Sacred Art of Living and Dying
Unit IV: Transforming Spiritual Pain

Participants take previous courses to a deeper level of personal integration. The meaning of life and death, compassion and caring are explored in a nurturing environment. Based on lessons that the dying teach the living, this retreat format allows for ample reflection on the meaning of end-of-life ministry. Exercises include meditation, life-priorities evaluation and self-care skills for maintaining a centered, professional presence.

What you can expect from this program:

• Study and some personal experience with some of the different principles and techniques of 'energy work' by using bio-feedback mechanisms as a means of assisting a patient's state of physical and emotional well-being.
• Experimentation with two guided visualization formats for the 'healing of memories.'
• Exploration of the ethical dimensions of end-of-life caregiving as impact the long-term emotional and spiritual lives of professional caregivers.
• Examination of the distinction between caregiver burnout and fatigue as well as other practical antidotes to stress.
• Exposure to basic theory and techniques related to Jungian dream analysis, particularly as it relates to emotional and spiritual pain at the end of life.
• Discussion of basic rights and obligations [including legal prescriptions] regarding body ‘aftercare,’ burial, memorial services and grief support for extended family systems.

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