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Why do readings for someone who is dead or dying? An examination of the time and timelessness that characterizes physical death.

Why do we do readings? What is it that we are trying to do? If at all, how are we helping? It has taken me years to understand and formulate the basis of the practice of Labyrinth Reading but I … Continue reading

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What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton

Excellent,  informative article – required reading! What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement by Jennifer Luxton — YES! Magazine.

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Bhutan’s dark secret to happiness

This is a wonderful  article with, surprisingly, quite a bit of material to contemplate. Why are we so out of touch with death in the west? Well, for a start, because we don’t take a moment to ever even think … Continue reading

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Caregiver Revolution – 2 reviews

We just came across two reviews of our book and would like to make them available to visitors to our site. From Hospice Care, reviewed by Roni Fuller: Caregiver Revolution: 5 Steps to Enlightened Caregiving From New Perspectives, reviewed by … Continue reading

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CAREGIVER TOOLS: Healing Assist Gemstone Jewelry Kits

You can make your own healing talismans for your professional or family caregiving work. Say what?? Whether  you are a care provider or not, take a quick look at the article below, It is a terrific post about healing in … Continue reading

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The Treasure of an Enlightened Woman

Wherever there is space, five elements pervade, Wherever the five elements, the homes of living beings, Wherever living beings, karma and defilements, Wherever is defilement, my compassion also. Wherever is the need of beings, there I am to help them. … Continue reading

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