last 9 years has taken dozens through a death doula certification program.&nbsp; With co-founder Ram Dass&rsquo;s blessing, Reverend Bodhi has now begun The Ram Dass Institute of Psychedelic Studies with the Dying.&nbsp;As a minster and&nbsp;ceremonial guide Bodhi leads memorial and funeral services and community grief rituals. He has facilitated grief support groups for teenagers at a local high school and has hosted a weekly streaming radio show, &lsquo;Death Tracks&rsquo;, on a local Maui station.&nbsp;He is a notary public, a coffin maker and a Reiki practitioner. Bodhi and his wife Leilah have lived in Hawaii for over 50 years.

"A death doula, first and foremost, is a ‘placeholder’ in the community, representing the presence of death in community life. A community resource for individuals, families and professionals in these fields. One who 'shows up for death' " – Reverend Bodhi Be Our 6-month Death Doula Certification program is for those who've completed our online or in-person training. We meet via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 10am Hawaii time (1pm Pacific time) from February 8th - July 26th, 2027. Each month, one of our classes will feature a guest teacher skilled and experienced in the area we're studying. ‍Death doulas are supplementary and complementary components in the field of caring for the dying and their communities. A death doula can provide a wide spectrum of support to one’s community. That spectrum ranges from educating healthy people in preparations for their eventual death,  accompanying dying people to doctor’s appointments, being an advocate and coordinator amongst the care team, providing in-home support  and care to a dying person and provide care, counsel and support to a dying person’s family. It can include facilitating home funerals and the care of a dead body, as well as provide continuing grief support and counsel to the family and community. * Study each of the components in Doorway Into Light's spectrum of 'what's a death doula?' * Sit at the bedside of a dying person(s) for 12 hours each month. * Fill out our online response forms for each 'sitting'. * Deepen the skills of deep listening, empathetic response, self-inquiry, one’s spiritual relationship. * Practice holding safe space - encouraging safety, vulnerability and trust. * Learn how psychedelic medicines can be useful for the care of the dying. * Learn about care of the body after death. * Deepen cultural competence in your community to honor each family’s traditions, comfort levels, and openness to the movement and expression of grief. * Learn how to be a memorial and funeral ceremonial guide. * Meet 2x each month on Zoom for group study. * Write a final paper/summary of takeaways and how one plans to utilize their certification. Become certified as a Doorway Into Light Death Doula. DOORWAY INTO LIGHT(DIL) provides conscious and compassionate care for the dying, their families and the grieving, and has been offering community educational programs and trainings since 2006 on the subjects of: preparing for death, awakened living and dying, and the care of the dying and dead.. DIL has been offering death doula certification programs since 2017.  DIL operates the only not-for-profit, certifed green funeral home in the US helping to transform the ‘funeral business’ and return it to sacred community work. Doorway Into Light has a storefront, The Death Store, a community educational resource center that provides education, counsel and support on a donation basis. Reverend Bodhi Be is an ordained minister in a Sufi lineage.He is the founder and executive director of Doorway Into Light, a nonprofit organization on Maui. Bodhi is a funeral director, an end-of-life and bereavement counselor and educator; a hospice volunteer; a teacher and trainer of death doulas; a speaker and workshop leader.  He has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses, hospice staff, social workers, ministers, chaplains, therapists, artists and lay people in the logistical, emotional/psychological and spiritual care of the dying and the care of the dead, and over the last 9 years has taken dozens through a death doula certification program.  With co-founder Ram Dass’s blessing, Reverend Bodhi has now begun The Ram Dass Institute of Psychedelic Studies with the Dying. As a minster and ceremonial guide Bodhi leads memorial and funeral services and community grief rituals. He has facilitated grief support groups for teenagers at a local high school and has hosted a weekly streaming radio show, ‘Death Tracks’, on a local Maui station. He is a notary public, a coffin maker and a Reiki practitioner. Bodhi and his wife Leilah have lived in Hawaii for over 50 years.

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2027 DEATH DOULA CERTIFICATION

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