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Embody Yew Sessions

Somatic release by way of:

– TRE®

– Embodiment Sessions

– Death Meditation

Death Care & Grief Support

In-person or virtual death and dying support from a death midwife:

– End Of Life file creation,

– Human or Pet Death & Dying Support

– Human or Pet Burial Consultation

– Human or Pet Grief Guidance

Mourning Rituals

– With temporary tattoos or ribbons for Pet or Human Death Grief, Ecological Grief, & little “g” grief

– Custom Made Rituals for life’s transitions and rites of passage

Embody Yew Sessions: 

  • Somatic Release Sessions (TRE Stress Release: 75 Minutes). TRE® helps your body release it’s innate ability to heal itself by letting go of tension and trauma through a set of simple exercises that culminate in your body’s neurogenic tremor mechanism being released (it can often feel like a healing pulse, vibration or small movement).
    • You’ll be carefully led through these exercises (anyone can do them, standing or seating) and encouraged to become a witness of your body’s innate wisdom.
    • Recommended  bundle: 3 sessions, unless you’re dealing with an acute situation, in which case: 5.
    • You can learn more about TRE® here.
    • I’ve found that while this release is used to support stress release and help people with trauma, that is is also deeply effective in supporting the grief journey. 
    • Due to something called limbic resonance, which occurs when people do TRE together, this is also a powerful tool to use as a family, when a member of that family is dying, has died, or a non-physical deaths (loss of job, moving, divorce etc) is occurring. Group or family sessions are some of my favorites to guide.
  • Embodiment Sessions (Movement, Breath-work, and Meditation: 60 Minutes):
    • Learn how to listen to your body’s intrinsic wisdom and maybe even fall in love with this animal form that you inhabit.
    • You’ll be led through a sequence of meditation, breath-work and gentle movements to increase your ability for feel and listen to your own form.
    • I recommend that you book a free 15 minute consultation first so that I can learn where you’re at and what you and your body are most in need of. Either way I’ll guide you and your body through a custom made sequence, woven together from feedback from you and your body and the foundation of my trainings and influences. 
  • Death Meditation: (60 Minutes) This meditation has long been used as a clarity tool, helping people to figure out what’s important and helping them to realize how they want to proceed with their life before they die. This is a journey meditation, held by the beat of a drum. Many people have reported a reduction in anxiety and a renewed sense of vitality after this meditation. It’s best to do this in person: if you’re in Northern New Mexico this is possible.
 

*Book a Free 15 minute consultation with me if you need help deciding which session is right for you and your body (email lana@mourningrituals.love)

The Yew Tree has long been a symbol and space holder for both birth and death. As the tree ages, its center naturally hollows out and it is said that women used to give birth within. In Europe, where the Yew Tree used to grow in expansive ancient forests, which sadly have been obliterated, save a few still standing elders that are now surrounded by graveyards, their roots entwined with bones.  The Yew Tree has long been a guardian of the dying, dead, birthing and born, which is why this unfathomably incredible tree is the inspiration for the sessions I lead. It’s likely you’ll find yourself being led into a YEW Tree inner sanctuary meditation.


 *Scholarships are available for 1:1 sessions, bundles, and especially death care/grief support. Please email lana@mourningrituals.love to figure out what exchange is possible.

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Death Care & Grief Support:

  • End of Life File Creation (90 Minutes)
    • One of the best gifts you can give to your loved ones- you’ll be assisted in choosing your power of attorney, creating your Advance Directive, and figuring out what decisions need to be made before filling out your will. You’ll also be guided through all the incredible environmentally sound burial options for your body’s far off future, and can even plan your funeral so your loved ones can focus on mourning and celebrating you instead of confusing decision making in their time of deep grief and loss.
    • If you want meditation, somatic support, and extra guidance woven in, I recommend that you book a bundle of 5 sessions to complete your file. If you just want the facts then 1 session will do, and of course if you’re somewhere in the middle pick 3.
  • Human or Pet Death & Dying Support: 60 Minutes
    • This type of support is based on the needs of the person (human or animal) that is dying and their family. It can be helpful to have a death midwife’s presence to hold space for you all as you process in this time of unspeakable pain. The role of the death midwife also includes planning support. logistics,  and guidance so that you can focus on your time together and this mysterious rite of passage that is death.
    • If you’re in need of in-person support and don’t live in Northern New Mexico, I’ll help you find it. Having someone in person is important if you’d like to have someone physically there to prepare your space for death, as well as setting up a home vigil for your beloved’s body and funeral arrangements.
  • Human or Pet Burial Consultation: 60 Minutes
    • How to give your body back (eventually not now!) and how to give in your death rather than take.
    • Do you already have your end of life plans in order but want to learn about environmentally sound ways to give your body back to the earth? Most people choose cremation by fire and don’t know there are a slew of alternatives that are barely more expensive, and ecologically supportive. Traditional Cremation (by fire) not only requires a huge amount of finite resources from the earth, but it also emits a ton of CO2 and other harmful chemicals. Book this session to learn about your other options (green burial, natural organic reduction, aquamation and more!). You’ll also be led through a simple body scan as a way to listen to your body’s innate wisdom to help you decide how you want to part ways with it in the future. Extend this session by 30 minutes to learn about how to make your funeral, memorial, or living funeral ecologically supportive as well! You’ll leave this session with a well organized live PDF with all your options and your preferences that you can continue to update as life goes on.
  • Human or Pet Grief Guidance: 60 Minutes
    • These sessions are led by your needs and held by my grief ethics and foundational practices. Grief isn’t linear, and prescriptive advice usually doesn’t help. What makes it all the more complicated is that every time we must grieve a loved one, it’s going to be different, because the relationship is unique. Therefore, the tools and ways of being that got you through the last heartbreak or loss may not work for this one. The ways in which your whole self (body, mind, soul) will need to feel and grieve are as much a mystery as death is. But there’s some good news- by tapping into movement, sound, memorialization and co-regulation it’s possible to digest and metabolize your grief. Once this process has begun it often becomes quite clear what you need to do to support yourself in this time, and how. We’ll do this together in these sessions. They usually start with some deep listening on my end, and culminate in some release on your end.
 *Scholarships are available for 1:1 sessions, bundles, and especially death care/grief support. Please email lana@mourningrituals.love to figure out what exchange is possible.

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Mourning Rituals

Mourning Rituals with temporary tattoos or ribbons for

– Pet or Human Death Grief,

– Ecological Grief, &

– little “g” grief

  • Custom made rituals
    • to help you birth and open a new chapter of your life or a project, or 
    • to help you close and bury a phase of your life.
    • (These can be for an individual, a couple, or a group i.e. when a play production begins or ends, when you’re getting married, when you need to leave a job)
    • These are created after you book a 60 minute consultation with me, and the rest will be sent via video and document for you to complete at a time of your own choosing.
    • If you’d like more 1:1 support please book the follow up’s to be led in real time through the ritual.
 

 *Scholarships are available for 1:1 sessions, bundles, and especially death care/grief support. Please email lana@mourningrituals.love to figure out what exchange is possible.

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