Registration Now Open! Training begins August 2025.
Serving others as a Death Doula or End-of-Life Practitioner (ELP), means supporting the most precious transition there is. It’s witnessing an essential piece of life’s great mystery.
Right now, the role of Death Doulas and ELPs has never been more critical…
With changes in the health care landscape and beyond, the need for holistic, heart-centered care, end-of-life planning, and mental, emotional, physical and spiritual support, is giving way to one of the most rapidly evolving and transforming fields — death care.
A Death Doula, also known as an End-of-Life Practitioner (ELP), is a trained professional who offers non-medical support to the dying and their families. They complement services that a dying person and their family may be receiving, including hospice or palliative care — and provide a range of holistic services, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical support.
It’s why we need people like YOU — compassionate caregivers to answer this call.
As a Death Doula, staying up-to-date on the best practices in the end-of-life field is a must. From green burials to psychedelics, and everything in between, you’ll stay fluent in leading-edge breakthroughs while immersing yourself in timeless wisdom.
When you serve and support someone through their end-of-life journey — the most precious transition there is — you undergo an undeniable transformation as you witness an essential piece of life’s great mystery.
Now you can share this gift and step into your next evolution as you impact the end-of-life journey for others — integrating your Soul’s journey with your life’s work as an End-of-Life Practitioner/End-of-Life-Doula (ELP).
Our unique, holistic End-of-Life Practitioner & Doula Training is designed to equip and empower you to support your clients in the death and dying process, in all dimensions of the death and dying process — physically, psychologically, and spiritually.
Our immersive, depth-training program encompasses every facet of the ELP’s role exploring this work through a multidisciplinary lens — from historical to mythological to therapeutic — so you’ll understand every facet of this deeply meaningful work, including how to advocate for your clients while navigating end-of-life medical communities.
Sadly, many Death Doula/ELP education programs are little more than weekend workshops that fall very short of properly training and preparing practitioners for this beautifully complex work.
Because we know that the work of an ELP is much more than just an occupation, the very best, multifaceted training is absolutely essential.
In many ways, it’s a pivotal moment for those who feel called to this work. ELPs are on the cusp of formal accreditation, with a similar trajectory to chiropractors and acupuncturists.
Upon completion of this certification and training, you’ll embody the skills you need to provide holistic, heart-centered ELP and Death Doula Services — with confidence.
This extraordinary training experience empowers you to face your own fears around mortality. By helping others do the same, you’ll make a significant contribution to the evolution of your own being — and help others embrace life through honoring death.
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Meet Dr. Andrea Deerheart
Andrea Deerheart, PhD, is the founder of The HeartWay, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to embracing life through honoring death. Her pioneering work draws on her wisdom gathered over decades spent providing loving care and healing to those on the journey of conscious living and dying. Andrea’s primary work and teaching focus on issues related to aging, radiant well-being, cultural mythology, death and dying, and living a more compassionate life — as well as grief, loss, and mindful, compassionate care.
The author of the recording Yoga Nidra: Graceful Transitions, Andrea is also a 500hrRYT yoga instructor (the highest international standard for yoga teachers), a Certified Yoga Nidra Instructor, and a sought-after consultant, educator, writer, and poet.Â
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