Ep. 437 Holding Space for Birth and Death with Amy Wright Glenn

End-of-Life University

Learn what it actually means to “hold space” for others during times of challenge.

My guest Amy Wright Glenn is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, birth and death doula, hospital chaplain, and prenatal yoga and wellness instructor. She is the founder of the Institute for the study of Birth, Breath, and Death, known for its teacher training programs. Amy is the author of the book Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go, which she discusses today. Amy shares what it means to hold space and how we learn to practice that. Learn more at her website:

www.birthbreathanddeath.com

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This episode includes:

• How Amy came to create the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death
• How birth and death are connected
• What it means to “hold space” for others
• Practices for learning how to hold space
• The “companioning model” of grief support
• How to hold space for pregnancy loss
• Training course for facilitators of pregnancy loss support groups

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