Death Nesting

The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula

By: Anne-Marie Keppel, Karen Wyatt - introduction

Narrated by: Anne-Marie Keppel

• 2024 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award

• Shares practices for emotional soothing, breathing techniques to reduce anxiety and pain, ways to reduce stress during the active dying process, and techniques to physically care for the dying, including methods to assist bedridden individuals

• Explores ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines, Reiki and ancestral support techniques, and herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level

• Presents self-care methods for moving with grief, ideas for “things to do” when there is nothing to do, mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality, as well as guidance for talking with children about death and dying

• Winner of a 2020 Independent Publisher “IPPY” award

Just as we might prepare a nest for one about to give birth, so can we lovingly prepare a nest for one who is dying.

In this practical and compassionate guide, death doula educator Anne-Marie Keppel incorporates ancient and modern techniques, mindfulness practices, and herbal support to show how anyone can care for the dying, whether at home, in hospice, or even in the ICU. She demystifies the dying process by explaining what the body goes through during end of life and presents practices for emotional soothing and other ways to reduce stress and anxiety during the active dying process. The author provides techniques to physically care for the dying, including methods to assist bedridden individuals. She shares ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines, Reiki and ancestral support techniques, and herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level.

Providing support for caregivers and loved ones as well, Anne-Marie explores self-care methods for moving with grief, ideas for “things to do” when there is nothing to do, and mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality. She also offers visualizations and techniques for talking with children about death and dying.

Sharing glimpses into the world of spirit to reveal the poignancy of the dying process, the author shows that death is a sacred rite of passage we all experience.

Sensitive information with a kind and loving touch.

This is an excellent manual for anyone wanting to learn how to be present for a conscious death process.

Well-rounded easy to follow suggestions!

I love that she provided traditional day to day approaches as well as using tools that involve energy healing and plants--a true holistic approach to address the mental, physical, and spiritual mind-body connection.

This Is The One

As a doula, I soak up all I can. This is the book to read first if you're considering becoming a doula.

This book talks about magic

The forward of the book states one of the resources used in death nesting is magic. Magic is witchcraft and I am 100% against it. Wish I would have known and saved myself time and money.