" It should be a sacred day for you when one of your people dies- a sacred day, when a soul is released and returns to its home" -Black Elk

A NEW WAY OF DYING

We all die. But there are good deaths, and not such good deaths

Most of us hope to die, pain free, at home, with our loved ones around us

But not many of us actually achieve this. Most modern deaths are at best efficient, but clinical, institutionalised , functional and souless

Soul midwives are trained to make death a loving and sacred experience

Centuries ago, in cultures all around the world, death was regarded as an important rite of passage- a journey across a spiritual threshold

In those times, it was a great honour for physicians, healers and priests to work with souls departing this world and a large range of healing resources were used to  ensure that preparations for the journey were as soulful and spiritual as possible

It was generaly understood that as well as honouring the person for the life they were about to leave, a healing process before death aided the soul's journey onward

Healing temples, or early hospices, where people either died, or were prepared for death, were places of profound healing filled with soft light, the sound of water, the smell of precious oils and soothing music. The dying person, was treated both physicaly and spiritually , to become as cleansed and a whole as possible before death took place

Modern soul midwives are able to draw on the ancient skills and traditions now long forgotten , bringing them up to date for our modern world and use them to ease the passage of those who are dying

They are trained to lovingly assist and accompany, befriend and guide and can give their services within a home, hospital or hospice setting

" When all goes well, there is a crystaline quality that emerges which everyone in the room can feel Like a symphony that lifts the soul. What arises from these depths that cannot be measured and is aimed by an invisible hand that finds its mark

What could not be accomplished seperately becomes available to those who work together and the wholeness that surfaces in these moments is characterised by luminous transparency" Christopher Bache