The Art of Life and Death
To find your purpose and meaning through the art of living and dying
“How we live is how we die.”
– Pema Chodron
Blog
At the Threshold. Friday, Oct 30 2026
The death lodge. Sept 2026
Summer 2023 I participated in a rites of passage ceremony at Wild Mountain. For myself the retreat was to facilitate my life stage transition to elder hood. We spent a week in daily ceremony, each of us honing our separate intentions we talked, cried and sang them...
Political grief Aug 2026
A writing from spring of last year as we as a class were trying to process the compounding trauma of our political climate, fear, anxiety and genocide. BefriendAs we move through this period of instability— social instability, genocide and a climate crisis threatening...
How are my choices enlivening or deadening my life?
What has been calling to me that I’ve ignored for years?
What is undone in your life that needs your reflection and attention? Dive deep into those unlived places within yourself and consciously choose to let them die or bring them to life.
Individually, and in a community, we will explore what it means to live a conscious and intentional life.
What are my guideposts?
What are the words and truths around which I organize my life and how do they contribute to a meaningful life?
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“Thank you for making that whole experience such a positive one. I had an intense amount of anxiety even signing up much less showing up each week. You helped to facilitate that leaning into the big feelings/anxiety can lead to positive things. I can’t make it “not scary” but I proved I could do it scared.”