Coming to
Central Oregon
July 8-15
DEATH, DYING,
BEREAVEMENT
AND BEYOND
Save the dates!
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An update for my Oregon friends
I've added more dates to my speaking tour in Central Oregon this summer, and also added a special segment to my workshop on July 15... a post-workshop group with psychic medium
Joshua John DeLorenzo,
in which each attendee is
guaranteed
a reading. I have worked with Joshua for years, and he is extraordinary!
If you're interested in exploring mysticism and theology, or if you want to acquire new spiritual tools for working with loss, trauma and bereavement, please consider attending one of these events.
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Terri Daniel, MA, CT
Certified in Death, Dying and Bereavement, ADEC
Interfaith Chaplaincy, Bereavement Support
Founder, The Afterlife Conference
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Sunday, July 8, 10 am
Bend, OR.
The Metaphysics
of Mourning
Grief and loss cuts to the core of everything that defines us, and exposes places in our relationships, belief systems, family structures and social values that have been crying out for illumination and healing.
It can be difficult to imagine mourning a severe loss as anything but a terrible, life-shattering experience. But if we consider the possibility that tragedy and upheaval offer us an invitation awakening, vast new horizons of spiritual growth are opened up to us.
Grief shakes us loose from our spiritual lethargy and creates an opening in us that is highly receptive to growth if we recognize the tools and choose to do the work. If we nurture that opening, if we honor it and work with it, we can discover previously unimagined worlds of wisdom, and choose enlightenment over annihilation. Click
HERE
for more on this presentation.
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Sunday, July 8, 5 pm
Bend, OR.
God: A New Story
The theology most of us were taught as children presents God as a “being” who displays a range of human characteristics that include anger, jealously, and violence on one end, with love and compassion on the other. This god is perceived as a father figure that resides in a realm separate from our world, and from that location “he” manages everything in the universe. We are taught that we can earn the favor of this god by behaving in certain ways, and that we can earn his wrath by displeasing him.
In this presentation we will explore how this belief system originated, how it became popular, and why it is often a source of spiritual pain rather than comfort.
Click
HERE
for more on this program.
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Tuesday July 10, 7-9 pm
Sisters, OR.
Mini-Workshop
Conscious Grieving: Turning Loss
into Light
In this presentation, you'll become familiar with multi-cultural customs and spiritual healing tools that exist at the intersection of spirituality and psychology. We'll explore how Western knowledge about bereavement has evolved over the last several decades, with a focus on contributions from Buddhism, Shamanism and ancient Pagan traditions.
You will learn how the symbolic elements of ritual can assist with the release of emotional pain, and the evening will conclude with a heart-healing ceremony to mark our acceptance of impermanence and our innate ability to transform pain into power.
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Thursday, July 12
2:30 - 4:30 pm
St. Charles Hospital, Bend, OR.
Interfaith Conversations
with the Dying
and the Bereaved
For chaplains, nurses, social workers, hospice volunteers,
physicians and family caregivers
As compassionate professionals or devoted family caregivers, we may at times be invited into conversations with patients or family members that addresses religious views on death and the afterlife. Meeting people "where they are" in terms of belief systems is a delicate art that requires patience, wisdom and skill. How do we offer compassionate listening and support for beliefs that may not resonate with our own? How can we honor the other person's reality fully and lovingly, without imposing our own views and biases?
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Sunday, July 15, 1-5 pm
Bend, OR.
Grief as a
Mystical Journey
An in-depth,
experiential workshop
For those mourning the death of a loved one or a loss of any kind, this workshop provides a unique spiritual learning experience via interactive group work and sacred ceremonies.
Through hands-on experiential processes, we will explores trauma, loss and grief through the lenses of psychology, theology and spirituality, with a special focus on soul-supporting shamanic ceremonies and
sacred tools for moving through pain and stagnation.
You will experience:
. Multi-cultural practices for working with loss and grief
. Art therapy processes
. Guided meditations and shamanic journeys
. Heart-healing ceremonies and rituals
. Family dynamic mapping
. Learning to focus on inner transformation rather than external events.
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JUST ADDED!
An optional evening of audience readings with psychic medium
Joshua-John DeLorenzo
following the workshop. I have personally worked with Joshua numerous times and have found him to be one of the most accurate and authentic mediums on the world stage today.
All attendees are guaranteed a reading (only 20 tickets available).
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FACILITATED BY REV. TERRI DANIEL, MA, CT
Terri is is a hospice and hospital-trained clinical chaplain certified in death, dying and bereavement by the Association of Death Education and Counseling.
The workshops she conducts throughout the U.S. help the dying and the bereaved discover a more spiritually-spacious understanding of death and beyond through meditative, ceremonial and therapeutic processes that focus on inner transformation rather than external events.
Her work is acclaimed by physicians, hospice workers, grief counselors and clergy for its pinpoint clarity on the process of dying and grieving, and its heartfelt depiction of consciousness beyond the physical body.
She has a BA in Religious Studies from Marylhurst University, an MA in Pastoral Care & Counseling from Fordham University, and is currently doing doctoral research on spirituality and grief at the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
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