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Author Archives: Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
What is Contemplative Care? An Interview with Jennifer Block
Jennifer Block teaches us how to cope with grief through Mindfulness Meditation and other Zen practices
Today SevenPonds speaks with Jennifer Block, an interfaith minister and Buddhist Chaplain who has dedicated her life to providing spiritual guidance for people in crisis. She is returning to teach the 2014 Contemplative Caregiver Course at the San Francisco Zen Center, which … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Attention, Caregiver, Jennifer, meditation, Mindfulness, Mother, San Francisco, Senior Citizens, Zen, Zen Death
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Illuminating Death through Art
Capuchin burial traditions teach us how to face death without fear
When one thinks of strange funerary traditions, the unique practices of the Capuchin monks may come to mind. This small sect of Catholic Franciscan monks was established in 1525 in the Umbria province in Italy, and while their general reformation … Continue reading
“Love Is Here to Stay” by George and Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin memorializes the legacy of his brother in the final song composed by George Gershwin
Among the Gershwin brothers’ hundreds of hit songs from the great jazz age, “Love Is Here to Stay” is perhaps the most poignant. George and Ira received a commission to write the song for the 1938 film The Goldwyn Follies. … Continue reading
Posted in Expressive Music
Tagged George, George Gershwin, Gershwin, Goldwyn Follies, Great American Songbook, Ira, Ira Gershwin, Love Is Here to Stay
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“Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay expresses her struggle to accept mortality in her poem “Dirge Without Music”
Edna St. Vincent Millay is no stranger to us at SevenPonds. While death remains a constant theme in many of her poems, her relationship with death oscillates between acceptance and repulsion—making her treatment of the subject utterly relatable. A woman … Continue reading
Posted in The Next Chapter
Tagged Death, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Poetry, SevenPonds, Stanza
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It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.
-Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
How to Cope with Death
Everyone has their own way of coping
More from Laughter is Medicine: Voltaire’s Famous Last Words After a Priest Asks Him to Renounce the Devil “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying” “My doctor gave me six … Continue reading
