Earth Ancients

A practical and compassionate guide to physically, emotionally, and spiritually caring for the dying• Shares practices for emotional soothing, breathing techniques to reduce anxiety and pain, ways to reduce stress during the active dying process, and techniques to physically care for the dying, including methods to assist bedridden individuals• Explores ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines, Reiki and ancestral support techniques, and herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level• Presents self-care methods for moving with grief, ideas for “things to do” when there is nothing to do, mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality, as well as guidance for talking with children about death and dying• Winner of a 2020 Independent Publisher “IPPY” awardJust as we might prepare a nest for one about to give birth, so can we lovingly prepare a nest for one who is dying.In this practical and compassionate guide, death doula educator Anne-Marie Keppel incorporates ancient and modern techniqu