Deathkeeping

The Sacred Threshold:
Walking with Death & Loss

Our ancestors knew that death, like birth, is a sacred rite of passage meant to be witnessed in community, surrounded by love, steeped in ritual, and honored in its own natural time. In recent generations, this wisdom was forgotten as death, like birth, was moved from our homes into sterile institutions where ancient ceremonies became subject to modern protocols.

Walking with Death

As a deathkeeper (also known as a death doula or death midwife), I hold space for the ancient wisdom of dying. I support individuals and families in reclaiming death as a natural transition, helping to create ceremonies and experiences that honor both the dying and those who remain.

Our journey together may include:

- Creating meaningful end-of-life plans

- Holding sacred vigil

- Offering comfort care

- Tending to daily needs

- Supporting family caregivers

- Guiding after-death care

- Honoring ancient traditions

- Creating personal rituals

Walking with Loss

When a little one returns to the ancestors too soon - through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss - families need particularly tender holding. These profound losses deserve to be honored with the same reverence and ritual as any other passage.

For families experiencing loss, I offer:

- Physical and emotional support

- Ritual space for grief

- Memorial ceremony creation

- Guidance for siblings

- Memory making opportunities

- Support for difficult decisions

- Connection to healing resources

- Ongoing bereavement care

The Ancient Way of Death

Just as I support sovereignty in birth, I believe in sovereignty through death. Each soul knows its path, each family carries wisdom, and each death holds its own perfect timing. Whether planning ahead or navigating an immediate need, I walk beside you to:

- Honor your innate wisdom

- Protect your choices

- Support your traditions

- Create meaningful ceremony

- Hold space for grief

- Remember ancestral ways

- Tend to practical needs

- Guide gentle transitions

My role is to help you trust your knowing, honor your rhythms, and keep these sacred transitions In Your Own Hands - just as our ancestors did for millennia.

Whether death comes at the beginning or end of life's journey, it deserves to be witnessed with reverence, tended with love, and honored with ceremony.

Trust your knowing.

Honor your rhythms.

Walk in ceremony.