Three-hour program covering Death Space Planning and Body Disposition. How do we want our space to feel during our final weeks, days, hours, and moments? What choices do we have and how do we set those choices in motion when it’s time? Where do we want our body to be after death, for how long, and who will care for it? What choices do we have in what happens with our body disposition? 

Program Location: Zoom

(Link to be sent once you’ve registered for this free event)

Your Instructors:

Meli-Tashi Happy is the End-of-Life Coordinator for Seattle Shambhala Center, a death doula, and somatic educator. Her Buddhist path began in 1997 in the Zen tradition, and in 2007 she found the Shambhala teachings. She’s taken Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows, and is a vajrayana student. She helps foster ‘community death care’ education and connections.  [email protected]

Alley Smith (she/her) is a Buddhist Minister of Religion (Upadhyaya) in the Shambhala Lineage. She also holds 10 precepts in Zen Buddhism. Alley is a US military war veteran. During her career, Alley served with Military Funeral Honors teams in the Marine Corps and Navy Reserve. She specializes in spiritual care, mortuary affairs, and as a funeral clergy. She is deeply influenced by Pure Land Buddhism and Vajrayana. Alley has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999.   [email protected] 

This offering is free of cost. Donations are appreciated and help us offer meditation and community support.