Dancing with Death VI: A 7 week journey with Storytelling, Creativity and Ritual to talk about Death and connect with life

In this course we are going to explore the theme of death through stories, art therapy and rituals.

It is for anyone who feels the call to be able to talk about death in a natural way. It would be of special interest to storytellers, counselors, therapists and other people in the caring profession, in education or in any other related walk of life.

Throughout the course I will be sharing pearls of wisdom from my 18 years of telling stories professionally and working with art therapy and psychodrama in a variety of situations.

The course is planned to take place over a 7-week period. Once a week there will be a virtual ‘live’ session via Zoom which will be recorded and uploaded onto the platform and it will be available for viewing for one month. You will have unlimited access to the rest of the material.

You will explore

• Different cultural attitudes to death
• A selection of stories from different cultures connected with death.
• How to prepare a story for telling
• How to prepare a life story of a person
• How to keep the memory of someone alive
• The Tree of Memories
• How to prepare a goodbye ritual and an altar
• End of Life Planning
• Discussion of what there is after death
• Womb survivors

Contents

• Wisdom stories
• Storytelling
• Life storytelling
• The Art of Swedish death cleansing
• Art therapy
• Visualization exercises
• Creation of a legacy box or legacy doll
• Creation of a memory tree
• Goodbye, releasing ritual

Details:

• The next course starts on Wednesday the 24th January 2024.
• There will be 7 live sessions via Zoom on the following dates: Wednesday 31st January, 7th, 14th, 28th February and 6th March 2024.
• Time: 16:00-18:00 CET, 15:00-17:00 UK time.
• The live Zoom sessions will be recorded and will be available on the platform after the session.
• Supplementary material, including recordings of the stories, will be posted on the platform and you will have unlimited access to this.

Dates and times may be subject to change.