experiencing a death will be with you Distribute Handout 2, Looking Ahead to Workshop always. How do you want it to influence you 2. tomorrow? your choice. I invite you to let It’s Ask participants to read the materials listed and to go of the fear. Let go of the guilt. Invite love bring one or two personal objects as described on in. Let love into your heart and body. Slowly, the handout. as come back. Signal you’re ready, you’re Explain that the section Find Out More in the ready by opening your eyes. handout lists additional resources they may wish to Allow time for comments and reflections. explore. For Next Time (10 minutes) Closing (5 minutes) Share with participants upcoming plans so that they Extinguish the chalice and share these words by are prepared for upcoming workshops. Tell them Kate Walker: that Workshop 7 will include presentations by As we bring this time to a close, we professionals about advance directives, living wills, recognize that each moment leads to a new and end-of-life medical needs, and that in experience. With the passage of time, we Workshop 8, they will be invited to share their stretch ourselves to remember the past, to artistic response to death and dying, such as a live in the present, and to anticipate the photograph, drawing, painting, poem, prose, song, future. This time that we hold is gone with a music, ceramics, or dance. Assure them that breath, we cannot hold that breath, nor can although they may feel initial resistance, we fully anticipate the next. We are always nonjudgmental sharing of this kind will yield letting go and greeting the new. delightful surprises. Details about this will come in Leader Reflection and Planning future workshops. Share your plans to visit a funeral home, cemetery, or crematorium to learn Make a time for individual reflection and discussion about funeral preparations. Set a date for the field with your co-leader after the conclusion of the trip(s), if you have not done so already. workshop. Consider these questions:
experiencing a death will be with you always. How do you want it to influence you tomorrow? It’s your choice. I invite you to let go of the fear. Let go of the guilt. Invite love in. Let love into your heart and body. Slowly, as you’re ready, come back. Signal you’re ready by opening your eyes. Allow time for comments and reflections. For Next Time (10 minutes) Share with participants upcoming plans so that they are prepared for upcoming workshops. Tell them that Workshop 7 will include presentations by professionals about advance directives, living wills, and end-of-life medical needs, and that in Workshop 8, they will be invited to share their artistic response to death and dying, such as a photograph, drawing, painting, poem, prose, song, music, ceramics, or dance. Assure them that although they may feel initial resistance, nonjudgmental sharing of this kind will yield delightful surprises. Details about this will come in future workshops. Share your plans to visit a funeral home, cemetery, or crematorium to learn about funeral preparations. Set a date for the field trip(s), if you have not done so already. Distribute Handout 2, Looking Ahead to Workshop 2. Ask participants to read the materials listed and to bring one or two personal objects as described on the handout. Explain that the section Find Out More in the handout lists additional resources they may wish to explore. Closing (5 minutes) Extinguish the chalice and share these words by Kate Walker: As we bring this time to a close, we recognize that each moment leads to a new experience. With the passage of time, we stretch ourselves to remember the past, to live in the present, and to anticipate the future. This time that we hold is gone with a breath, we cannot hold that breath, nor can we fully anticipate the next. We are always letting go and greeting the new. Leader Reflection and Planning Make a time for individual reflection and discussion with your co-leader after the conclusion of the workshop. Consider these questions: