The Elements of Ceremony

End of Life Ritual Training

*Please note that this course is no longer being offered. We are focusing our efforts on creating individual workshops that will be added to the Be Ceremonial app in Fall 2022.

We do offer free monthly workshops for all Be Ceremonial account holders, so please sign up here if you would like to learn more:

Monthly Member Gatherings

While I don't work in an EOL capacity, I learned a great deal and have been incorporating small rituals into my life. This course enhanced my knowledge and greater appreciation of understanding the elements and the role they play during the end of life.

Megan, Kate, and Tracy shared generously from their depth of knowledge, their collective experience, and their hearts. It was a beautiful class and I've come away with the confidence and wisdom to help others create ceremonies and rituals that honor the end of life.

This course was truly life-changing. It is a beautiful package of Megan, Kate and Tracy's incredible knowledge, experience, wisdom and inspiration for how to care for yourself while providing care for people at end of life.

Taking this course is a must - you get the tools you need to provide support and healing for your loved ones. This knowledge is a cornerstone of making a true difference in the transition to death.

To someone considering this course I would say, take the leap. To learn an inviting and simple structure to facilitating ceremony and ritual is priceless in this EOL work. I felt stimulated and inspired every week, these are tools I will reach for again and again.

2021 Course Overview

Session 1: Introduction

Acknowledging our complicated relationship with ritual and ceremony.

Session 2: Earth

Exploring rituals that ground and calm us, with a focus on terminal diagnosis.

Session 3: Water

Exploring rituals that open and connect us, with a focus on the days leading up to death.

Session 4: Fire

Exploring rituals that release and transform, with a focus on caring for a body after death.

Session 5: Air

Exploring rituals that purify and move us, with a focus on memorials and bereavement.

Session 6: Ether

Exploring rituals that expand and connect us, with a focus on legacy keeping.

Presented by:

Megan Sheldon

Megan is a Celebrant, Cultural Mythologist, and End of Life Storyteller. She’s been crafting and convening ceremonies across the life cycle for years, and continues to explore the evolving nature of ritual.

Kate Love

Kate is a Life & Loss Coach, with a focus on grief and legacy rituals. With a background in social work, she is passionate about supporting people to avoid burnout by carving out time for self care rituals.

Tracy Chalmers

Tracy is an End of Life Doula, supporting individuals and families with dying, death, and grief. Tracy also facilitates the End of Life Doula Program at Douglas College and was a founding director of EOLDAC.