A Sacred Passing

A Sacred Passing A Sacred Passing offers death and dying education, planning, a plce to die and care.

Our Mission

A Sacred Passing's mission is to guide and assist people towards a more conscious dying experience, while honoring individual autonomy. A Sacred Passing offers death and dying education to individuals, community associations, and medical organizations. Together our organization educates, collaborates, and shares ways to be supportive educational companions. Core Values

The Crew within A Sacred Passing is made up of volunteers who work in community to create and sustain inclusivity in our classrooms and our resources. This includes building access focused, anti-racist, and gender-inclusive environments, educational materials, and community partnerships In community, we work to actively dismantle systems of power and oppression as they present in death and dying through education, care and advocacy.

We were so honoured to co-host the first annual remembrance gathering with  Thank you to all the tender hearts who came ...
11/22/2025

We were so honoured to co-host the first annual remembrance gathering with

Thank you to all the tender hearts who came and shared about their person, who came out and shared their time, and energy.

This was our first year doing this event and we will hold this space of care and gathering for years to come. Thank you to all the lovely humans who made this day just what it was, most of all

Thank you for the beautiful wood burned logo for the memory book. Your time and skills are so appreciated, this book will grow to hold so many stories.

Sending love to all the people grieving their people and we hope to share space with you- may it be on zoom for a grief group or in person for our last death cafe and Sunday mourning of 2025

Please join us on Sunday, November 30th from 12-1:30pm Pacific on Zoom for our last Community Education Webinar of 2025!...
11/18/2025

Please join us on Sunday, November 30th from 12-1:30pm Pacific on Zoom for our last Community Education Webinar of 2025!

Sharing Knowledge & Space: A Sacred Passing’s Deathcare Residency Review

Join us to hear directly from the first participants of A Sacred Passing’s Deathcare Residency Program. Our residents will share about their time at Asphodel, our community deathcare home, lessons learned, and the offerings they each created for our community.

Register at no cost, to receive google link
bit.ly/deathcarewebinars

🎶it always feels like somebody’s watching me…” 🎵All eyes on one crow! This image represents what often happens to a dyin...
11/13/2025

🎶it always feels like somebody’s watching me…” 🎵
All eyes on one crow! This image represents what often happens to a dying person. The room can be full of people, all eyes on the person dying, depth of focus all different, intention varying, impact often unknown.
Being in a space with someone actively dying requires people to check in with themself and make sure that the focus is still the dying person and not one’s own personal goals. We see this most often when people are shifting into their time of sleep. Support people will often want to wake the dying person and talk, let them know they are loved or that they will be missed. All of those things are rooted in love and good intentions AND it’s very important for the dying person to get their rest. Sometimes it’s a silent buddy sitting next to a sleeping person that can have a big impact. For a dying person to wake, see the they aren’t alone and weren’t woken up, can be an amazing sense of being seen, supported and cared for.

📸deanna

Tomorrow at AsphodelGrieving in community can look like an open door, a cup of something warm, and a fire. No expectatio...
11/08/2025

Tomorrow at Asphodel

Grieving in community can look like an open door, a cup of something warm, and a fire. No expectations, just presence.

Sunday, November 9th
9-10:30am

Register at asacredpassing.org/community-care-events

Our very last Still On EarthThis Friday, November 7th from 1-2:30pm PTJoin us in this grief group for people who have lo...
11/04/2025

Our very last Still On Earth

This Friday, November 7th from 1-2:30pm PT

Join us in this grief group for people who have lost someone(s) they love. This group is open to people experiencing grief from a recent death. This has been an ongoing group that meets monthly on Zoom and this will be our last gathering in this container.

Tomorrow night - For all the Grievers, it would be lovely to share space.We are in a constant state of collective grief....
11/04/2025

Tomorrow night - For all the Grievers, it would be lovely to share space.

We are in a constant state of collective grief. Grief doesn’t occur only when someone dies. Struggling under the weight of racial capitalism, transphobia, ableism, and other forms of violence and oppression that we navigate daily takes a toll on us that we are often not consciously aware of. When people feel inexplicably sad, burnt out, or tired as hell, “you need better self-care” is the response that is too often thrown back at us. We can work as hard as possible to care of ourselves, but there are limits to healing when we are inundated with trauma that we cannot control.

This support group is for people needing a space to talk with other folks who feel exploited and exhausted by capitalism. Most grief support groups are death-related, so we at A Sacred Passing decided to offer a space to grieve the other ways in which we struggle.

The Grief & Care Under Capitalism Support Group is a facilitated space with conversation directed by participants, offered virtually via Zoom on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm PST. The group is free, though donations to A Sacred Passing are always welcomed. This is a drop-in group, so you can join us once or several times, with no need to commit to multiple sessions. Zoom link goes directly to the zoom, no registration necessary. Event brite requires registration- it’s a good platform while it’s free.

Contact
Leilani Maxera
leilani@asacredpassing.org
leilanimaxera.com

First and Third Wednesday of every month
7-9pm PT

Please note: there is a five minute grace period for folks who join late but we do close the room at that point due to the vulnerable nature of this group

A Sacred Passing's next Virtual Community Care Book Club will be Sunday, November 16th, 2pm-3:30pm PSTNovember's book is...
11/03/2025

A Sacred Passing's next Virtual Community Care Book Club will be Sunday, November 16th, 2pm-3:30pm PST

November's book is Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson and will be facilitated by Summer.

This will be our last book club of the year! In January we will be shifting to every other month and changing meetings to Noon-1:30 pm Third Saturdays (moving away from Sunday meetings so we can have a day of rest!).

Our schedule so far for 2026 -
Saturday, January 17th - Herbalism & State Violence: Practical Herbal Medicine for Surviving State Repression edited by Nicole Rose (facilitated by Chauncey)

Saturday, March 14th - reschedule of Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton (facilitated by Lashanna)

Late entry is okay.

It is okay if you did not finish the book, come as you are - you just have to be okay with spoilers if that is the case.

We will have some prompts for discussion that we will share beforehand, but also please bring your own thoughts and questions as well. The direction we go in talking about the book is not set in stone.

Please reach out to info@asacredpassing.org if you have any questions!

This is the first time we have ever cohosted something so meaningful. We are welcoming the loves of all the people we ha...
10/30/2025

This is the first time we have ever cohosted something so meaningful. We are welcoming the loves of all the people we have cared for to tender event for remembrance. Yes it’s in a church, and we will add our own energy too.

Thank you to chris for being open to collaborating - we hope to see you there 🫶🏽
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In honor of the families and friends served over the past year, it is the privilege of The Co-op Funeral Home and A Sacred Passing to make space for remembrance this November. Take some time to pause with us in a devoted setting. All are welcome to attend, in person or via Zoom. Registration in bio.

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Fire is a must have for VSEDs here at Asphodel
10/29/2025

Fire is a must have for VSEDs here at Asphodel

Our friend Cassandra is doing a big thing!!! 🛼 REAP ‘N’ ROLL 🛼Roll out and join for an evening of good vibes and killer ...
10/27/2025

Our friend Cassandra is doing a big thing!!!

🛼 REAP ‘N’ ROLL 🛼

Roll out and join for an evening of good vibes and killer costumes

💫October 30th
⏰6 PM – 8 PM
📍Fisherman’s Pavilion @ Zuanich park - Bellingham WA
💰Suggested: $10–$20 per person
🎃Costumes encouraged!
👻18+ event

Dawn a costume, come skate and shake some bones to a DJ at Fisherman’s Pavilion on Thursday October 30th from 6 PM - 8 PM. This is an 18+ event and no food or alcohol will be served. Suggested donation of $10-20 Venmo or cash

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Seattle, WA

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