What are your intentions for your end of life journey?  Are you curious about how to plan a "conscious death?" Are you a caretaker for a loved one facing their last days?  

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Rhyena's work is inspired by the conscious dying movement, which aims to enrich the dying experience, diminishing the fear and stress many feel around contemplating their mortality. It offers instead a chance for a deep embrace of the life force for the person who is preparing for death, and profound connection with their loved ones. Holding the space for a peaceful death allows for loved ones to find their way after great loss.

 

Everyone is different and everyone has a different death. Rhyena helps you identify your unique needs and desires to personalize your end of life plan. 

 

With compassionate care, gentle inquiry and openness, we will develop a customized plan that could include a range of elements, such as:

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• life review and legacy projects 

• advance care directives

• completion of final documents 

• identifying final wishes 

• developing a sense of completion

• organizing and letting go of stuff

• facilitating conversations with loved ones

• third-party neutral support with family members

• helping to navigate family dynamics

• compassionate, deep listening

• coordination with care and healthcare teams

• rituals as death nears 

• support for VSED and MAID* 

• body washing and home tahara

• home funerals & green alternatives to traditional burials

• support for loved ones during the early stages of loss

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Rhyena serves as part of a care team that compliments medical personnel, hospice, family members and other caregivers. As a doula, she is not a licensed medical practitioner.

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She is also a member of Chochmat Halev's Chevra Kadisha and is especially committed to serving the Jewish community in the East Bay.

 

You can begin planning at any time, in a conscious and intentional way, for your own death. You don't have to be terminal or even ill to benefit from this work. 

 

*Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking and Medical Aid in Dying

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For more recommended reading, podcasts and other resources on End of Life, visit my Resources Page

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