Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative

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Feeling emotionally overwhelmed and anxious around an imminent death? Are you seeking to bring comfort and peace to your loved one throughout the dying process? With me as your guide, you’ll be able to truly rest in the beautiful, meaningful moments you’ll spend with your loved one before their passage.

My Holistic End-of-Life Doula Services include:

Advanced Care Vision Planning
Compassionate Care
Creating Sacred Space
Vigil Care
Rituals and Ceremony
Providing support and guidance for both MAiD (Medical Aid in Dying) and VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking). All with intention to restore death to its sacred place in the mystery, beauty and celebration of life.

My tool chest of holistic healing and comfort care modalities for end of life include, yet are not limited to:

light touch massage
guided meditation
gentle movement
Reiki
Sound healing and singing

I understand that supporting our loved ones and maintaining self-care at End of Life can be overwhelming for an individual/family. As a Certified End of Life Doula from the Conscious Dying Institute since 2019, I have embraced my soul’s calling to honor and support sacred transitions for several years. I provide loving, nurturing care for the body, mind and soul during the entire dying process. Through heartfelt conversation, divine intuition, an array of healing approaches and spiritual resources, I am that trusted guide. I have directed life transformational retreats for over 15 years and volunteer with Hospice and LIfeSpark Cancer Resources in CO.

A little bit more about me…

I was born in London, Canada, and moved to Colorado over 30 years ago. I presently live in the beautiful mountains outside of Durango, CO. My journey from a telecommunications corporate manager to a transformational well-being/spiritual retreat leader and intuitive healer commenced in 2004. Since then, I have owned and operated a B&B and Retreat & Holistic Healing Centers. I have been developing and leading transformational individual and small group healing and spiritual retreats for over 15 years in Colorado.

I love to naturally intuit or co-create personal comfort care sessions to meet the dying one’s evolving care needs during all phases of the transition process.

I serve the Durango Area and Four Corners Region, including Bayfield and Mancos.

A Complimentary Care Guide called, Durango End-of-Life Doula Care Guide – A Loving Approach to Death & Dying, written and prepared by Christine is available on her website (Available on my website)

“Dying with Grace: A Sacred Transition”, is an article that was written by me and published in EPIC Magazine Durango Edition Jan/Feb 2020. The article focuses on the contemplation of your beliefs around dying and creating a vision for your death.

Sara Aumann

Phone: 630-200-5792Email: 3urnyvattngrjnlf@tznvy.pbzWebsite: 3 Healing GatewaysCEOLC Member Profile: Sara Aumann

Categories: Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

Gifts of Life Ceremonies

INELDA-trained End-of-Life Doula; Certified Life-Cycle CelebrantContact Name: Valerie Nicholas

Location: Metro Denver and the Surrounding Area Colorado 80033 United StatesPhone: 303-489-4110Email: Inyrevr@TvsgfbsYvsrPrerzbavrf.pbz

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Website: Gifts of Life Ceremonies

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Companioning for Dying Person, Directories, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Companioning for Dying Person, Directories, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Memorial Services, Officiant/Minister, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

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My professional “calling” is to create End of Life Tributes/ Celebrations for the dying. Also known as “Living Funerals”. Living funerals offer a unique opportunity for not only the guest of honor to share life stories, but for others to share stories, thoughts, quotes, poems about how the guest of honor has impacted their life. Tributes can be intimate or large and held at any type of venue.

I interview the guest of honor and any family/ friends they desire. I compile my notes into a professionally crafted ceremony to include wonderful stories, poems, quotes, music, etc. The guest of honor has the final approval of the celebration. I then officiate the celebration and provide a beautiful ceremony keepsake.

Other examples of legacy projects include: audio/ video interviews, letters, memory boxes/books, mementos, seasonal: holidays, ornaments, memorial gardens, anniversaries etc.

I am also a member of Rocky Mountain Life-Cycle Celebrants, a collective of celebrants certified by the Celebrant Foundation & Institute.

My services include, but are not limited to, the following:

Advance Care Planning
Grief Educator
Celebrations of Life
Funerals
Grief and Bereavement
Guided Meditation
Home Funerals
Legacy Projects
Life Review
Living Funerals
Memorial Services
Other: Essential Oils
Reiki/Energy Work
Spiritual Guidance
Support for Caregiver
Vigil Planning

Education & Training:

Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, Memorial Celebrant, Healing & Transitions Celebrant (Celebrant Foundation & Institute)
Certified Grief Educator, by David Kessler + Grief.com
Certified Advanced Care Planning Guide (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus/ Denver Hospice)
Trained End-of-Life Doula (INELDA)
Hospice Volunteer (Denver Hospice)
Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer (Senior Resource Center)
Certified Second Degree Reiki Practitioner (Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki, S.W. Denver Reiki)
Certified Essential Oil Coach (AADP)
Spiritual Practitioner Student (Centers for Spiritual Living)
Bachelor’s Degree: Exercise Science/ Gerontology (Metropolitan State University in Denver)

Sara Aumann

Soul & Sound Healer

Location: Lakewood CO 80228 Phone: 630-200-5792Email: fbhyurnyvat@fnennhznaa.pbzWebsite: Sara’s Website & Offerings

Categories: Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Crystal Work, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Reiki/Energy Work, Spiritual Guidance, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, Yoga, Grief

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I’m Sara, a Sound Healer, Soul Healer, and End-of-Life Doula.

First, let’s make something clear: yes, I am a healer. But no, I’m not going to heal you.

Here’s the thing, the role of a healer isn’t to heal your challenges for you. It’s to empower you with the wisdom, safety, and tools for you to heal yourself.

I am not here to cultivate dependency as your “only source of healing”. I am here to stand alongside you, to be a channel of the Tao and a guide to help you become your own healer.

There are times when life will bring us to our knees… death, divorce, career loss, major illness. During these times it can be hard to stand on our own, so we rally the tribe—we send out the call for support. I know from my own painful personal losses that sometimes we need reminders and reassurance that, yes, you are doing the work, yes, it takes time, and yes, it’s ok to ask for help.

That’s why my business exists: to support you in times of transition.

So, who am I to support you?

My journey has woven through diverse landscapes of personal and professional development, global travel, leadership, and business ownership.

I’ve brought my spiritual teaching and coaching skills to corporations all over the world (like Amazon Web Services), led international ceremonies and retreats as a sound healer, and spent thousands of hours inside my own personal healing work. As a leader, I’ve been trained by some of the best companies in their fields, including Walt Disney Co., Hard Rock International, Vail Resorts, and Landmark. As an intuitive guide, I’ve received high-level training in channeling, mediumship, energy healing, yoga, and oracle card reading from renowned teachers. And as an End-of-Life Doula, I was trained by the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), and professionally vetted through the Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative.

But here’s why I’m really here today…

In 2015, I experienced a series of profound losses. Grief became my constant companion and guide. I lost my father, two brothers, grandfather, and a pregnancy all in a 16-month window. In the years that followed, I went from being a world-traveling wanderer that explored 54 countries on 6 continents, to working 65+ hour weeks as a program leader at Landmark, to quitting it all to live as a soul-led entrepreneur serving people in times of great change.

If you’re looking for someone to hold the paradox, irony, heartbreak, and grief of life WITH you…

If you’re looking for clarity as you navigate new thresholds in your life…

If you’re looking for someone to stand with you on your healing journey—to bring spiritual support that works alongside the traditional medical system…

If you’re looking for practices and tools that can make a real difference in your professional healing business…

If you’re looking for empowered support to navigate a time of major transition, change, and loss…

Then I’d love to support you!

Labyrinth of the Heart Center, LLC

Contact Name: Dianna Vagianos Armentrout

Location: Lakewood Colorado United StatesLocation: Colorado Phone: ‪(720) 446-8139‬Email: qvnaan@sebagenatrubzrbcngul.pbzWebsite: Website and Blog

Categories: Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Education/Training, Grief and Bereavement Support, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support, Spiritual Guidance

Categories of Service Affiliate End-of-Life Services, Client Advocacy, Education/Training, Grief and Bereavement Support, Pregnancy/Infant Loss Support, Spiritual Guidance

Vanessa Johnston

End-of-Life Doula, Co-Founder, CEOLC Volunteer Vice President, MembershipDenver EOL DoulaInternational End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA)

Phone: (303) 241-3396Website: DenverEOLDoula.comCEOLC Member Profile: Vanessa Johnston

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vigil Planning, VSED Support

Vanessa Johnston

Location: Denver, Littleton, Highlands Ranch Colorado 80129 Phone: (303) 241-3396Email: rbyqbhynqraire@tznvy.pbzWebsite: DenverEOLDoula.comCEOLC Member Profile: Vanessa Johnston

Categories: Companioning for Dying Person, End-of-Life Doula Services, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Meditation/Visualization, Other Therapies, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Vigil Planning

Veronica Wiley

End-of-Life Doula, Ecotherapy Facilitator, Yoga Instructor (E-RYT & YACEP)Outside Rites, Ltd.MBA

Location: PO Box 372244 Denver Colorado 80237 Phone: 303-621-4864Email: vasb@bhgfvqrevgrf.betWebsite: Outside Rites, Ltd.

Categories: Client Advocacy, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Music Therapy, Other Therapies, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Christine Pollock

Phone: 303 582-5828Email: puevfgvar@qhenatbraqbsyvsrqbhynf.pbzWebsite: Durango End of Life Doulas

Categories: Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Categories of Service Advance Care Planning, Aromatherapy/Essential Oils, Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, Client Advocacy, Companioning for Dying Person, Crystal Work, Directories, Education/Training, End-of-Life Doula Services, Green Burial, Life Review, MAiD Support, Massage Therapy (Licensed), Meditation/Visualization, Memorials, Other Therapies, Planning/Legal, Reiki/Energy Work, Respite for Caregivers, Reverent Body Care, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Support for Caregivers, Support/Advocacy, Therapies, Vibrational Sound Healing, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive

Marisa Rose Verrier

Companion-Animal End-of-Life Doula, CEOLC Volunteer Treasurer and Co-FounderSacred Soul Passages LLC

Location: Denver and the surrounding area Colorado United StatesEmail: znevfn.ireevre@lnubb.pbz

Categories: Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Intuitive Animal Communication, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Pet Hospice, Pet Respite, Reiki for Ill and Dying Pets, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance

Categories of Service Celebration of Life, Ceremonies/Rituals, End-of-Life Doula Services, Funerals, Grief and Bereavement Support, Home Funerals, Intuitive Animal Communication, Legacy Projects, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, Life Review, Living Funerals, Meditation/Visualization, Pet Hospice, Pet Respite, Reiki for Ill and Dying Pets, Reiki/Energy Work, Sitting Vigil, Spiritual Guidance

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My passion is being of service to others. My journey began in a classroom setting in the Pacific Northwest, working with Severely Emotionally Disturbed children for 15 years. I took those skills with me when I moved to Los Angeles, and organized, coordinated and managed the High Noon Western Americana Antique Show and Auction, held in AZ. One of the biggest components of my job was accommodating the needs of others. In this scenario, it was special clients, including famous artists, authors, celebrities, film actors, the elite and their entourage. Though this world was fast-paced and exciting, I believed that I had a higher calling.

Those majestic Rocky Mountains pulled me back to my beloved Colorado, where I began a path of spiritual work, which included becoming an Intuitive Energy Healer, an Angelic Reiki Master, a Spiritual Counselor, Interfaith Minister, Meditation Teacher and Medium.

Through my healing work and mediumship, I found that I could help my clients to overcome their worst fears, including their fear of death. This led me to explore my own inner work around death, and the calling to be of service to others at the end of life.

Being present with a family and their dying pet is a benevolent and humbling experience. It is my honor to hold space for animals as they journey towards the rainbow bridge.

Pets are irreplaceable members of our family, and as such, their death can hurt very deeply. As a Companion-Animal End-of-Life Doula, I provide compassionate, in-home care and hospice support for senior pets, as well as those with chronic or terminal illness, and holistic and spiritual support for their human family.

I believe all life is Sacred, and in the circle of life, the end of life can be as beautiful as the beginning. I am also an LGBTQIA+ ally and advocate.

I offer the following benevolent services:

Pet Respite Care, Pet Hospice Care, Intuitive Animal Communication
Reiki for pets and their human companions (in-person or distance)
Create a peaceful environment
Spiritual Guidance
Sit Vigil / Hold Space
Explore home funeral & burial options
Co-create any or all of the following:
- Life Review: Pet Remembrance Journal
- Memorial Altar
- Family Rituals
- Grounding & Meditation
- Grief Support Circle
- Living Funeral
- Crossing-over Ceremony
- Celebration of Life

Qualifications:

Pet Hospice & Death Doula Training 2020, Advanced Death Doula Training 2020, Death Doula Masterclass 2018, Animal Communication & Advanced Concepts of Inter-species Connection; Angelic Reiki Master, Spiritual Counselor, Interfaith Minister, Animal Intuitive & Spirit Medium.

Veronica Wiley

Phone: 303-621-4864Email: vasb@bhgfvqrevgrf.betWebsite: Outside Rites, Ltd.CEOLC Member Profile: Veronica Wiley

Categories: Client Advocacy, End-of-Life Doula Services, Grief and Bereavement Support, LGBTQIA+ Ally/Advocate, MAiD Support, Meditation/Visualization, Music Therapy, Other Therapies, Sitting Vigil, Speakers Bureau, Spiritual Guidance, Vigil Planning, VSED Support, Yoga, Restorative/Supportive