First Team of Life, Death & Transition Doulas in Mexico - March 2021
Making History in Mexico: Establishing the first Life, Death & Transition Doulas team in Mexico With much joy and thanks to our EKR Mexico Centro education team
We are a group of people who have been transformed by losses, grief, deaths and the work of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
The dream of transforming our death culture lived in us until we all gathered together, along with Ken Ross, son of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, at the 2019 Dreaming & Healing 2019 Conference, where we united as a family and with a common mission.
Together, we sow the seeds to support a necessary cultural change where we commit ourselves to work with love and humility and to accompany people at the end of life along with their loved ones in a compassionate way, as well as those who are in life transition and grieving processes.
President
EKR México Centro
Vice President
EKR México Centro
Secretary/ Treasurer
EKR México Centro
Medical Director
EKR México Centro
Vocal
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation Global
Advisory Council
Habitar el Cuerpo
Advisory Council
Mujer Medicina
Advisory Council
Inner Immersion
Advisory Council
Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death
Advisory Council
CareDoula School for Accompanying the Dying
We offer compassionate accompaniment to those who are at the end of life or in processes of transition and grief. Through the commitment and service of a team of volunteers, we contribute to a culture of respect, love and accompaniment to transform the way society lives and experiences change, dying, death, and grief.
We contribute to the awakening of a society that is conscious and compassionate towards death and dying, and to transform our death culture into a deeply human experience.
We are dedicated to accompanying from a place that respects the essence of each person and transforms our relationship and experience through the end of life and grief.
The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (EKRF) and its international chapters are non-profit organizations inspired by the work of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004), Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer in the study of near death experiences. Her work revolutionized the way in which the process of dying is understood and accompanied.
In her book "On Death and the Dying" (1969), she introduced the five stages of dying: denial, anger, negotiation, depression, and acceptance, which is a small part of Dr. Kübler-Ross of the evolution of our contemporary death culture. Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007, Elisabeth received 20 honorary degrees and taught thousands of students about death and dying.
ESFIM (Formative Space for the Integration of Death), is the space where we train compassionate companions who join as volunteers to accompany those in need, through the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation (EKR) Mexico Centro pro bono services to our communities, in person and online.
COMPASSIONATE ACCOMPANIMENT
We offer presence, support and compassionate accompaniment.
The volunteers of the EKR Mexico Centro Foundation are the heart of our accompaniment services. Dedicated and loving, we bring full presence to accompany those in need, offering genuine support that reflects our commitment to a culture of humane and dignified dying, death, and grief.
Green burials are an ecological alternative to conventional funeral rites because They use non-invasive and natural methods to care for the body after death, respecting both the deceased person and their environment, as well as the environment.
This natural and humane approach supports healthy grief with burials that allow for traditional and spontaneous celebrations in harmony with nature and our human nature.
In Mexico, our culture has integrated death in a genuine and respectful way over time and green burials allow us to reclaim ancestral traditions, honoring our loved ones and leaving a sustainable legacy for future generations.
The EKR Mexico Centro Foundation collaborates with the Green Burial Council and the Global Green Burial Alliance to establish conservation cemeteries in Mexico.
Volunteers help plan, educate and promote green burial practices.
The Global Green Burial Alliance is a network of environmentally friendly professionals in the funeral industry. The GGBA is a free membership organization with a commitment to promote and provide critical information and education about all environmentally friendly funeral and burial options worldwide.
You can learn more here.
Making History in Mexico: Establishing the first Life, Death & Transition Doulas team in Mexico With much joy and thanks to our EKR Mexico Centro education team
Virtual Series: Preparing for a Conscious Death In this series of workshops, led by professionals in end-of-life related fields, we explore and experiment with practical, serious
Celebrating the Days of the Dead at Rancho La Joyita in Jalpa, Mexico in support of the Green Burial Cemeteries initiative in Mexico. Be part of our co-responsible green community,
