The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death
  • Home
    • Blog
    • Scholarship Fund
  • Membership
  • In Person Courses
    • Fall Institute Retreat
    • Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss ~ Portland, Maine
  • Online Courses
    • Presented Live
      • 5-hour Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
      • Holding Space for Infertility
      • Holding Space Training
      • Ritual for Pet Loss
    • Self-Guided
      • Birth, Breath, and Death Teacher Training
      • Doulas and Domestic Violence
      • Grief Work Training
      • Holding Space for Abortion
      • Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
      • Pregnancy Loss Group Facilitator Training
      • Tending the Dead
      • Understanding World Religions for Birth & Death Doulas
  • Support
    • 6-month Mentorship
    • Consultations
      • Scope of practice
    • When Our Parents Die
    • Yoga for Grief
  • Calendar
  • Contact

Contact

Contact Amy:
amy (@) birthbreathanddeath (dot) com


Follow the Institute on Facebook

 

Follow the Institute on Instagram


 

 

  • Amy Wright Glenn

    In her articles and personal blog posts, Amy reflects upon birth, death, motherhood, ethics, and religion/spirituality. She is a regular contributor to PhillyVoice and has blogged for Attachment Parenting International, The Birthing Site, Philly.com, and Holistic Parenting Magazine.

    Author and educator Peggy O'Mara observes: "With her triple identity as yoga teacher, doula, and chaplain, Amy Wright Glenn brings a one-of-a-kind tenderness and empathy to her writing and she's not afraid to talk about the difficult parts of life."

  • Search

  • Recent Posts

    • Why I Chose to Honor My Father with a Sea Burial Ceremony and How it Went
    • I am the love
    • The Suckling
    • I am the grief in your belly
    • 17-weeks
  • Categories

    • Attachment Theory
    • Birthing
    • Death
    • Doula
    • Love
    • Memoir
    • Nature
    • Parenting
    • Pregnancy
    • Social Justice
    • Spirituality and Religion
    • Time
    • Uncategorized
  • Tags

    birth covid Covid-19 death easter love mindfulness mother's day mountains nature pregnancy spirituality trauma informed care uu wellness writing
  • No Widgets

    "Secondary" needs some widgets.

  • Sign up for our newsletter!

    Form Heading

    Lists*

    Amy Wright Glenn (she/her) earned her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught for eleven years in The Religion and Philosophy Department at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey earning the Dunbar Abston Jr. Chair for Teaching Excellence. Amy is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, birth and death doula (DONA and INELDA trained), hospital chaplain, and Birthing Mama® Prenatal Yoga and Wellness Instructor.

    In 2015, Amy founded the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death, known for its innovative course design and teacher training programs. In addition to directing the Institute, Amy teaches 7th and 8th grade ELA and Social Studies at The Odyssey School, an A+ Arts Integrated School in Asheville, North Carolina. She volunteers with the Big Brother, Big Sister program through United Way and is active in her local Unitarian Universalist faith community.

    Amy is the author of Birth, Breath, and Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula and Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go. She recently contributed a chapter entitled "Grief Work for Teachers: Three Practices in Holding Space for Sorrow" in a 2023 anthology Reframing Self Care published through the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE). Her work has been featured in numerous online publications. 




    Amy Wright Glenn
    Institute Founder
    © The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death
    • Home
    • Membership
    • In Person Courses
    • Online Courses
    • Support
    • Calendar
    • Contact