EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The Conscious Dying Institute offers comprehensive education and training for those called to serve as death doulas, soul midwives, and conscious companions at the thresholds of life.
Our programs are rooted in the death positive movement, caring science, earth-honoring spirituality, contemplative practice, and embodied presence.
This is not simply a course of study, it is a process of formation. Participants are invited into a deeper relationship with mortality itself, learning to meet death not with fear or control, but with reverence, humility, and skill. Through experiential learning, guided reflection, and practical instruction, students develop the capacity to support the dying, their loved ones, and communities with compassion and integrity.
Core areas of study include:
Conscious dying philosophy and practice
Emotional, spiritual, and somatic support
Sacred ritual and vigil keeping
Grief tending, being with strong emotions, and family dynamics
Ethics, boundaries, and cultural humility
Practitioner sustainability, resilience, and self-care
Our approach honors both ancient wisdom and contemporary needs. Graduates leave not only with practical tools, but with deeper grounding, clarity of vocation, and the embodied presence necessary for this sacred work and for living their best life. This training is for those who feel called to walk beside death as a teacher and to serve as steady witnesses at life’s most profound thresholds.
honoring death as a teacher
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