End-of-Life Preparation
A 13-week Immersion Course from Fall Equinox to Winter Solstice 2024
Tuesdays from noon to 2:15pm Eastern.
Each week is a 2.25 hour class.
For a total of 29 hours together.
The sessions will be recorded.
I ask that you are able to attend at least 2/3 of the sessions live (8 out of the 13).
To get the most out of the course plan to spend 3-5 hours (in addition to class time) to complete the assignments.
Pripo & Rainbow Teplitsky
Dr. Brenda Freeman
Damon Sean Dickinson
Patricia Kyritsi Howell
Linda Landon
Mountaine Jonas
This Experience is Perfect For You If:
- You’re of any age or stage in life who recognizes the importance of death literacy and wants to learn conscious dying practices.
- You seek emotional and spiritual growth through understanding and embracing the end-of-life process.
- You want to be a part of a community where you can engage in deep, meaningful conversations about death with a supportive group.
- You need practical tools for planning and preparing for end-of-life, leading to empowerment and peace of mind.
- You appreciate a blend of structured learning and personal exploration and are committed to attending live sessions and dedicating time outside of classes to deepen your understanding.
- You’re looking for a transformative experience that changes how you perceive life and death, fostering a proactive approach to end-of-life planning.
Evalena Rose
“Thank you for educating me on a topic that has been in my mind and didn’t know how to approach. The information shared in the class was very useful and opens up more avenues for me to explore. It is a doorway towards reflecting on available options and choices related to end of life that is usually avoided or neglected.”
Benita Silver
“This workshop offers a bounty of resources, including the participants who lend support, education and direction. It’s truly a beautiful unfolding of community in process! I feel so much more well-equipped to address the issues of approaching my end-of-life.”
Dr. David Nygaard
Patrick Davis
Diane Baker
Cat Matlock
Ellie Richard
“Lee is very generous in sharing her own stories of being with those who were dying, and also making her own end of life documents available. Lee really helped me to understand what I need to get into dying order for myself and, to understand what I can do to normalize talking about death.”
Sera Deva
Victoria Rose
Heather Hale
Grace S. Hearth
Susan Gee Rumsey
What’s Included?
- More than 29 hours of live class time through 13 live 2.25 -hour sessions via Zoom
- Recordings, Slides, and Chat Sessions of all classes
- End of Life Checklist to help you keep track of your tasks.
- Comprehensive List of Resources to help you gather information, compare notes, and make decisions.
- Buddy system pairing with a fellow classmate for accountability
- Access to printable templates and formatted paperwork
- Examples of completed paperwork from which to base your design
- Discussion, ideas, inspiration, and encouragement
- Support, celebration, and community
- Prompts for contemplation and meditation
- Concrete homework steps each week
- Group time for integration and motivation
David Case
“From the opening moments of the workshop, Lee’s wisdom is apparent. Even though zoom, she connects and inspires as through she is in your room. It’s clear that she is a master of all the materials she presented.”
MayaJoëlle Aubry
Kitty Schaller
Mariah Epes
Robyn Lynn
Jess Sparks
Intentional preparation for death not only honors life but also enhances the likelihood of experiencing a good death.
Throughout this course, you’ll be invited to contemplate deeply the important questions about the end of life. As we explore these questions together, you’ll become more comfortable discussing, considering, and making decisions about all aspects of your ideal end-of-life journey.
Expect to gain expert information, witness real-life examples, engage in both one-on-one and group discussions, have ample opportunities for deep contemplation, and access a wealth of resources.
This group setting offers a depth of sharing and support not achievable in individual settings, fostering a community that is literate and positive about death.
Ellen Hamlin
Alice Elliott
Peggy Crowe
Robyn Lynn
Sera Deva
Annie Bachmann
- Comfort with End-of-Life Discussions.
- Preparation for Death, whenever it comes.
- Mystical Experiences.
- End-of-Life Documents!
- A Greater Aliveness, Gratitude, & Presence.
- A Friendship or Intimacy with Death.
- Ability to Share & Support Others.
- A New Outlook of Life & Death.
- Support & Shared Reality.
- Conscious Dying Community.
- Deepened Understanding of Death & Dying Issues.
- Practice with Conversations.
- Spiritual Reflections.
- Increased Capacity for Death Related Experiences.
- Inspiration & Experimentation.
- Resources Galore.
- Attend the live sessions as much as possible. We understand life’s demands, but engaging in real-time discussions enriches your experience and deepens your understanding. Aim to attend at least 8 of the 13 sessions live.
- For a transformative experience, plan to allocate 3-5 hours per week outside of class time for reflection and tasks. This includes talking to loved ones, contemplating your wishes, reading and researching, engaging in mystical exercises, and integrating the learning.
- Expect to be opened – in heart and mind, in spirit and body. Exploring death, a topic often shrouded in taboo, is a deeply expansive and healing experience. Your life will be forever changed…in a good way. You’ll transform personal and societal beliefs to something more expansive and more delightful.
- Engage at your level of comfort. However you show up is a contribution. Our community thrives and welcomes input from everyone. We build a beautiful container based on mutual respect and the collective wisdom of attendees. Your insights and experiences are valuable, enhancing the learning journey for all.
- Participate as deeply with the course materials and exercises as you desire. Some folks take the course multiple times. Enter where you are and be gentle with yourself regarding your pace, timing, style, and flow. It’s best to trust exactly where you are in your process.
Sally Miller
“I appreciated this workshop on a very practical level as an orientation to end-of-life logistics and decision-making. With more time and reflection, I see it as an initiation into living and dying as parts of one journey, one of fulfilling my human purpose. It is well designed and led to allow participants to take it in at a variety of levels.”
Mary Lane
“Lee did an excellent job in her organization of material, and giving enough to prepare us to get our paperwork done without being overwhelming. Any more, would have been too much. I appreciated the practical approach, and would love to see a second phase for preparing mentally, emotionally and spiritually, as well as the practical. I have found that much of that comes up when filling out the documents she has presented.”
Patrick Davis
“If you are a fellow caregiver, or someone who guides and works with others, and you’re wanting support for getting your own house in order, I highly recommend you taking her course or working with Lee.”
Cost:
The fee for this event is $1500. SALE PRICE Starting August 1, 2024 of $697.
Special pricing (half price) for returning attendees of this course. Please see your email for the discount code.
I will gladly take 100% payment in Bitcoin. Contact me for transaction next steps.
Participation:
Workshop fees are PER PERSON. Please fill out one registration per person. If you’re coming with a spouse or a family member and wish to receive a discounted rate, please be in touch. I very much value families doing this course together.
This workshop’s capacity is 30. It will likely sell out. The earlier you register the better. There are no refunds for this workshop.
I help people fall in love with existence through preparing for death.
I have helped hundreds of folks, of all ages and stages, use death preparation as a practice for more ecstatic aliveness.
As a Tantra and death educator, I know that life and death are interwoven lovers, two halves of the same whole.
As a mystic, I am committed to seeing death as a portal or journey for our spiritual selves.
As an embodiment practitioner, I am equally as committed to honor and support the sometimes messy and often heartbreaking aspects of the death & dying process.
My offer to you is more intimacy with death. That looks like ease, acceptance, and empowerment with the the end-of-life process (yours and others’).
Lee Warren, Death Educator, End-of-Life Preparation Coach, Caregiver Support Ally, Death & Dying Doula.
How I Got Here:
I have been fortunate to learn from the dying within the context of a village. Over two years, from 2016 to 2018, there were six deaths at Earthaven Ecovillage, the place I called home for more than two decades.
These deaths, and the generous people who experienced them, offered incredible opportunities for service to the great mystery. My experiences ranged from preparing end-of-life paperwork, working with hospice, sitting with the dying, collaborating with families on all aspects of the death process, to tending our beloveds for after-death services, creating home wakes, home funerals, and home burials.
The end-of-life ceremonies and rituals we practiced wove together the fabric of our community, infusing meaning into every aspect of the death process.
What I’ve Learned:
- Death can be a gift for all involved.
- We have everything we need internally for a good death.
- Conscious and positive death experiences are possible.
- Preparing in advance, both internally and externally, makes a good death more possible.
- A village context is by far the best way to depart. So let’s build the village. Everywhere.
- Tending to the dying creates a bond with the whole in a way that nothing else does.
Susan Gee Rumsey
“As a result of this workshop I am much more relaxed and comfortable with the reality of my own death, and I am now enjoying working through the same end-of-life planning and preparations that I had avoided for so long. This workshop was literally life-changing for me, and I am deeply grateful to have taken part in it.”
Evalena Rose
“We all have to face our mortality and make plans for our deaths and burials, yet we all avoid it as much as possible. This was a very helpful workshop. Lee’s intention is to lay out all the practical steps and options involved, but also the more spiritual aspects of consciously choosing how one wants the dying process to go and the afterdeath choices as well. I can’t think of a more important process to consider, and Lee provides clear and thoughtful guidance.”
Kitty Schaller
“Lee’s many years of experience and practice with end of life planning imbued the event with thoughtfulness and gentleness. I found her to be organized, informative, motivating — and most of all, human.”
Dr. David Nygaard
“I have found Lee to be a wealth of knowledge and resources in regard to the potentially emotionally laden topic of death and dying.”
MayaJoëlle Aubry
“Well organized, well delivered, well worth End of Life workshop, taking the taboo out of the subject. Each participant was given plenty of opportunities to share through speaking and typing.”
Ellie Richard
“I really don’t think that the End of Life Workshop with Lee could have been any better. The content is comprehensive, the group size was perfect, and Lee is an excellent sensitive facilitator who is extraordinarily attuned to participants.”
Benita Silver
“Lee presents a comprehensive overview about the essentials of end-of-life paperwork and considerations. She holds compassionate space for participants to deeply dive into discerning wishes and priorities and their ultimate impact on those who remain.”
Damon Sean Dickinson
“Lee’s wisdom and leadership in this arena is sacred and holy. Every human being on the planet needs to consider these vital issues. We make so many plans for a birth but try to postpone and ignore our inevitable and unpredictable death. This course gives me hope that my transition can be the most beautiful and graceful possible for everyone involved . So grateful!”
Heather Hale
“I really appreciated Lee nurturing of what I’ll call “accountability buddies” so that these often challenging to-do items have support both during the course of the workshop and when it completed. I have told ALL the people I care about about this course. I hope at least some of them will carve out the time for this immensely worthwhile workshop! Thank you, Lee!”
This course is designed for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of death and dying, regardless of age or life stage. Whether you are preparing for your own end of life, helping a loved one, or simply wish to gain a more profound appreciation for life, this course offers valuable insights and practical tools.
While attending the live sessions is highly recommended to gain the full benefit of community interaction, all sessions will be recorded. We ask that participants commit to attending at least 8 of the 13 sessions. You will have access to these recordings to catch up on any missed content.
No prior knowledge or experience is required to join this course. Participants only need to bring an open mind and a willingness to engage in discussions about death and dying. Some participants take the course for the first time with an intention to absorb the information (but not complete paperwork). They then take it again later to do the tasks. However you show up is a contribution to the whole.
You will need a stable internet connection to attend live sessions and access course materials online. Sessions will be conducted via Zoom, so ensuring that your computer or device supports this software will be necessary.
In addition to the live sessions, we recommend dedicating 3-5 hours per week to complete readings, exercises, and reflections designed to deepen your understanding, and experience of the course material. If you plan to complete your paperwork we suggest you also schedule time to talk to family and friends about your wishes and their roles in your end of life plans.
There aren’t many end of life preparation programs in existence. This course uniquely combines practical end-of-life planning with spiritual and emotional exploration within a community setting. It emphasizes real-life applications, personal and group reflection, and community support.
By the end of the course, you should have a comprehensive end-of-life plan, a deeper understanding of your personal views on death, and enhanced comfort with discussing and handling end-of-life matters. Additionally, you will have built a supportive network of individuals who share a death-positive perspective.
Lee Warren is the primary instructor. She sometimes brings in guest teachers on certain subjects and this is to be determined in a given series.
Yes. You can work with Lee Warren on a one-on-one basis. Although the group does provide a lot of context, shared reality, support, and additional knowledge and insight. It’s a powerful community experience. But that’s entirely up to you.
