Tag: birth and death

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Ep. 437 Holding Space for Birth and Death with Amy Wright Glenn

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Learn what it actually means to “hold space” for others during times of challenge.

My guest Amy Wright Glenn is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, birth and death doula, hospital chaplain, and prenatal yoga and wellness instructor. She is the founder of the Institute for the study of Birth, Breath, and Death, known for its teacher training programs. Amy is the author of the book Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go, which she discusses today. Amy shares what it means to hold space and how we learn to practice that. Learn more at her website:

www.birthbreathanddeath.com

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This episode includes:

  • How Amy came to create the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death
  • How birth and death are connected
  • What it means to “hold space” for others
  • Practices for learning how to hold space
  • The “companioning model” of grief support
  • How to hold space for pregnancy loss
  • Training course for facilitators of pregnancy loss support groups

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Ep. 233 Fire and the Cycle of Life: Why Birth Always Follows Death

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Learn a new perspective on devastation and destruction as part of the natural cycle of life.

In this solo episode I share reflections on the devastation caused by wildfires and what we can learn about the cycle of life from that destruction. The transformative power of fire is discussed and how we can utilize the “fires” of our lives to help us grow in love.

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This episode includes:

  • What the Yellowstone National Park fire of 1988 teaches us about the cycle of life
  • The new birth that follows from destruction and death
  • How forests benefit from wildfire
  • A story about Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction, but also of love
  • How the fire of Kali burns away what doesn’t serve us and transforms it to love
  • Recognizing that fires and death are an essential part of the cycle of life
  • Seeing the “big picture” when devastation occurs
  • New growth includes creativity, spontaneity, surprises and miracles
  • Finding gratitude for the cycle of life

Yellowstone is not an ending or a beginning.

It just goes on and on and on.

The difference is whether we choose to live

Seeing the wingspan of a heron glide through

The Burnt forest or not.”

from Shards of Yellowstone by Katya Williamson

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