2019 Community Education Events and Gatherings
We strive to bring a variety of death topics, teachers and guest speakers
​ from all backgrounds to share their knowledge. 

March 17, 2019
​"There's No Place Like Home"
What exactly is
​After Death Care in the home?

Sometimes called a Home Funeral, after death care is  the process of caring for
your loved one at home after death.
It's completely legal!
Learn how you may create your own death ceremony based on personal faith traditions. 
​Your loved one may lie in honor at home for 1-3 days. 
Find out more about the process via presentation, demonstrations, and discussion with
Akhila Murphy, End-of-Life Doula 
​
Sunday March 17, 2019 2-4:00pm
Held at Chapel of the Angels,
250 Race Street, Grass Valley

April 20, 2019
​Tibetan Death Talk

We are happy to present:  
Guest speaker Terri Nash
Terri Nash, MS, CPM is an educator, storyteller, healer, and retired midwife who, between 1982-2017  attended  hundreds of homebirths and midwifed numerous individuals through their dying experience.  In 1984 she began extensive studies of Tibetan Medicine under tutelage of Yeshe Dondhen, physician to the Dalai Lama, and continues today working and studying with Dr.Yonten, a Tibetan doctor living in Bangalore, India.  Terri has grown in understanding about Tibetan's unique view of the interplay of living and dying. Their wisdom methods invite both the dying person and caretakers into an embodied experience of compassion in action.
 In this talk, Terri will provide context for Tibetan Views on the dying process and discuss the signs of dissolution of the Elements in the body during the dying process. The dissolution of the elements is a critical phase of the dying process from the Tibetan view. The signs are external and internal. Both the dying person and the caregiver can become acquainted with these signs to deepen the wisdom of the experience. The talk will include a guided meditation focused on the dissolution of elements. 
 
Saturday April 20, 2019
​​ 10am-12:00pm
hosted in the Kerby room at Hospice of the Foothills.
 11270 Rough and Ready Hwy,
Grass Valley,

​Sunday May 19, 2019


​​Full Circle of Living & Dying     Sponsoring
​ Sierra Donor Services
 in an informative gathering: 

 "Organ Donation
and Transplantation:
​ Debunking the Myths"


 Questions and misconceptions will be addressed such as,
"Can I still have a home funeral if I want to donate my organs?” 
​
Come learn your options and how to make organ donation part of your end-of life plan.

Sunday May 19th 2:00pm-4:00pm - Chapel of the Angels,
​ 250 Race St. Grass Valley, CA

sierradonor.org/