A Sacred Moment

Char Barrett – Licensed Funeral Director/Owner & Instructor, Seattle & Everett, WA

The Journey of a Home Funeral Vigil – one-day seminar offered yearly at Bastyr University, Kirkland, WA. Date to be determined for Early 2013. Home Funerals & Green Burials – A Natural Choice – offered throughout the US and Canada as requested for communities, hospice, spiritual groups / churches, and funeral directors.

After Death Home Care

Merilynne Rush
One day educational workshops offered nationally about the ancient art of
caring for our own dead. Participants will learn the benefits of home
funeral, the importance of planning ahead, how to form a circle of support,
how to interface with a funeral director when needed, how to care for the
body of the deceased at home, local laws and how to have a natural (green)
burial.  www.AfterDeathHomeCare.com

Beyond Hospice

Donna Belk  – Instructor, Austin, Texas

The Death Midwife and Home Funeral Guide training course is an 88-hour course leading to a certificate of completion. It is offered in two parts: (1) online course with 32 modules, and (2) an in-person retreat-practicum-workshop which can be taken from different trainers. Please visit the website for further details.

www.BeyondHospice.com

Crossings: Caring for Our Own after Death
Beth Knox – Instructor
One-day seminars and workshops taught nationwide provide in-depth education on all issues pertaining to home funerals and green burials that let families know that they are the decision-makers in after-death care and can exercise choices that will bring about greater healing. Workshops are hands-on, teaching the principles, practices, and procedures of caring for our own at death to family members and community caregivers.

www.crossings.net

Final Passages 
Jerrigrace Lyons – Instructor, Sebastopol, CA
Honoring Life's Final Passage With Love and Compassion,  two days and one night each of three levels. Levels 1 and II are offered together. All meals and the Creating Home Funerals are included. CEUs for Nursing and Behavioral Science Professionals are available.

www.finalpassages.org

Natural Transitions
Karen vanVuuren – Instructor Workshops – Boulder, CO

Natural Transitions is a non-profit 501(c)3 resource center providing education on conscious, holistic, and green approaches to end of life, including family-directed after-death care.
The two aspects of our educational work are:
(1) Presentations, consultations and trainings (next End-of-life Transition Guidance Training is now Nov 3-4, 2012): Community education, transition guidance trainings and supporting families in green after-death care and home funerals.
 (2) Our non-profit Natural Transitions Magazine
For more information please visit our website: www.naturaltransitions.org

Sacred Crossings
Olivia Bareham – Instructor, Los Angeles, CA
Death Midwifery/Home Funeral Guide Training, a 3 –part course offered nationally. Part I – ‘Conscious Dying’ teaches individuals & their families how to plan for a peaceful dying experience. Part II – ‘After-Death Care’ empowers families to care for their own after death at home. Part III – ‘Funerals & Disposition’ reviews funeral practices, ceremony & disposition options.  Presentations and day-workshops can be tailored to any group.
www.sacredcrossings.com

Threshold Care Circle workshops 

Viroqua, WI -- Upcoming Workshop: September 22, 9-4

The Threshold Care Circle is dedicated to educating families about their options for home or family-directed funerals and green burials. Our workshops give you the information and hands-on practice to prepare you to care for your family member after death at home, and to carry out a home or family-directed funeral with or without the services of a funeral director. 

www.thresholdcarecircle.org

Threshold Workshop
Nancy Jewel Poer – Instructor – Placerville, CA
A threshold retreat covering spiritual and practical aspects of working with dying, home death, and our connections to loved ones across the threshold. Upcoming event Nov. 2.

www.nancyjewelpoer.com

Thresholds of Life 

Nora Cedarwind offers – Instructor – Seattle, WA

Intensives in home funerals training, educating participants about the laws regarding death that allow families to provide "a slowed down, carefully planned for, hands-on experience."

www.thresholdsoflife.org