Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
What does it mean to love?
What does it mean to die?
And how can we let go?
These three questions form the basis of the 3-hour Loving, Dying, and Letting Go workshop taught by certified Institute teachers.
In this workshop, participants are asked to engage in deep personal reflection on three key themes/ areas of inquiry. These themes are: What does it means to love? What does it mean to die, and What does it mean to let go? Participants are encouraged to work with the energy of fear, transform the energies of hurt, and move forward in loving, dying, and letting go with great courage.
It is suggested that all participants read Amy Wright Glenn’s Holding Space so they can more deeply apply the questions outlined above to their own life journeys ~ however, the reading is optional. To receive a certificate of completion, participants must successfully complete the 3-hour workshop.
Three Key Themes
What does it mean to love? How is attachment formed? What are the various types of love known in human experience? How do you love? Who do you love?
What does it mean to die? How do various world traditions approach the topic of dying? When have you known death? What are your hopes and fears?
What does it mean to let go? What does it mean to hold space for loss? How do you work with the energies of fear? How can we embody healthy attachment and reconciliation to loss? What do we hold on to as we let go?
Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
3-hour workshop taught by Institute teacher Melissa Bila Regan
Saturday, November 23
1-4pm
Ann Arbor, MI
To register, contact:
Harmonyandme@gmail.com
Join Melissa Bila Regan, BSN RN, a compassionate Life Transitions and Grief coach, dedicated to guiding individuals through life’s challenging transitions for a 3-hour Loving, Dying, and Letting Go in-person workshop in Ann Arbor MI this August.
Melissa Bila Regan (she/her) is the founder of Harmony Health Coaching and Advocacy. Melissa draws upon her 36-years of nursing and combines it with a nurturing spirit to enrich her workshops and individual coaching practice.
Driven by her personal journey with loss and breast cancer; Melissa is a passionate and empathic advocate and Life transitions and Grief coach. She offers heart-centered, present-moment support, education and empowerment. Melissa is a Teacher with the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death and is a certified Mindfulness teacher. She is a frequent workshop facilitator with the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center and facilitates Breast Cancer retreats with Sister’s Hope, Michigan Chapter. You can follow Harmony Health Coaching and Advocacy on Facebook, too.
“I am a doula. I am also a hospital chaplain. In holding space for birthing and dying, I’ve come to see one thing clearly. Standing with an open heart in the presence of birth is very much like standing with an open heart in the presence of death.”
~ Amy Wright Glenn