For the guidebook on death grief and the afterlife I am writing; I’ve delved deeply into the ancient tradition of death doulas or end-of-life doulas - a practice now being revived out of necessity and a growing awareness of the profound service they provide. Like birth doulas, who guide a soul's entry into the world with their first breath, death doulas offer a compassionate presence as the soul departs with its final breath. These two sacred thresholds — birth and death — mirror each other, yet what unfolds between them is what truly defines a life. - Cedar |