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How Can Yoga Help Us Confront Death? An Interview with Camella Nair
A yoga teacher and swami discusses impermanence
Today SevenPonds speaks with Camella Nair, a yoga teacher and swami born in England and based in California, about her spiritual journey through yoga over the past 30 years. Camella is certified in death midwifery and certified as an Ayurvedic … Continue reading
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How It All Could Be: A Work Book for Dying People and for Those Who Love Them” by Stephen Jenkinson
Stephen Jenkinson's little book offers mighty ideas to rethink dying and grieving in a death-denying culture
Stephen Jenkinson (MTS, MSW) is an author, teacher, spiritual activist, farmer, subject of the film Griefwalker, and former palliative care professional. His 2009 publication, How It All Could Be: A work book for dying people and for those who love … Continue reading
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Tagged Caregiving, Death, end-of-life, Grief, Lending Insight, Life, Palliative Care, SevenPonds, Stephen Jenkinson
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Dying Into Life: The Yoga of Death, Loss and Transformation by Jivan Joti Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D
A notable guru shares Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D's teachings on a full life, conscious dying, sane grieving and the journey of the soul
Dying Into Life: The Yoga of Death, Loss and Transformation by Jivan Joti Kaur Khalsa Ph.D is a thorough, highly logical and experience-based compendium of ideas and practices to aid anyone of any faith, culture, physical ability and age in navigating the transformational … Continue reading
A Rose is a Rose By Any Other Name – Or Is it?
As California legalizes "physician aid in dying," we consider the progression of past terms: "physician assisted suicide" & "euthanasia"
To my surprise, as well as others closely watching California legislation, physician aid in dying became legal last week when Governor Brown signed “The End of Life Option Act.” It all happened quickly and unexpectedly behind closed doors. California became … Continue reading
Memorial Diamonds for a Diamond Burial
Swiss company Algordanza will turn cremation ashes into man-made diamonds
A company in Switzerland has given new meaning to the sentiment that we carry the dead with us. Algordanza makes carrying your dead with you literally a possibility with their “memorial diamonds.” The Swiss company will compress your loved one’s … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Take Refuge in Nature’s Tender Touch
Timeless techniques for navigating grief with natural materials
Our Tip of the Week: Spending time in direct physical contact with the elements offers a chance to slow down our troubled minds to the pace of a flower’s unfolding, to offer up our hearts to a gust of wind … Continue reading
