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Beyond Conscious Dying: 9 Essential Principles for Embracing End-of-Life
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We already know how to die

Why would the mystery of creation equip us with the knowledge to live but not the knowledge to die?

We all know how to die. Because we’ve done it thousands of times.

And no, I’m not referring to reincarnation, although if that’s your belief system then there’s extra meaning to the concept. 

I’m referring to our ACTUAL present-time lived experience.

The truth is that we all possess the innate knowledge of how to die.

Death is an invitation to keep your heart open

This wisdom is as natural to us as breathing, embedded in our being from the moment we enter the world.

Consider this: from birth, we engage in countless acts of letting go. As infants, we let go of the safety of the womb. As children, we release our grasp on our parents’ hands to take our first steps. Each transition, from school to adulthood, from job changes to relationship shifts, teaches us a bit more about releasing and moving forward.

These are not just changes; they are mini rehearsals and opportunities for building the muscle of letting go.

No doubt, it can look really different depending on the circumstance. Sometimes letting go is an act we ourselves initiate. Sometimes we feel neutral about it. And sometimes letting go happens reluctantly and painfully. And yet, it happens. We are not the person we were a day ago, a year ago, a decade ago. We are in constant process of evolution and change.

Why would death be any different?

I like to encourage us to use our life’s experiences as a guide. Every ending we’ve faced, every goodbye we’ve said, and every new beginning we’ve embraced teach us that we are already equipped to face our final moments with grace and presence. These moments of letting go are not just endings but part of a larger, beautiful cycle that defines our existence.

I expect that death—the transition of this incarnation, this physical form—would be no different. 

I have to wonder if it’s nothing more than rekindling a primal memory, recalling a song our soul knows by heart, though our conscious minds might have forgotten the melody.

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Author: Lee Warren

Lee Warren is a death and tantra educator, somatic guide, writer, mystic, and community builder.  Lee’s work delves into the intimate relationship between our physical existence and the mysteries of life and death. She teaches how embracing the certainty of our mortality can transform fear into profound gratitude and ecstatic embodiment.

Why do we want to be more embodiment? Because that’s where divine intelligence lives. Consciousness is in every cell of our being and it’s waiting to be enlivened. 

Her rich and varied experiences—from three decades of ecovillage living and the practice of sustainable agriculture to her devotional Tantric path—prime her for sharing the teachings of the life/death/life mysteries.


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