Tag Archives: Personalized Ritual



Our Weekly Tip: Creating Space

Using circles to help embody community in memorial services and life celebrations

Our Tip of the Week: When we think of traditional funerals and memorial services, the vision that often comes to mind is rows of seated people facing an altar. This follows the same layout of most church and temple services, … Continue reading

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What Is a Home Funeral Guide? An Interview with Jerrigrace Lyons: Part Two

One of the first home funeral consultants shares her wisdom

Today we speak with Jerrigrace Lyons a family funeral guide and educator—one of the original pioneers of the home funeral movement (read part one here.) She is a founding member of the Home Funeral Alliance, and the founder and director of Final … Continue reading

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What Is a Home Funeral Guide? An Interview with Jerrigrace Lyons: Part One

One of the first home funeral consultants shares her wisdom

Today SevenPonds speaks with Jerrigrace Lyons who is a family funeral guide and educator—one of the original pioneers of the home funeral movement. She is a founding member of the Home Funeral Alliance, and the founder and director of Final Passages, through … Continue reading

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An Interview with Jerrigrace Lyons: The Introduction

One of the first home funeral consultants shares her wisdom

Jerrigrace Lyons is a family funeral guide and educator—one of the original pioneers of the home funeral movement. She is a founding member of the Home Funeral Alliance, and the founder and director of Final Passages, through which she both … Continue reading

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What is an Undertaker? An Interview with Patrick McNally: Part Two

"The Daily Undertaker" tells all

Patrick McNally is the inspired real-life funeral director behind the popular blog The Daily Undertaker, which explores ritual and art surrounding death and dying. In the the second part of our most in-depth “Professional Advice” yet, Patrick discusses the significance of … Continue reading

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Pleasure Healing: The Hand-Sized Guide to Self-Healing

Step-by-step mindful practices for starting a new life after grief

During a recent visit to the Kabuki Gardens of San Francisco’s Japantown (where I’d stopped in for a Swedish massage), I picked up the delightful read Pleasure Healing: Mindful Practices & Sacred Spa Rituals For Self-Nurturing. As I waited for my … Continue reading

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