Root: v. ground, center, nourish
Soar: v. fly, spaciousness, in the flow
Together: v. interconnected, interwoven and in service of the web of life
Death and Life Doula
specializing in
Grief Tending (integrating Mind-Body-Spirit with individual, collective, ancestral)
Energy Work (Reiki in-person, virtual and certified teaching)
Transformational Learning to uncover your inner guide, face fears and feel resourced to fully live within all cycles of life
Skilled in guiding individual sessions, deep transformation, community groups and retreats
What is a Death Doula?
A death doula is a teacher, guide and support for people facing death and loss. As we live in a death-denying and grief-phobic culture in the U.S.A, there is much work to be done. Like birth doulas, death doulas serve an essential function in our society addressing significant gaps. Root and Soar Together’s specialities are mentoring others who seek to serve as Death Doulas and direct grief support for individuals, families and communities navigating loss.
What is a Life Doula?
A life doula is a teacher, guide and mentor for people not feeling alive. Building upon her tools learned as a school counselor, Amy found energy work and Reiki to expand her tools for compassionate living and self-discovery. Amy specializes in heart-work; serving as a guide for you to integrate your life experiences, making meaning of them and to trust your light. To discover the beauty of everyday life—in spite of it all— aligned with shining one’s own unique light for the wellbeing of the world.
Vessel of love
Amy’s path to guiding people with death, dying, life and living is possible thanks to her many teachers, mentors and guides.
“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry.”
- Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
“The Heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.”
- Joanna Macy, Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age
“Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.”
-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet