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Greetings! We
hope that you will explore Journeying
Beyond 's pages on Death Midwifery
services, and 'end of life' (EOL)
and Advance-care Plannng consultations,
in Victoria, B.C. All of the
pages are listed on the left menu, as well
as at the top and bottom of each page.
You can get more information about Death
Midwifery and Home Funerals by visiting
the CINDEA
pages on The
Pan-Death Movement,
Death
Midwifery, and the Post-death
Care/Home Funerals.
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Journeying
Beyond
's Death Midwifery services include 'end
of life' consultations (comprehensive
Advance Directives and Representation Agreements,
as well as basic information on Power of
Attorney/etc. documents), support
for the Death Journeyer and their families
throughout the pan-death process, funeral
plans, funeral and/or memorial celebrant
services, and initial grief counselling.
'Home funeral' services including
an educational workshop — "By
My Own Heart and Hands" (see
dates below) — reviewing
all of the practical elements of post-death
care, necessary paperwork, and final disposition
arrangements.
The term "pan-death" refers to
the whole process, pre/during/post death
— including education/information on
post-death care at home and required documentation,
which are often referred to as a "home
funeral".
If
you are interested in Journeying
Beyond 's Death Midwifery &
ACP/EOL planning services in Victoria, B.C.,
or wish more information about these and
related services,
please contact Pashta via email
or call 250-383-4065
(available by phone,
email or Skype).
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Workshops
and Other Events
"By
My Own Heart and Hands" —
a 'basics in home funerals' workshop
Victoria,
BC, Canada — March 27/28 2015
(see
further overview below)
[Note: the
January 2015 Saltspring Island workshop
has been postponed until summer
or early fall.]
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“By
My Own Heart and Hand — basics
in home funerals” report on September
13-14, 2014 workshop
CINDEA
and Journeying Beyond co-sponsored
a “By
My Own Heart and Hand — basics
in home funerals”
workshop that took place in Vancouver/Surrey
BC on September 13-14, 2014. The
event included an evening showing
of “A Family Undertaking”
and discussion, and a full-day workshop
the next day — which included
‘hands on’ practice in post-death
care, and a review of both the required
paperwork and the general timeline
of ‘what is done when’.
This
introductory workshop is primarily
intended to help families in preparing
for, and planning, a home funeral.
However, it was
also an opportunity for other alternative
death-care practitioners to better
understand the basics of a home funeral,
as it might relate to the experience
of their future clients — as
well as being the practicum for two
BC Beyond Hospice students. Many
thanks to the evolving BC lower-mainland
community for helping to organize
this workshop. Further workshops are
being planned for both the mainland
and the islands.
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Testimonial
My
family used Pashta MaryMoon's
services before and after
the recent passing of our
mother. While
Pashta provides many services,
for us, she was a support
for both my mother and us
children before the passing
as well as after. With
her help we planned both my
mom's woodland green burial
funeral for close friends
and family, as well as her
ceremony — open to everyone
— later that afternoon. Pashta
was the master of ceremonies
for both events.
Death
is not something I had very
much experience with before
my mother got ill. Pashta's
experience and level of comfort
with the dying process made
it easier for the entire family.
Her gentle nature
helped us plan and organize
an event no one looks forward
to. Her ability
to bring our family together
to organize in a way that
worked for everyone was amazing. The
support she showed my mom
in her final months was truly
a blessing. The
support she showed me as I
cared for my mom full-time
leading up to her death gave
me the strength and self belief
to realize that I could really
do this.
Pashta
has an amazing way with people. She
made an effort to get to know
as many friends and family
as possible before the passing
so she would be a familiar
face at the funeral she was
leading. The
funeral and Ceremony were
beautiful, personal and deeply
moving. Pashta's
kindness, support and help
let our family be at peace
before the passing and feel
taken care of after.
From
all of us we can't thank her
enough for everything and
would like to recommend her
for anyone looking for a similar
experience. (DS,
daughter)
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Articles
End
of Life University interview
On
July 24 (at 10 am
Pacific time/ 1pm Eastern time),
Pashta MaryMoon — director
of CINDEA
and Death Midwife for Journeying
Beyond — talks about Death
Midwifery, Bedside Singing and 'end
of life' issues with Karen Wyatt.
You can listen to this interview
by clicking here.
Go to the 'End
of Life University' online
to sign up for email notification
of the online interview. You
can also buy an access
pass for all of the EOLU
2013/14 interviews.
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News
First
Final Passages training in Canada took
place in Duncan (Vancouver Island), B.C.
— Levels I and II during April 12-15,
2013. A Home Funeral Guide
guides families through post-death care,
which is at home and family-directed
(this includes the necessary paperwork).
Pashta MaryMoon was the guest
speaker on B.C. laws/regulations and the
CINDEA organization in Canada. Contact
us if
you are interested in further Final Passages
training and/or other ways of training to
become a Home Funeral Guide or Death Midwife
in Canada.
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Pashta
MaryMoon, Death Midwife for Journeying
Beyond, is also the director
of CINDEA.
More information about pan-death care is
available on that site.
Please visit (click on the
name graphic below) for more information
on Death Midwifery in Canada.
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is also a member of the National
Home Funeral Alliance —
an extensive website addressing the
Home Funeral movement in the U.S.A.,
although providing listings for alternative
death-care practitioners both in the
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