ONLINE COURSE
Care for the Dead and Dying
Teachings and Practices for Conscious Transitions
with Dr. Daniel Foor
Death is not a singular moment but a rite of passage that unfolds over weeks, months, or even years.
Like any initiation, the skillful care and presence of loved ones – before, during, and after death – can make all the difference for the one departing from this incarnation. Participants of this course will learn an inclusive framework and tangible skills for soul-level support of loved ones through the major transformation and change that is death of the body. Lessons consist of four 90-minute live teachings, each with guided practices and time for questions.
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Curriculum
What's Included
What's Included:
- Four recorded lessons, each 60-90 minutes in duration
- Guided, experiential practices accompanying each lesson
- Extensive additional resources featuring ancestrally diverse voices
- Access to a dedicated community forum for those engaged in similar learning
- Responsive and helpful support, if needed, from Ancestral Medicine staff
- Lifetime access to course resources
Lesson One
Lesson One: The Soul, Death, and What Follows
- Explore cross-cultural teachings on death, dying, and the soul
- Reflect on your own mortality and essential preparations for death
- Consider the perspective of death as a rite of passage for the soul
- Practice accessing guidance and inner knowing on the topic of death
Lesson Two
Lesson Two: Tending at the End of Life
- Learn ways to apply key cross-cultural teachings on preparing to die
- Consider ritual practices intended to clear the way for the next reality
- Reflect on personal blocks to embodying presence with the dying
- Practice honoring both what continues and what ends after death
Lesson Three
Lesson Three: Supporting at the Time of Death
- Release conditioning that views the time of death as a singular moment
- Explore important teachings on consciously meeting the time of death
- Reflect on personal assumptions about the body, soul, and time of death
- Practice dual awareness of body and soul in live presence with others
Lesson Four
Lesson Four: Postmortem Care for the Soul
- Explore cross-cultural views on the period of roughly one year after death
- Learn tangible and inclusive ritual skills to assist the recently deceased
- Consider personal and cultural implications of conscious death practices
- Practice partnering with guidance to call in support for one who has died
About the Instructor
Daniel Foor, PhD
Dr. Foor is a licensed psychotherapist, doctor of psychology, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is an initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and has learned from teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel is passionate about training aspiring leaders and change makers in the intersections of cultural healing, animist ethics, and applied ritual arts. He lives with his wife and daughters in Western North Carolina, homeland of Cherokee peoples.
