Make it Sacred
Ritual, ceremony & ancestral wisdom for the end of life (and beyond)
An intimate 2-week course that will take you deep into the heart of rituals and ceremonies, learning the deeper 'why' behind ritual work, discovering embodied techniques and rituals you can practice for yourself and clients, and understanding how to adapt this ancient wisdom for your contemporary deathwork. This is a course to remind and reintroduce you to the healing methods and modalities that were long the backbone of humanity. Perfect for death doulas, end-of-life workers, and anyone seeking to transform clinical deathcare into sacred passage.
Led by Lauren Carroll & Morgan Fava
April 7 & 14
6:30 - 8:00pm 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 powerful ritual tools for modern life - to enhance your deathwork practice, reconnect you with meaningful tradition, and simply remind you that ceremony can transform any ordinary moment.
two evenings to reconvene with ritual
Evening ONE
Make it Sacred
Our first evening begins with the deeper why behind rituals: what they are, why we need them, and how to use them. We'll explore why ritual lives in the body and not just the mind, why our nervous systems respond so instinctively to symbolic acts, and why death, in particular, has always called for ceremony. From there, we move into practical application - exploring ceremonies that support the entire arc of dying, before, during, and after death, so you leave with tools you can implement immediately, with yourself and with the families you serve.
Evening TWO
Ceremonial Samsara
Our second evening travels deep into the ceremonial traditions of eleven global lineages, examining 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 at life's most vulnerable threshold. We then move that ancient knowledge into embodied practice: Heart Math techniques for nervous system attunement, chakra release for energetic support, calling in the four directions, and a brief exploration of near-death experiences and the liminal spaces between worlds.
“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
Bring ritual back into your life, and into the lives of the families you serve.
April 7 & 14
6:30 - 8:00pm Mountain Time
Recording Available
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Tier One
For those facing financial constraints who are stretching to participate
Tier Two
For those with stable finances who can participate without strain
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For those with financial abundance who wish to actively redistribute
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.