Ceremonial Samsara
Ancestral Wisdom & Advanced Ceremonies for End-of-Life
This intensive, 2-hour class will take you through the ancestral death traditions of eleven global lineages, teaching you advanced ceremonial frameworks for supporting souls in transition. You'll learn the deeper 'why' behind ritual work, discover embodied techniques like Heart Math and chakra release, and understand how to adapt this ancient wisdom for your contemporary deathwork.
Led by Lauren Carroll & Morgan Fava
October 14 from 5-7pm MT
$99 | Recording Available
In every lineage, across every land, our ancestors knew how to walk with death.
They drummed, wept, chanted, keened. They lit fires, laid flowers, whispered names to the wind. They understood what we are only beginning to remember: that death requires ceremony, and ceremony requires rooted wisdom, presence, and intimacy with the threshold.
Ceremonial Samsara builds upon foundational ritual knowledge to explore the advanced technologies of sacred space-holding. This is where we travel through the deathways of ancestral traditions, learning not only what is done, but why it's done - and how to adapt these profound practices for modern dying.
Master the art of ceremonial space-holding at life's most profound threshold
Our first hour will take you deep into ceremonial practices across eleven global lineages and spiritual traditions. We'll examine how different cultures developed sophisticated frameworks for the same universal needs around death and dying. From Aboriginal Australian smoking ceremonies to Indonesian Tana Toraja death rituals to West African ancestral calling - each tradition offers tested wisdom for creating safety and meaning during life's most vulnerable moments.
The second hour transforms this ancient knowledge into lived experience through advanced practices you can integrate immediately. We'll explore Heart Math techniques for nervous system attunement, chakra release practice for energetic support, calling in the 4 directions to create sacred containers, and embodiment tools that anchor your presence during intense threshold moments. Plus a brief exploration into near death experiences and the liminal spaces.
Travel through the deathways of ancestral traditions.
Ceremonial Samsara is for death doulas, hospice workers, funeral directors, and anyone called to bring sacred presence to end-of-life transitions. Perfect for those who have completed Make it Sacred and wish to deepen their practice, or those with an interest in the ancient, the sacred, and profound.
Led by Lauren Carroll & Morgan Fava
October 14 from 5-7pm MT
$99 | Recording Available
Your teacher
Morgan
With over a decade of study in the realms of death, dying, and grief, Morgan has journeyed through significant loss and transformation in her own life. As a certified death doula, energy healer, Akashic record practitioner, and ceremonialist, she is dedicated to supporting individuals and families through the sacred transition of death.
In her work, she provides compassionate guidance and education, helping to create a more peaceful and serene end-of-life experience.
Your teacher
Lauren
Lauren Carroll, co-founder of La Mort, is a Death Educator & Holistic Funeral Director who is passionate about weaving community and family back into the death space. Her work centers around re-aligning our culture with Mother Earth and helping humans remember how to love one another. She is a former board member for the National Home Funeral Alliance and co-founded The Deathwives. She lives on an urban farm at the base of a mountain where she tends to her animals, raises her two children, and dances around bonfires on the full moon with friends while listening to Nick Cave.
Deathwork
griefwork
sacred story
psilocybin
devotional business
ancestors
Earth Mother
Legacy Art
Creative Comradery
Deathwork griefwork sacred story psilocybin devotional business ancestors Earth Mother Legacy Art Creative Comradery
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Our Teaching / Learning / Creating Style at La Mort
We leave behind the polished, gate-keepy approach to education. We teach in ways that carry story and experience. We listen. We laugh (a lot). We go off-script sometimes. We cry (with you)(for those you’ve loved)(for those we’ve loved). We like science and studies and logical frameworks, but also mysticism and poetry and all that stuff. We really love to honor history and those who came before. We move through some serious curricula, but don’t take anything too seriously. We dedicate ourselves to seeing you, and want you to feel seen. We deeply honor our intuition and yours. We lead with integrity (always). And we welcome the odd-balls and misfits, because it takes one to know one.