Clara Brown, NEDA Proficient
Mesa Sacred Cocoon End-of-Life Doula Services 480-442-6239 sacredcocoonmassage@gmail.com sacredcocoontherapeuticmassage.com/classes |
This is an in-person only training (4 weeks for 28 CEUs, NCBTMB approved course) held in Tempe, Arizona. Clara will be co-teaching this training with Jimmy Gialelis. The students do not need to be licensed LMTs and the majority of the course is focused on learning EOLD work. Contact Clara for the dates of classes.
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Leann Thrapp, RN, NEDA Proficient
Sun City West Respecting Choices 480-773-4224 newhavenhealing@gmail.com www.newhavenhealing.org |
Leann is a Registered Nurse with 15 years of high risk labor and delivery experience and resolve through sharing grief counselor. She has also had 15 years of hospice experience, and Respecting Choices Trainer/Instructor, and Reiki Master. She's dedicated her career to end-of-life care and support.
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Crystal Waldron, NEDA Proficient
Phoenix Gentle Transitions 602-791-6087 arizonadoula@gmail.com www.gentletransitions.care |
How to care for loved ones/people during the dying process. How to wash the body and arrange home funerals. Green burial options for my home state of AZ.
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Alua Arthur, NEDA Proficient
Los Angeles Going With Grace 323-641-3687 support@goingwithgrace.com www.goingwithgrace.com |
In this unique 12 week online course, students learn the pillars of being with dying—emotional, practical, legal, and spiritual care—with videos from your instructor and a variety of experts in the field to create context for the work, curated exercises to deepen your practice, and assignments to further your skills. Students will be prepared to pass the NEDA proficiency assessment.
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Olivia Bareham, NEDA Proficient
Los Angeles Sacred Crossings 310-968-2763 olivia@sacredcrossings.com sacredcrossings.com/courses-and-trainings/ |
Our Death Doula training is a 2-level course offered in-person or via live webinar with a maximum of 20 students to maintain the intimacy of the group. The Death Midwife training is a further 2 levels expanding the practice to Home Funeral Guide and Funeral Celebrant. Emphasis is on the sacred, spiritual nature of the work with ongoing support and mentorship.
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Lynda Carré, NEDA Proficient
Sebastopol Wellspring Passages 518-819-8136 revcarre@wellspringpassages.com www.wellspringpassages.com |
Compassionate, clinically-Informed interfaith Spiritual Care education and training for working with EOL Hospice Support; psychedelic-assisted integration therapy; mentorship available for sacred deathcare doulas, home funeral guides, ritual and officiant service providers. Rev. Carré offers compassionate, creative, and inspiring education through Wisdom Arts for Dying Training and Workshops in-person, online, and throughout the USA.
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Andrea Deerheart, PhD, ELP
Nevada City The Heart Way 949-433-8228 deerheart@theheartway.org www.theheartway.org |
The End of Life (ELP) Practitioner training program is designed to provide a historical, ethical, mythological, psychological, religious/spiritual and clinical understanding to prepare the participants with the knowledge, skills and presence needed to address the practical, heuristic, psycho-social and spiritual dimensions of dying.
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Sarah Hill, NEDA Proficient
Alameda East Bay Doula for the Dying 415-601-5968 eastbaydoulaforthedying@gmail.com www.eastbaydoulaforthedying.com |
This 6-week process of discovery program is designed to help you, as a new end-of-life doula, grow your doula practice, both from a pragmatic nuts-&-bolts perspective of "setting up shop" to learning the tools that can help you deepen and grow your relationship with and identity as a doula.
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Brigitta Kastenbaum, NEDA Proficient
Los Angeles Bridging Transitions 310-699-7591 birgitta@bridgingtransitions.net bridgingtransitions.net |
Training, Sacred Aromatics, Rituals, After Death Tending, Mentorship, and a growing Student Community. Creating bridges to diverse communities and care systems, we offer education for tending to the emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of Conscious Living & Conscious Dying to all.
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Cheserae Scala, NEDA Proficient
Ojai Bridging Transitions 310-391-6417 Cheserae@bridgingtransitions.net www.Bridgingtransitions.net Colorado |
Training, Sacred Aromatics, Rituals, After Death Tending, Mentorship, and a growing Student Community. Creating bridges to diverse communities and care systems, we offer education for tending to the emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of Conscious Living & Conscious Dying to all.
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Rachel Cao
Golden 303-440-8018 Conscious Dying Collective info@consciousdyingcollective.com www.consciousdyingcollective.com |
Our unique programs have trained Conscious Dying Coaches and Sacred Passage Doulas all over the globe. Our Mission is to cultivate diverse and compassionate communities, creating a culture that together explores the many facets of death to inspire a positive change in end-of-life Care and Education.
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Bridgette Elliott
Melbourne Pinnacle Care 954-305-3583 Info@pinnaclecaremgmt.com www.pinnaclecaremgmt.com Hannah Fowler, RN
Key West Conscious Dying Institute 860-368-9154 hannah@eternalgracedoula.com www.eternalgracedoula.com |
As a licensed esthetician and makeup artist, my EOLD training includes full face and body aesthetic care for their clients.
End of Life Doula Training: Individuals, Communities and Healthcare Systems
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Nada Frazier, NEDA Proficient
Ponte Vedra Beach/Jacksonville [NE FL] The Sacred Servant 904-402-7061 nada@thesacredservant.com www.thesacredservant.com |
Nada Frazier is an End-of-Life Doula in Advanced Mentorship & Educator, certificate from Quality of Life Care. The Sacred Servant supports business clients and EOLD students with: hospice staff consultation and training; training and mentoring end-of-life doulas and end-of-life doula trainers; leading end-of-life education & workshops; and inspirational speaking.
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Michelle Montgomery, NEDA Proficient
Boynton Beach, Florida The Transplant Doula 305-923-6781 michelle@thetransplantdoula.com thetransplantdoula.com |
This is a new model of doula care that directly supports organ failure patients, transplant patients, and living organ donors. Our training offers 9 in-depth modules (with accompanying course workbooks) that cover all aspects of the transplant journey and end-of-life support. Lifetime access to this course also includes our network, where you get monthly group and 1:1 coaching, ongoing education, and a community of like-minded peers.
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Narinder Bazen, NEDA Proficient
Atlanta Nine Keys 678-568-1411 narinderbazen@gmail.com www.narinderbazen.com |
Created in 2018, Nine Keys is an intimate death midwifery apprenticeship program for small groups. The program begins by reflecting on our own mortality and relationship to the death culture and journeys through the many places Death Midwives may find themselves holding space. The course ends by preparing the Death Midwife to confidently teach a family or community about Home Funerals.
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Bobbi Bryant, NEDA Proficient
Kapa'au Inspired Endings 805-558-0628 bobbi@inspiredendings.org www.inspiredendings.org |
Bobbi Bryant teaches the critical information and skills to compassionately guide and prepare clients for the unfolding of the end of life journey through the practical, physical, spiritual, and emotional realms. Her experience training and mentoring patient volunteers for hospice organizations led her to create a multi-faceted heart-centered training co-facilitated by medical practitioners. Course are both online and in-person through lectures, videos, discussion, role-playing, patient profile work, and group exercises. NEDA core competencies are interwoven throughout the training to assist in obtaining the proficiency badge.
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Sara K Schneider, Ph.D.
Oak Park THE HUMAN JOURNEY® 312-593-2345 sara@the-human-journey.com the-human-journey.com |
THE HUMAN JOURNEY® certification program helps you cultivate your family facilitation skills. The unique THJ® Experience reliably brings families to belonging, meaning, connection, and deep listening -- enabling patients to let go in peace. Eight hours of lively small-group trainings include include guided practices, personalized coaching, ample peer and instructor interaction, and plenty of expert support for your growing facilitation skills.
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Rhea Mader
Lindsborg Center for Conscious Living Conscious Dying 785-227-8360 rhea@rheamader.com www.consciouslivingconsciousdying.com |
Rhea Mader is the founder of Center for Conscious Living Conscious Dying where she offers Apprenticeship with Death, a comprehensive and professional End of Life Doula training. The training is for those willing to intimately explore their personal relationship with death and learn to serve in an ethical, professional way. Additionally, CLCD offers complementary studies to deepen specific areas of growth. Rhea is a bereaved mother, yogi, meditation teacher, Reiki master, and chaplain.
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Katie Duncan, NEDA Proficient, ADCE Proficient
Gaithersburg Death Care Coach 301-337-8477 katie@deathcarecoach.com www.deathcarecoach.com |
Our comprehensive End-of-Life Practitioner Certification Program is a unique curriculum designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills & experience needed to provide compassionate non-medical support in the physical, emotional, practical & spiritual aspects of end-of-life care. Led by Katie Duncan, a board-certified Nurse Practitioner, End of Life Coach & author of The Dying Process, our program combines research-based education with practical insights gained from her extensive background in hospice. Students will be prepared to pass the NEDA proficiency assessment.
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Patty Brennan, NEDA Proficient
Ann Arbor Lifespan Doulas 734-663-1523 patty@lifespandoulas.com www.lifespandoulas.com |
Patty Brennan is the owner and visionary behind Lifespan Doulas, a comprehensive professional training and certification agency for birth, postpartum, and end-of-life doulas, as well as business development guidance and mentoring. Hybrid end-of-life doula training includes both self-paced and interactive/live online training that meets NEDA core competencies. Patty has trained over 3,000 doulas over the past 23 years and is NEDA Proficient. She is author of the freshly updated Doula Business Guide and accompanying Workbook, 4th Editions (2024).
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Merilynne Rush, MSHP, RN, BSN,
NEDA Proficient Ann Arbor The Dying Year 734-395-9660 thedyingyear@gmail.com www.thedyingyear.org |
Merilynne provides online, LIVE EOLD training that meets NEDA Core Competencies, individualized 1:1 support and mentoring to EOLDs, online Advance Care Planning Training, Home Funeral Guide Training, and How To Start a Death Cafe. She is a former home birth midwife, hospice nurse, experienced fee-for-service business owner, President of NEDA, dynamic speaker, and compassionate leader. Merilynne is endorsed by SageUSA.
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Lauren Queen, NEDA Proficient
Rosemount Dear Doula 612-910-5723 lauren@thedeardoula.com www.thedeardoula.com |
Our course transcends the traditional training model; it's an immersive experience seamlessly guiding you through a comprehensive pathway from learning to practice, skillfully facilitated by our innovative 3 Base Camp structure. Tailored for those aspiring to commence their journey as death doulas, the course provides a foundational platform for self-empowerment in this meaningful field. Throughout the training, participants will acquire essential skills to offer support during the end-of-life process, create secure spaces for meaningful conversations, and cultivate the expertise necessary. At Dear Doula, our commitment extends to fostering an awareness of the ADHD and neurodiversity sector, acknowledging the importance of diversity within our learner community.
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Annette Gates, MEd
Taos Brennan Healing Science Practitioner 408-761-1679 annettegates@gmail.com www.annettegates.com |
Dragonfly EOLD Program is designed for anyone wanting to learn about holding space for end of life transitions, learning about the human energy field, high sense perception, and boundaries. The certificate training takes 6 months, with monthly online classes and support groups, self-study curriculum, and two residential training weekends offered in New Mexico and Michigan.
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Rose Gordon, BA, NEDA Proficient
Arroyo Hondo Circle of Compassionate Care 505-310-2765 redroses@taosnet.com www.circleofcompassionatecare.squarespace.com |
Rose offers death doula and grief support services to individuals and families and experiential training and mentoring to new and aspiring Doulas. Her approach is based on three decades of education & direct work in end of life in the U.S. and elsewhere, including 5 years as Director and faculty for the Upaya Being with Dying Program and 10 years as Spiritual Care & Bereavement Provider & trainer of hospice volunteers. Her trainings cover topics identified as the NHPCO Gold Standard of Hospice Care enhanced with a variety of contemplative approaches. Her deep listening and steady, calm presence invites families and individuals to enter the Great Mystery of Living into Death.
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Omni Kitts Ferrara, NEDA Proficient
Rio Rancho 973-864-7098 okittsferrara@gmail.com www.biologicallybased.com |
I am an Educator for INELDA.org. My teaching specialty is the philosophy around death and physical changes in the process of dying.
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Holly Fisher, LMT
Beaufort Let’s Go In Wellness and Massage 252-422-0988 letsgoin.meditation@gmail.com www.letsgoinwellness.com |
Approximately 20 hour program on understanding hospice care, healthcare advocacy, advance care planning, legacy work, vigil support, end of life planning, and bereavement support. Holly is also an approved provider for the NCBTMB for continuing education for massage therapists.
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Carrie Forbes
Stantonsburg [Eastern NC] Eastern North Carolina End-of-Life Doula Support 252-689-8734 enc.eol.doula@gmail.com Linda Golymbieski
Marshall Sacred Passages Death Doula Program 828-776-3786 lindagomusic@gmail.com www.Linda-Go.com |
We provide bereavement support, EOL community training, and evidence-based EOL online resources.
Sacred Passages Death Doula Program is 30 hour online and/or in-person training program that offers YACEP accredited hours. It is divided into two sections : Shamanic Practices in preparation for EOL and Let Go Yoga for Trauma Release. This program is designed for anyone interested in the shamanic practices and methods of death doula work and the rituals for creating a beautiful EOL transition.
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Lori Asmus, NEDA Proficient
Cincinnati Hospice of Cincinnati 513-246-9168 lori_asmus@trihealth.com www.hospiceofcincinnati.org/volunteer |
HOC Navigators includes Hospice, Palliative and Grief Programs. We serve annually over 6,000 patients and a team of over 600 end of life and advanced illness practitioners. Volunteer Doula Training is provided free of charge to HOC Volunteers who have served 100 hours in a patient facing role for at least one year. Training includes Vigil Bedside Presence, Life Review and Legacy Creation; Spiritual Care; Bereavement and Anticipatory Grief, Nutrition, Ambulation, Dementia Care, Comfort Touch; Guided Imagery; Introduction to energy, art and music therapy. Instructors include professionals in hospice nursing, social work, chaplains, counselors and other volunteer doulas.
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Kacie Gikonyo, RN
Parma Death Doula Kacie 330-620-2176 Kacie@deathdoulakacie.com www.deathdoulakacie.com |
Kacie is a registered nurse who worked as a director of education for some years. I have a passion for educating and have found a large following of death doulas. I’ve created a training program that offers hands on training with death and dying. My program offers a whole and complete training from opening a business to the medical aspect of a body dying.
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Erin Collins, RN, BSN, CHPN, NEDA Proficient
Bend The Peaceful Presence Project: Compassionate Presence Training 541-647-8636 erin@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org https://peacefulpresence-courses.thinkific.com/courses/peaceful-presence-info-session |
We offer a 3-module Volunteer Doula training and an 8-module Professional Doula Training for anyone called to cultivate Compassionate Communities. We are NEDA-Proficient doulas, and this training prepares you for the NEDA proficiency exam.
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Elizabeth Johnson, MA, NEDA Proficient
Bend The Peaceful Presence Project: Compassionate Presence Training 360-296-5616 elizabeth@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org https://peacefulpresence-courses.thinkific.com/courses/peaceful-presence-info-session |
We have developed our 3-Module and 8-Module Compassionate Presence Trainings to respond to an observed need to cultivate a more compassionate, death-literate and supportive culture in our country. Our training is informed by evidence based research, current best practices and our practical experience as NEDA- proficient end of life doulas.
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Jamie Eaddy Chism, DMin
Philadelphia Thoughtful Transitions 215-701-3868 DrJay@thoughtfultransitions.org www.thoughtfultransitions.org |
LifePath Learners, (formerly Teaching Transitions/Doing Death Differently) provides an exceptional, intimate educational journey for end-of-life doulas. Our sought-after Certified End-of-Life Specialist (CEOLS) program grants a dual designation; EOL doula and hospice volunteer - as it meets and exceeds Medicare requirements and NHPCO guidelines for training. Profitable Pathways: The End-of-Life Doula Business Accelerator Membership presents a rich curriculum, expert training, and on-going coaching support to launch and nurture independent doula practices, work-for-hire opportunities, and develop EOL doula trainers. Patty is a healthcare entrepreneur who has held leadership positions in hospice organizations, and has trained over 25,000 hospice volunteers, staff, doulas, caregivers, and college students. She also held founding member roles in both NEDA and the NHPCO End-of-life Doula Council.
Thoughtful Transitions provides an intimate learning experience through training classes, workshops, and mentorship. Dr. J is a thanatologist, educator, and activist. She provides an affordable, radically inclusive transformative space to explore all aspects of grief support and end-of-life care for the dying person and their community.
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Lin Roussel, BA, LPN, LMT, LE, NEDA Proficient
Lititz BellaTouch 717-271-6669 lin@massageCEadvantage.com www.massageceadvantage.com/EOLS |
Lin specializes in educating licensed massage therapists how to safely, gently and compassionately work with individuals who are facing the end of their lives. BellaTouch Transitions End-of Life Doula Course offers 30 NCBTMB approved CE hours and prepares the LMT to offer massage and support to the dying fand includes hands-on practice and NEDA core competencies.
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Jade Adgate, NEDA Proficient
Thompsons Station [Nashville] Farewell Fellowship 504-289-8855 jade.adgate@farewellfellowship.com www.farewellfellowship.com |
Jade offers an 11-month in-person death midwifery apprenticeship for those in the greater Nashville, Tennessee area. The apprenticeship is designed for all called to death walk (personally & professionally) and is a comprehensive death doula training comprised of 132 hours of coursework, 55 hours of in-person mentorship + hands-on practice in our community to bring fellowship as we companion farewells.
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Anna Adams, NEDA Proficient
San Antonio International Doula Life Movement 210-721-3422 anna@internationaldoulalifemovement.com www.internationaldoulalifemovement.com |
We offer affordable End Of Life training. We want to support others that want to work in this journey. I have over 25 years of experience working and caring for patients on hospice.
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Anne-Marie Keppel
Craftsbury Common Village Deathcare Citizen 802-533-7721 annemariekeppel@gmail.com www.stardustmeadow.com |
Anne-Marie is an international speaker and the award-winning author of Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of A Death Doula. She is a life-long meditator, nurse assistant, home funeral & green burial guide and Reiki Master Teacher. She specializes in Buddhist "shadow work," mindfulness practice, nature-centeredness and intentional healing which is expanded upon in the The Village Deathcare Citizen Course.
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The University of Vermont End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate
Burlington 800-639-3210 learn@uvm.edu go.uvm.edu/doula |
Developed by the The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, the University of Vermont has partnered with Cabot Creamery Cooperative to launch a fully-online End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate that will help prepare you to meet the growing demand for end-of-life support as people live longer and the course of the average dying process continues to become increasingly gradual and anticipated.
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Crystal Cannon-Flores, NEDA Proficient
Seattle 415-407-7576 Crystal@TheGratefulDeath.org www.TheGratefulDeath.org Lashanna Williams, NEDA Proficient
Seattle 206-494-0023 A Sacred Passing: Death Midwifery & Community Education info@asacredpassing.org www.asacredpassing.org |
Crystal specializes in Voluntary Suspend Eating and Drinking. She offers coaching and mentorship to EOL-Doulas wanting to offer V.S.E.D in their practice. Crystal works one-on-one with individuals virtually. She also offers in-person presentations and training for those residing in the Greater Seattle area and the San Juan Islands. Individual and package sessions available
A Sacred Passing's mission is to guide and assist people towards a more conscious dying experience while honoring individual autonomy. We work to create and sustain authentic partnerships in death care through consent, inclusivity, and active interruption of harm and violence. Acting on these core values includes building access-focused, anti-racist, and gender-inclusive environments, doula training, workshops, story sharing, community events, and resources. While collaborating with many local, national, and international institutions ASP educates, collaborates, and shares ways to be supportive non medical companions through paid and free educational offerings. |
Annetta Mallon, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Tasmania Gentle Death Education and Planning +6 141-270-2833 info@gdep.com.au www.gdep.com.au Helen Callanan
Sunbury Preparing the Way End of Life Doula Training +6 1413917574 helen@preparingtheway.com.au www.preparingtheway.com.au |
Annetta offers face-to-face intensive training at two levels, with relevant readings for each level’s modules of content, and masterclass specialist workshops for those wishing to deepen their practice skillset. She is a PhD, Clinical EFT practitioner, grief and loss psychotherapy specialist.
Certified and Non-accredited a. Free – 1 hour Exploring End of Life - Your Way b. 9 hour – Foundation Workshop End of Life Doula training – death and doula literacy c. 4 day – Intensive Course End of Life Doula Training Nationally Accredited Qualification course d. 10966NAT Certificate IV in End of Life Doula Services
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Sarah Kerr, PhD
Calgary, Alberta Soul Passages 403-771-7409 hello@sacreddeathcare.com www.sacreddeathcare.com |
Sarah Kerr, PhD, has been in in full-time practice as a death doula and trainer since 2013. Her approach is guided by ancient wisdom teachings, nature-based spirituality, energy medicine, and consciousness studies. She teaches a comprehensive healing methodology of soul medicine that can be adapted to each individual’s unique spiritual values, and that serves the living, the dying, and the dead.
The Life and Death Academy’s Death Doula Training is a comprehensive 13-week coaching program for aspiring and established doulas eager to build their death doula business. Program includes LIVE virtual group sessions, private coaching, interactive guest expert workshops, and an intimate community of peers open to fresh, empowering perspectives on life and death. Training is rich in personal, professional and spiritual growth as well as business development.
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Georgina Langdale
Havelock North, Hawke's Bay The Centre for Nature Connection 64-21-1352639 georgina@centrenatureconnection.org www.centrenatureconnection.org |
The Natural Carer approach blends compassionate care techniques and care of the Soul, with the exploration of the ways Nature can aid wellbeing as one prepares for and journeys through end-of-life transitions. Training focuses on deepening communication and care via compassionate, conscious and contemplative techniques, with nature placed at the heart of training, and practicalities woven throughout it. Georgina is certified as a Death Doula and End-of-Life Coach through the Conscious Dying Institute, trained through Zen Hospice, and Four Winds in shamanic energy medicine.
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Keshnie Mathi
Randburg, Gauteng The Wellness Specialist +27 614627419 connect@wellnessspecialist.co.za www.wellnessspecialist.co.za |
In this culturally diverse and comprehensive 8-week doula course, learn via virtual live sessions followed by a 4 week immersion period and practicals The final part is via an online academy called TWS Life Academy which serves to revise the theoretical aspects (including business building) via an online support platform providing support documents and templates with life time access This training covers the worldwide perspective on palliative care, ethical best practices and the practical and theory around support for in the areas of emotional support, practical & advance care planning, compliance and ethical wellbeing, and spiritual care highlighting various cultures and belief systems.
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Rachael Carter
Stourbridge, West Midlands Soul Doulas 00447950813393 souldoulas@evaandalma.com www.evaandalma.com/souldoulatrainingprogramme |
A certified & accredited 6 month transformational online programme for anyone called to make a difference holistically & psycho-spiritually to the end of life journey for themselves, loved ones, their community and/or professionally. The programme is a mix of pre-recorded sessions, 12 live group sessions (private upgrade options available), assessment & case studies, bonus expert sessions, graduation ceremony and on-going Soul Doula Socials to connect and share with all fellow Soul Doulas. Rachael has supported hundreds of dying souls in her community since Jan 2013. She has given a TEDx talk on what death has taught her about life, is also a Yoga Master, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Life Coach & Energy Healer.
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NATIONAL END-OF-LIFE DOULA ALLIANCE (NEDA)
2423 SOUTH ORANGE AVE #115 ORLANDO, FL 32806 NEDA is a nonprofit 501c6 membership organization dedicated to supporting end-of-life doulas and the families they serve. Content on this website is for informational purposes only and is not offered as legal advice. |