Make it Sacred
Bring ritual back into your life, and into the lives of the families you serve
This introductory class will take you to the heart of rituals and ceremonies, acquainting you with the healing methods and modalities that were long the backbone of humanity. Gain actionable knowledge you can implement immediately in your personal and professional life - before, during, and after death.
Led by Lauren Carroll & Morgan Fava
Sept 30 from 1-3pm Mountain Time
Recording Available
Ritual is humanity's oldest healing practice.
Our bodies and nervous systems respond instinctively to ceremonial acts - a candle lit in remembrance, herbs burned in blessing, water poured in libation. These simple actions reach places within us that words alone cannot touch, creating deeper pathways for healing and understanding.
Throughout human history, across every culture and continent, our ancestors wove ritual into the fabric of existence. These wisdom traditions created community cohesion during times of change, supported emotional regulation during intense transitions, and created journeys where there were once dead ends. Death, in particular, was honored with profound reverence. Our ancestors knew that death rituals give families concrete ways to participate, express love, and begin healing.
Make it Sacred reintroduces these powerful tools for modern life - to enhance your death doula practice, reconnect you with meaningful tradition, or simply remind you that ceremony can transform any ordinary moment.
“Our elders say that rituals are the way we remember to remember.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Learn to create meaningful experiences for yourself and for your community.
Join us in this intimate, 2-hour class to discover what rituals are and why we need them in death and grief spaces, and explore practical ceremonies that support the entire dying process and beyond. Perfect for death doulas, end-of-life workers, and anyone seeking to transform clinical deathcare into sacred passage.
Sept 30 from 1-3 pm Mountain Time
Recording Available
Your teachers
Morgan Fava
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.
Lauren Carroll
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.
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.