A program to accompany the process of dying with full attention and compassion

START INTEGRATING DEATH INTO YOUR LIFE

Start: March 2025
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A course designed for people interested in deep introspection about life and death and who want to better integrate death into their daily lives to better accompany it.

Especially aimed at those who want to volunteer at the end of life and health professionals and family members who accompany someone in their dying process.

This program offers theoretical and practical tools for:

Becoming familiar with your own death and the death of others from a perspective of mindfulness and compassion.
Understanding the Buddhist view on the process of dying.
Explore the psychological and emotional aspects involved in the end of life, including grief and typical emotions in this process.
Acquire skills to support other people in their end-of-life and illness processes, avoiding burnout and developing a calm presence.

The training is organized into five modules, taught in monthly sessions (4-6 hours each) during 5 consecutive monthsYou can attend in person when it is organized in Barcelona (Casa del Tíbet) or Llinars del Vallès (Casa Virupa) or participate online.

Who is it addressed to?

People interested in volunteering at the end of life: People committed to service and help in transcendental moments of life.
Interested in introspection: Those who wish to explore and understand their relationship with life and death.
Health professionals and family members: Those who are accompanying and caring for people in their dying process, looking for tools and resources to improve their support.

Dates and location

I. The process of dying | With Assumpta Mateu
Saturday 15.03.25 | House of Tibet, Barcelona
II. How we die and how we can learn to die | With Lama Norbu and Gloria Cagigal
Saturday 12.04.25 | Casa Virupa, Llinars del Vallès
Module 3 | End-of-life care | With Tew Bunnag, Lama Wangchen and Laura Cassadó
10.05.24 and 11.05.25 | House of Tibet, Barcelona.

Q&A with Roshi Joan Halifax
June 7, 2025, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Online
IV. Wisdom and Compassion at the End of Life | With Chagdud Khadro and Lama Norbu
06/28/25 | Casa Virupa, Llinars del Vallès
V. Working with one's own death | With Vidaya Foundation
19.07.25 | House of Tibet, Barcelona

The module hours will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Program content

This course offers a safe and enriching space to explore these topics in depth, guided by experts and in a mutually supportive environment.

YO. The process of dying

With Assumpta Mateu

The clinical psychology perspective on the emotional states that occur during the end-of-life process, as well as the grief that death entails for the patient and their family members.

II. How we die and how we can learn to die

With Lama Norbu and Gloria Cagigal

Exploring the Buddhist perspective on death, understanding it as an expression of impermanence and how it contrasts with the modern Western conception of taboo and concealment.

III. End-of-life support

With Tew Bunnag, Laura Cassadó and Lama Wangchen

Practical tools and mindfulness-based methods to offer meaningful and respectful support.

IV. Wisdom and compassion at the end of life

With Chagdud Khadro and Lama Norbu

The usefulness of compassion in accompanying death will be addressed and the vision of Vajrayana Buddhism on the process before dying and the moment after death will be seen.

V. Working with one's own death

By Vidaya Foundation

Personal reflection and preparation regarding one's own death, facilitating better understanding and acceptance.

START INTEGRATING DEATH INTO YOUR LIFE

Join us on this journey to transform our relationship with death and learn to accompany with compassion and serenity.

Contribution

The training costs €250.

With this contribution, we cover the costs associated with the course (such as rental of spaces for face-to-face meetings, fees for the team, materials and support for online platforms).

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