The Threshold; A Conference, Death, Meaning and Renewal

This conference invites professionals, artists, healers, and everyday seekers to reimagine death not as an end, but as a threshold.
About this Event

On-site catering by The Happy Squirrel - (cash only food options) www.facebook.com/thehappysquirrelconfections

8-9:00 am: Arrival and Grounding

9-9:30 am: Opening Session/Sanctuary- WHY Talk About Death?

9:45 - 10:45 am: Session One

A. Live and Die Awake, On Love, Loss and Living Fully with Julie Wright Halbert (VIRTUAL)

B. New Rules for End of Life Care: A Guide on the Stages of Death w/Q & A - DVD Presentation by Barbara Karnes,

C. Death Cafe; Tea, Cake & Conversation with Traci Pena,

11:00 - 12:00 pm: Session Two

A. Your Story Online: Preserving What Matters Joy Wirta, CEO and End-of-Life Doula,+ EXIT Life Ready (VIRTUAL)

B. The Body in Grief: Somatic Approaches to Healing -Linda Kobus, Yoga Therapist/Inner-Shine Yoga Therapy

C. Art & Tarot: Drawing Death, Inviting Life: Kelly Ann, Blue Moon Apothecary, Owner, Herbalist, EOLD

12:15-1:15pm: Keynote: Standing at the Threshold: Why Death Is Not the End of the Story with Ashley Buckner/Anchor & Rise Therapy (VIRTUAL)

1:15 - 2:15: LUNCH with The Happy Squirrel

2:30-3:30 pm: Session 3

A. Psilocybin Use in End-of-Life Care with Christine Caldwell, End of Life Psychedelic Care (VIRTUAL)

B. Faith, Doubt, and the Unknown: Spiritual Responses to Mortality

C. Choosing to Die - A Story of Medical Aid in Dying Theresa E. Evans, author of Choosing to Die, A Daughter’s Story of Supporting Her Mother’s End of Life Through Assisted Death,

3:45-4:45pm: Session 4

A. The Ecology of Loss: Nature as Teacher and Companion: with Day Schildkret, Founder of Morning Altars (VIRTUAL)

B. Implementing Natural Burial in Community Landscapes Michelle Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve, Ithaca, NY

C. Words for What is Left: Brenda Cave-Jones, Poetess, Health Care Advocate, Retired Nurse

5:00 - 6:00 pm:

Closing Ceremony/Renewal after Loss Ceremony: Traci Pena and special guests: LoVeLee Day and Jade Barbee, Vermont with their song: "The Veils Tho"