We accompany you in the end-of-life process with presence and compassion.

At Vidāya, we believe that life begins, continues and ends with love. Our purpose is to provide you with a safe space to face death and illness with awareness and compassion.

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Meditation groups in hospitals

Meditation groups in hospitals are aimed at people with illnesses or in end-of-life situations.

In each meeting, mindfulness is cultivated, providing the strength to transform fear and anxiety into acceptance and love. 

Accompaniment at home

At your side and in your home, we provide you with personalised support according to your needs and priorities. 

We create a safe and respectful space for your process based on loving kindness and deep respect for your world and your privacy.

Vocational training

Our training program is aimed at professionals and volunteers who are dedicated to supporting end-of-life or illness processes.

We teach meditation practice as a seed for cultivating presence and listening, as well as for cultivating compassion and empathy.

Child Accompaniment

We gently and respectfully support children who face the difficulties of growing up as cancer patients, or who are in the final stages of their lives.

We use theatre as a tool to transform their suffering. We also provide support to their parents and relatives through group meditation.

Stories of transformation


  • "During my chemotherapy treatment, I started meditating with the Vidāya Foundation and from the first day everything changed. Meditation taught me to listen and calm my mind, and to relax my body. For me, it is an indispensable tool for living in today's world. I hope that in the future, meditation will be present in all centres, starting with schools. Thank you!"
    Oncology patient.

  • "I was very fortunate to be able to practice meditation at ICO, guided by Laura Casadó, during my cancer treatment. In the sessions, I was able to connect with my breathing, which calmed my emotions and increased my confidence in recovering my health. Meditation is now part of my life. Namaste."
    Oncology patient.

  • "Since my mother started meditating in the Vidāya Foundation sessions, she has found a balance that was missing before. Her calmer attitude has had a positive impact on our family. Personally, going into the classes, I feel stiff, but coming out I am more relaxed and connected to myself. Meditation allows me to feel love for myself, which I value enormously."
    Relatives of cancer patients.
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Vidāya: united for service and welfare

We collaborate with hospitals and health institutions to provide support to patients and their families. Together, we create spaces for healing, serenity and holistic care.

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Your support is the impulse that makes it possible for us to accompany more people in their life transitions.
Together, we can create safe spaces to integrate death with serenity and love.
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«During meditation sessions in hospitals, I have realized that understanding and contemplating death allows me to love life better. Love and compassion are the driving force behind our work in the Vidāya Foundation"where we cultivate our capacity for presence every day. The intention of this practice and service, which begins on a personal level, gradually extends as a community, with the desire to compassionately involve all of humanity."

Laura Casadó
Founder

Journey through life and death

Frequently asked questions

Explore the frequently asked questions that people like you have asked about our accompaniment. Find answers and deepen your understanding of how you can live and die better. Do you have additional questions we don't answer? contact us!

The Vidāya Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to accompanying people in the end-of-life or illness process through the practice of meditation in public hospitals, helping them to find peace and serenity through mindfulness-based encounters.

Meditation is part of our accompaniment because we believe in its capacity to improve the quality of care, and to cultivate the qualities of presence and compassion. It is also a practice that allows us to understand that impermanence is essential for living and dying well. Meditation helps to integrate and enrich our essence in the journey of life and death, seizing life's changes as invaluable opportunities.

Vajrayana Buddhism and its spiritual practice which provides us with a refuge, a shelter in which to develop an understanding of what is happening both outside and inside our minds and hearts. It provides us with stability and enables us to develop healthy mental qualities such as compassion, kindness and detachment; qualities that give us resilience to face and transform suffering.

Through our group meetings, workshops and accompaniment services we offer you the opportunity to investigate our mental states based on the four pillars of mindfulness: body, sensations, mind and mind objects.

Our services are designed for patients at the end of life, people coping with a serious illness, their families, as well as professionals and volunteers accompanying near-death processes or serious illness.

We offer workshops and group meditation meetings in public hospitals throughout Spain, emotional accompaniment, training for health professionals, volunteers, and people interested in working on the experience of death and its integration. These workshops are focused on physical, mental and emotional well-being as well as the ability to deepen our own understanding of the transience of our lives.

You can join our group sessions in hospitals, where you will get tools to deal with the suffering generated by life transits. For more information, please contact us, contact us through our website.

The home service offers a personalised accompaniment in your home, creating a space of intimacy in times of suffering, based on loving-kindness, compassion and equanimity.

We offer training to professionals and volunteers in mindfulness practice and techniques to cultivate presence, listening, compassion and empathy during the final processes of life or serious illness.

It is also for anyone who is interested in cultivating these qualities in their lives and is willing to do work on suffering and the ability to move through pain and transform it into beauty through compassion.

You can contact us through our online form on the website. Complete the basic information and we will contact you as soon as possible.

Yes, you can contribute with us by volunteering and helping us reach more people. You can become a member, make a donation, leave us a legacy, sponsor us or be our partner.

Of course, the legacy you leave us will allow us to help more people who are facing the suffering of death, so that we can accompany them in better understanding the processes of life transitions.

Yes, you can receive tax benefits as we are a legally constituted non-profit entity. Just contact us to make your tax benefit donation.

We accompany you with presence and compassionate attitude in the final process of life.
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