Life is the primal impulse towards a never ending search for vitality and also the struggle to survive. Without death the life force could not exist. It has been said we come into the world with death beside us. And in the end our physical death is the ultimate rite of passage. This begs the questions: What is my relationship with my own mortality? How does the certainty of my own death inform my life? What are contemporary practices to support living and dying in these complex times of cultural and environmental crisis and “the great separation” from self and nature?
Life is uncertain and there are no final answers to these and many more questions, rather an opportunity to begin to cultivate new ways we can deepen our relationship with our mortality.
Keeping death close at hand has been key to helping many at the end of their lives to realize what matters most. We will come together to explore how we can find ways to shift our attention more consciously towards our own mortality, and look at what emerges for each of us as we hold the tension between being alive while walking towards death. Welcoming in conversations with the land, and each other about death (the hidden teacher), our fears and our relationship with this unknown territory.
Daily solo time in nature during which time you will explore and foster your own ways of walking through this fertile and mysterious landscape. Culminating in a dawn to dusk contemplative solo and ending our last evening with an offering of a fire ceremony.
This program is offered to all humans who are interested in deepening a natural relationship with death and bringing the focus toward living life with meaning and joy.
