Soul Midwifery & Rewilding Death

 

Holistic, Earth-Centered End-of-Life Care

 

I invite you to open your heart to a different way of approaching death...

one that is soulful, conscious, ecological, and rooted in ancient wisdom.

 

As a Soul Midwife and guide in the Rewilding Death movement,

I support individuals and families in reclaiming death as a sacred, natural rite of passage

 one that honors the cycles of life and death, spirit and earth.

 

Rewilding Death is a call to remember what we’ve forgotten:

that death is not a medical event, but a spiritual and ecological transition.

 

In returning death to the home, to the hands of loved ones, and to the soil itself,

we create space for healing, ritual, connection, and belonging — even in our final acts.

Conscious Dying & After-Death Care

 

I offer compassionate, holistic guidance to those nearing the end of life and to families caring for their dead.

 

As a Death Doula or Death Midwife, I walk beside the dying and their loved ones

offering presence, ritual, and practical support before, during, and after death.

 

I uphold the belief that death is not the end, but a continuation...

a journey for the soul or luminous body that unfolds over several days.

 

During this liminal time, families are invited to slow down, tend to the body with reverence,

and co-create ceremonies that honor the mystery and meaning of a life.

 

Home Funerals & Family-Directed Vigils

 

A home funeral is a deeply rooted, non-commercial alternative to conventional funerals. It empowers families to care for their loved one’s body at home, to grieve in their own time and way, and to weave ritual into the heart of their goodbye.

Together, we can create a sacred container for a 1–3 day vigil, during which the body is washed, anointed, shrouded, and laid in honor — surrounded by family, friends, music, candles, prayer, poetry, silence. I offer education and support in all aspects of the process, including:

• After-death care of the body (bathing, dressing, shrouding)

• Preserving the body with dry ice (no embalming)

• Ritual creation and bedside ceremonies

• Paperwork filing (death certificate, cremation permit)

• Transportation of the body for burial or cremation

• Coordination with hospice, crematorium, cemetery, clergy

• Natural burial and eco-conscious cremation support

If you choose a home funeral, a trusted family member (often next of kin) becomes the designated “funeral director” under state law. I will gently guide and educate them through every step — honoring your family’s needs, wishes, and beliefs.

 

Green Burial & Returning to the Earth

 

At the heart of Rewilding Death is the belief that our final act on Earth can be one of reciprocity —

of giving back to the soil, to the trees, to the future.

 

Green Burial is a return — to simplicity, to biodegradability, to natural cycles.

 

No embalming, no metal caskets, no concrete vaults.

 

Just the body, wrapped in a shroud or simple pine box, returned to the Earth as nourishment.

 

Graves are marked with native stones or GPS coordinates, and the land is preserved as wild parkland or forest.

 

Green burial is not just an ecological choice — it’s a spiritual one.

It is a conscious act of rejoining the web of life.

 

Rewilding Ritual & Ancestral Remembering

 

To rewild death is to remember that dying and grieving are community acts, ritual acts, earth-based acts.

 

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Together, we create sacred space:

• For soul-guided transitions and bedside rituals

• For sound healing and ancestral invocation

• For candlelit vigils and storytelling

• For family-crafted coffins, wildflower shrouds, and prayers whispered in the forest

• For grieving that is full-bodied, creative, and real

This is death as a rite of passage, rooted in care, presence, and ecology.

 

Home Funeral Services

 

Complete Holistic Support
($880 – $1300 sliding scale depending on family needs)

• In-home consultations (30–90 minutes)

• End-of-life spiritual guidance

• Pre-need planning with family/hospice/social workers

• Ritual planning and bedside services

• All supplies needed for after-death care

• Assistance with dry ice preservation

• Daily vigil support

• 24/7 phone support

• Legal paperwork guidance

• Cremation casket delivery and assembly

• Personalized funeral ceremony preparation

• Bereavement follow-up care

 

 

Educational Package
(for families choosing to manage the funeral independently)
$550 includes:

• 3-hour in-home tutorial

• Demonstration of body care rituals

• Loan of equipment and materials

• Support filing paperwork

• 24/7 phone support throughout vigil

 

 

Advanced Death Care Planning

 

“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.” – Jim Elliot

 

Preparing for death is an act of love — for yourself and for those you leave behind. I strongly encourage every adult to complete an Advanced Death Care Directive — a planning guide that outlines your wishes for after-death care, funeral preferences, spiritual practices, and final disposition.

 

This document also appoints your Death Care Advocate — a person you trust to carry out your wishes.

I will guide you through the process and provide resources to help you create your Death File, which includes:

• Last Will and Testament

• Advance Health Care Directive

• Financial documents

• Completed Death Care Directive

• Personal letters or legacy items

This work is deeply healing and can bring profound peace to you and your family.

 

Accessible, Gift-Based Support

 

I believe everyone deserves a beautiful, sacred death — regardless of financial means. I am open to trades, donations, and creative reciprocity. It is my sacred calling to make home funerals, green burials, and holistic death care accessible to all.

Let’s work together to bring death home — to your family, your land, your lineage.

 

For more information or to schedule a consultation:

email Heidi at anthrodynamic@icloud.com or text 208 610 4964