"Kyoko's integrity and clarity are of the highest magnitude, and I always feel privileged to be with her, whether professionally or personally. She truly brings the gift of authenticity, openness, beauty, and presence to every situation. If I was seeking a guide and mentor, I would choose Kyoko."
Linda Bergh, Ph.D, Psychologist Emeritus, Death/Dying Guide, and Biography Facilitator
Mindful Living, Conscious Dying
When you want to dive deeply into life with awareness and love, befriending death can be a wise guide, whether you’re young and healthy or facing terminal illness.
Services
- Support and provide resources for people who are facing end of life, and their family and friends.
- Befriending Death workshop to help face the truth of our impermanence with courage, love and equanimity.
Resource for Mindful Living, Conscious Dying
I am available as a resource and help for people who are facing end of life, and their family and friends. I am available for visits, or I can direct you to resources and information such as an Advanced Heath Care Directive, after-death care of loved one, how to do a home vigil or home funeral, and resources for a green burial. These services are offered freely, though donations are welcome.
Befriending Death: Meeting Impermanence with Courage, Love and Equanimity
In this six- week intensive class, we will explore how we relate to death and dying—our own and that of others; some of the rituals and care involved in one’s end of life; grief; embracing life and befriending death. We will practice relating to death as a great teacher who can break our hearts yet awakens us to the Truth that will liberate us.
The class is offered freely without a set charge through Common Ground Meditation Center. You must have some meditation experience or familiarity with Buddhist meditative traditions. The class is not appropriate for people who have recently experienced a loss of loved one and the grief is still raw. If you have questions, contact Kyoko by email: tenshinkyoko@gmail.com.
Spring 2018 Class
Six Wednesdays March 14 to April 18, 2018
Morning Class (10:30 AM to 12:30 PM)
at Common Ground Meditation Center
2700 East 26th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406
To register, contact Common Ground Meditation Center:
info@commongroundmeditation.org
612-722-8260
Kyoko’s dharma talks are found at Common Ground Meditation Center: Audio Dharma: Archive at Dharma Seed (Go to "teachers" and type in Kyoko Katayama). You can download or listen to Kyoko's talks from the past 5 years.
http://commongroundmeditation.org/audio-dharma/
http://cgmc.dharmaseed.org/teacher/700/