Offered by Rigpa's Spiritual Care Program through Naropa University’s Distance Learning.

August 30-December 19, 2012

New Reduced Tuition!

The course

The course combines 15-weeks of on-line learning with an 8-day residential retreat at Menla Mountain Retreat Center for Health and Happiness, and addresses crucial training needs most frequently requested by professionals, including:

• communicating about dying and death
• enhancing empathy and compassion
• helping patients find new meaning, sources of strength, and ways to make a genuine connection with loved ones
• facilitating the process of healing relationships, resolving unfinished business, and saying goodbye
• creating a peaceful environment for dying
• supporting the bereaved
• healing / preventing burnout

The Contemplative End-of-Life Care Certificate Program, inspired by Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, brings together authentic and practical contemplative resources with the knowledge and skills of modern hospice and palliative care.

It offers the unique opportunity to study and practice together in a community of like-minded peers from across the country and abroad.

Who Should Apply

Professionals working in the fields of medicine, human and social services, and students and trained volunteers who are currently engaged in a clinical setting, whether new to contemplative practice or experienced, are encouraged to apply.

Apply now! The next training starts August 30th, 2012. Application deadline is July 15, 2012.