Past Events
Let's Talk About Death- A Six Week Series
Wednesdays 1- 2:30pm PST via Zoom
May 5, 12, 19, 26 and June 2, 9
Investment: $225 (9 hours of class time)
Just as we were all born, we will all die. (oh gasp- she said it!)
What if we celebrated and honoured death in the same way we celebrate and honour birth? Is that possible? What could that look like? How would it feel to revere death not as our enemy, but as our guide to living our best life now? Perhaps we can start by acknowledging that death isn't separate form life, but rather an integral and deeply profound part of life.
Our mortality is truly what makes life and our time here so special.
In this six week series, you will have the chance to explore what matters most to you in terms of your physical, emotional, and spiritual life, as a way to inform how you wish to live, up to and including the day that you die, and beyond.
Each workshop style class will include:
Weekly themes:
Week 1: Course introduction, and speaking from the heart about death
Week 2: Creating physical comfort and safety, and a healing environment
Week 3: Observing emotions and tending to relationships
Week 4: Honouring spiritual beliefs and practices
Week 5: What are you leaving behind? Design your legacy.
Week 6: Reverence for your body after Death, and course completion
This series offers you a warm, supportive and confidential space to explore your life including death, with the added bonus of meeting with the same small group for several weeks to build trust and community as we discover together what opening up to death can teach us about opening up to life.
Learning to be with the truth of our life experience including death, even if it’s uncomfortable is a powerful tool. It helps foster in the moment healing and allows more time to live completely and to live rich and meaningful lives. By opening up to the rich possibilities of death and dying, we are opening up to the rich possibilities of life and living!
To register: Email me directly at jenafor.ryane@yahoo.ca to learn more and to reserve your spot today!
Past Events:
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday April 9th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation (suggested donation $10)
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Let's Talk About Death- A Four Week Series
Fridays 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
March 12,19, 26, and April 2
Investment: $99
In March and April I will be offering this series as an extension of my popular monthly Let's Talk About Death event. The series will follow a similar format to the monthly talks, including time to share from your heart about death, and an opening and closing meditation.
Additionally, I will offer a weekly contemplation for the group to reflect on and discuss, and there will be an opportunity to explore some self-directed homework between sessions. This series offers you the same warm, supportive and confidential space to explore death, with the added bonus of meeting with the same small group for several weeks to build trust and community as we discover together what opening up to death can teach us about opening up to life.
To register: Email me directly at jenafor.ryane@yahoo.ca to learn more and to reserve your spot today!
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday February 12th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday January 8th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
Let's Talk about Death & Dying
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday December 11th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: $10
50% of proceeds will be donated to the Back Pack Project in Victoria, BC
Let's Talk about Death & Dying: Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday November 13th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: $10
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join Victoria-based Death Doula Jenafor Ryane for this opportunity to speak freely about death, dying, and associated grief and sorrow.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. Jenafor will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Deathly Matters
Saturday October 31st and Sunday November 1st
A two-day online community conference that brings together people and services to share resources, learn, and connect about death and dying.
I am honoured to be offering a side session at the second annual Deathly Matters Conference. Take a break from the regularly scheduled Main Speaker events to join me at 445pm on Saturday October 31st for a guided Yoga Nidra meditation and community check-in.
For more information and to register please see:
https://www.deathlymatters.ca/
Meet the Death Doulas: An Encore Presentation
Saturday October 17th, 1-2:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: Free
Back by popular demand, join us for an encore presentation of Meet the Death Doulas on Saturday October 17, 2020 1 - 2:30 pm.
Have you heard of a Death Doula, but you're not sure what that entails exactly? Join me and three of my wonderful colleagues, Chelsea Peddle, Kate Irving, and Sachi Tamura for this engaging discussion about the different ways that a
Death Doula can support individuals, loved ones, and caregivers.
Bring your questions and curiosity and join us via Zoom on October 17th at 1pm PST. See you there! Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link
Meet the Death Doulas
Monday August 17th, 1-2:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: Free
Have you heard of a Death Doula, but you're not sure what that entails exactly? Join me and three of my wonderful colleagues, Chelsea Peddle, Kate Irving, and Sachi Tamura for this engaging discussion about the different ways that a Death Doula can support individuals, loved ones, and caregivers. Bring your questions and curiosity and join us via Zoom on August 17th at 1pm PST. See you there!
Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link
Victoria Holistic Deathcare Community Gathering
Sunday May 31st, 1:30- 4:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: By donation
Join us for a Virtual Death Cafe hosted by Annie Klein and Don Morris.
Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
Donations directly support the continuation of these bi-monthly gatherings in which we explore alternative approaches to death, dying, and grief.
Wake up to Life: Life Guidance with the End in Mind
March 17th through April 21st
Tuesdays 7:45- 9:15pm
Hosted by *Hemma at 1274 May St. in Victoria
Investment: $100- 150 sliding scale
*Contact Hemma directly to register
When we avoid death, we also avoid life.
Join certified Death Doula and Yoga teacher Jenafor Ryane for a six week series designed to support you in waking up to your life, including death. Jenafor will use five aspects of life (physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, and practical) to inform each session and guide you toward living your best life now with the end in mind.
Each session will include time for gentle guided movement, group discussion, writing/reflection, and meditation. Weekly handouts and take-home assignments are an integral part of this series.
Who is this for: Anyone interested in connecting more deeply with life.
What to bring: Yoga mat, pen and paper
What to wear: Comfortable clothing
Spring Yoga Workshop
Saturday April 4th, 1:30-4pm
Hosted by *Hemma at 1274 May St. in Victoria
Investment: Before May 30th $35/ Full $45
*Contact Hemma directly to register
Join Jenafor for an uplifting afternoon of Yoga practices suitable for welcoming the expansive spirit of Spring season. As in all of Jenafor’s seasonal workshops, these practices will be informed by Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, which look to nature for guidance in healthy living. In this 2.5 hour workshop, Jenafor will take you through an invigorating Hatha practice, followed by a renewing Yin sequence focused on digestion and detoxification. A restorative shavasana (final rest pose) and meditation will allow time for your practice to sink in and take root.
A handout with reflection questions and bonus tips on how to best support optimal health in Spring season will be provided, along with time to journal if
you wish.
Choose which seeds of intention you want to grow this Spring, learn how to water them, and enjoy the bloom of your whole-hearted efforts come Summer!
Wednesdays 1- 2:30pm PST via Zoom
May 5, 12, 19, 26 and June 2, 9
Investment: $225 (9 hours of class time)
Just as we were all born, we will all die. (oh gasp- she said it!)
What if we celebrated and honoured death in the same way we celebrate and honour birth? Is that possible? What could that look like? How would it feel to revere death not as our enemy, but as our guide to living our best life now? Perhaps we can start by acknowledging that death isn't separate form life, but rather an integral and deeply profound part of life.
Our mortality is truly what makes life and our time here so special.
In this six week series, you will have the chance to explore what matters most to you in terms of your physical, emotional, and spiritual life, as a way to inform how you wish to live, up to and including the day that you die, and beyond.
Each workshop style class will include:
- an opening and closing guided meditation
- community check-in
- weekly contemplation/theme for the group to reflect on and discuss
- personal journal/ reflection time
- optional homework to support you between sessions and prepare you for the upcoming theme
Weekly themes:
Week 1: Course introduction, and speaking from the heart about death
Week 2: Creating physical comfort and safety, and a healing environment
Week 3: Observing emotions and tending to relationships
Week 4: Honouring spiritual beliefs and practices
Week 5: What are you leaving behind? Design your legacy.
Week 6: Reverence for your body after Death, and course completion
This series offers you a warm, supportive and confidential space to explore your life including death, with the added bonus of meeting with the same small group for several weeks to build trust and community as we discover together what opening up to death can teach us about opening up to life.
Learning to be with the truth of our life experience including death, even if it’s uncomfortable is a powerful tool. It helps foster in the moment healing and allows more time to live completely and to live rich and meaningful lives. By opening up to the rich possibilities of death and dying, we are opening up to the rich possibilities of life and living!
To register: Email me directly at jenafor.ryane@yahoo.ca to learn more and to reserve your spot today!
Past Events:
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday April 9th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation (suggested donation $10)
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Let's Talk About Death- A Four Week Series
Fridays 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
March 12,19, 26, and April 2
Investment: $99
In March and April I will be offering this series as an extension of my popular monthly Let's Talk About Death event. The series will follow a similar format to the monthly talks, including time to share from your heart about death, and an opening and closing meditation.
Additionally, I will offer a weekly contemplation for the group to reflect on and discuss, and there will be an opportunity to explore some self-directed homework between sessions. This series offers you the same warm, supportive and confidential space to explore death, with the added bonus of meeting with the same small group for several weeks to build trust and community as we discover together what opening up to death can teach us about opening up to life.
To register: Email me directly at jenafor.ryane@yahoo.ca to learn more and to reserve your spot today!
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday February 12th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Let's Talk about Death
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday January 8th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
By donation
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join me for this opportunity to speak freely about a topic many of us wish we could avoid.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. I will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
Let's Talk about Death & Dying
Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday December 11th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: $10
50% of proceeds will be donated to the Back Pack Project in Victoria, BC
Let's Talk about Death & Dying: Healing our relationship with Death starts one conversation at a time
Friday November 13th, 12-1:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: $10
Death and dying are a natural and important part of Life and living. But somewhere along the way, many of us have lost touch with Death, and this is interfering with our ability to deeply connect with all of Life because it includes Death.
How can we begin to heal our relationship with Death? Talking about it can help. Join Victoria-based Death Doula Jenafor Ryane for this opportunity to speak freely about death, dying, and associated grief and sorrow.
In this 90-minute community event, you're invited to engage with the topics of death and dying through conversation. Jenafor will facilitate an opening meditation and offer a list of basic ground rules, after which each participant will have a chance to share from the heart about any aspect of death and dying.
More information and registration available on Eventbrite.
Deathly Matters
Saturday October 31st and Sunday November 1st
A two-day online community conference that brings together people and services to share resources, learn, and connect about death and dying.
I am honoured to be offering a side session at the second annual Deathly Matters Conference. Take a break from the regularly scheduled Main Speaker events to join me at 445pm on Saturday October 31st for a guided Yoga Nidra meditation and community check-in.
For more information and to register please see:
https://www.deathlymatters.ca/
Meet the Death Doulas: An Encore Presentation
Saturday October 17th, 1-2:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: Free
Back by popular demand, join us for an encore presentation of Meet the Death Doulas on Saturday October 17, 2020 1 - 2:30 pm.
Have you heard of a Death Doula, but you're not sure what that entails exactly? Join me and three of my wonderful colleagues, Chelsea Peddle, Kate Irving, and Sachi Tamura for this engaging discussion about the different ways that a
Death Doula can support individuals, loved ones, and caregivers.
Bring your questions and curiosity and join us via Zoom on October 17th at 1pm PST. See you there! Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link
Meet the Death Doulas
Monday August 17th, 1-2:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: Free
Have you heard of a Death Doula, but you're not sure what that entails exactly? Join me and three of my wonderful colleagues, Chelsea Peddle, Kate Irving, and Sachi Tamura for this engaging discussion about the different ways that a Death Doula can support individuals, loved ones, and caregivers. Bring your questions and curiosity and join us via Zoom on August 17th at 1pm PST. See you there!
Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link
Victoria Holistic Deathcare Community Gathering
Sunday May 31st, 1:30- 4:30pm PST via Zoom
Investment: By donation
Join us for a Virtual Death Cafe hosted by Annie Klein and Don Morris.
Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
Donations directly support the continuation of these bi-monthly gatherings in which we explore alternative approaches to death, dying, and grief.
Wake up to Life: Life Guidance with the End in Mind
March 17th through April 21st
Tuesdays 7:45- 9:15pm
Hosted by *Hemma at 1274 May St. in Victoria
Investment: $100- 150 sliding scale
*Contact Hemma directly to register
When we avoid death, we also avoid life.
Join certified Death Doula and Yoga teacher Jenafor Ryane for a six week series designed to support you in waking up to your life, including death. Jenafor will use five aspects of life (physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, and practical) to inform each session and guide you toward living your best life now with the end in mind.
Each session will include time for gentle guided movement, group discussion, writing/reflection, and meditation. Weekly handouts and take-home assignments are an integral part of this series.
Who is this for: Anyone interested in connecting more deeply with life.
What to bring: Yoga mat, pen and paper
What to wear: Comfortable clothing
Spring Yoga Workshop
Saturday April 4th, 1:30-4pm
Hosted by *Hemma at 1274 May St. in Victoria
Investment: Before May 30th $35/ Full $45
*Contact Hemma directly to register
Join Jenafor for an uplifting afternoon of Yoga practices suitable for welcoming the expansive spirit of Spring season. As in all of Jenafor’s seasonal workshops, these practices will be informed by Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, which look to nature for guidance in healthy living. In this 2.5 hour workshop, Jenafor will take you through an invigorating Hatha practice, followed by a renewing Yin sequence focused on digestion and detoxification. A restorative shavasana (final rest pose) and meditation will allow time for your practice to sink in and take root.
A handout with reflection questions and bonus tips on how to best support optimal health in Spring season will be provided, along with time to journal if
you wish.
Choose which seeds of intention you want to grow this Spring, learn how to water them, and enjoy the bloom of your whole-hearted efforts come Summer!
