Death, Dying & Transitions

In this course, we will look at the Ultimate Initiation – death

In Western societies, we are often led to fear death because we lack the understanding of this important journey.

A sneak preview of our session where Petrine McCrohan, an elder in Australia shares some profound insights from holding space for her mother's passing. Petrine works with Native tribal groups in Western Australia and has a background in psychoanalysis, Buddha Dharma and several healing modalities.
 

In this course, we will look at the Ultimate Initiation – death.

In Western societies, we are often led to fear death because we lack the understanding of this important journey. Many are contracted and phobic about this transition – family circumstances can be awkward, the dying may be unprepared, and the Soul is often overlooked in modern settings as having any significance.

We bring teachings from numerous traditions together to enable you to get closer to an approach to death and dying that is a unique introduction to this important theme, and it is astounding when we see some of the similarities across the traditions.

LINEAGES WE WILL BE LOOKING AT
Tibetan Buddhism, Celtic Shamanism, Andean traditions, traditional shamanism and combined teachings from Ancient Mystery School traditions – we will also bring in references to Kemetic, Mayan, Original ‘Australian’, Native American and Vedic cosmologies woven together with poignant examples from our team’s own experiences in assisting people in transitional phases.

The sessions include teachings that have remained secret in many settings and over numerous centuries. We provide case studies, practical tools, ethical and practitioner information to enable you to feel more equipped to ‘land’ with the concepts and psycho-spiritual aspects of Death.

Are you interested in how the Ancient Mystery Schools looked at death and how it connects with star systems, astronomy and astrology? 

SPECIAL 2025 TEACHINGS

The ‘Death’ of the Ego and other ‘Little Daily Deaths’ we can experience

We will look at the fractal nature of the Life-Death-Rebirth cycle and its presence in astrology, taming the ego and pranayama.

Practicalities around death and dying for mindful bridge practitioners

We will discuss the precarious situations that may come from being a multidimensional ‘death doula’ and the need to have sensitivity towards those who are not spiritually inclined.

Course Curriculum

Do you have the feeling that in time you might become someone who works with Rites of Passage or being a Death Doula?

ENROLLMENT OPEN
UNTIL NOV 15

Recorded Teachings already available
NOV 22 – 1st Real-time tutorial

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Have you been looking for information about different cultures and their approaches to death?

LESSON 1: THE SERPENT CODES – Ancient Mystery Schools, Yoga, Pranayama and Death

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

In this overview session, Padma Khandro will give an introduction to the ‘serpent codes' and the skewed approach that many cultures have towards death and dying. Drawing upon insights from Mystery Schools and Ancient traditions, Padma will look at the rites of passage and preparations for death and compare them to the Western views of death processes. Padma Khandro will also touch upon Yogic principles of death preparation and the fractal component of pranayama, with further signposting to how to utilise the breath to prepare for death. In honouring of breath being both the first and the last thing we do we will do some pranayama together as we open the space for the course.

LESSON 2: WORKING WITH DEATH PHOBIA

Guest Teacher: Petrine McCrohan

In this podcast session, Petrine and Victoria Padma Khandro speak on Petrine's mother's dying and death process and how she transitioned on so many levels with her mother; thresholds and mini deaths and rebirths throughout life; grief and love; how vital these opportunities are and how our death phobic culture denies us this growth and profound time to practice for our own death; how to practice for death and the astrological significator for maturation; age-related cycles and loads more… tune in with Petrine and Victoria Padma Khandro at your leisure.

LESSON 3: DYING CONSCIOUSLY

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

How do we die consciously? Drawing upon previous cultures, spiritual traditions, and the Dying Consciously teachings of the Four Winds Society (Peru) we will explore how to have more sovereignty over these transitions. How many people leave their bodies in a place or situation that they weren’t prepared for? How can we assist with this? How do we deal with family members who are keeping their family members alive? How to spot when people are beginning to take the ultimate journey? Some insights and tools will be shared to assist persons who are dying or within the first 3 days of crossing over. We will also be deconstructing some of the accounts of transition realms from The Journey of Souls by Michael Newton. We will look at the concept of Free Will and Sovereignty and how we can begin to aspire for a Mindful transition.

LESSON 4: CELTIC RITES – From Form to Formless, The Elements in the Dying Process 

Guest Teacher: Tara Louise Muirghein

Many cultures honour the gift of human life and death through ritual, ceremony and rites of passage. These assist us in marking the sacred as well as the many cycles of death/birth throughout life, marking the transitions through our human and soul evolution. In the Celtic and Neolithic times, death has been honoured as a portal to the otherworld, the last ecstasy of life and yet we are in relationship with life and the otherworld in every moment through our connection with the elements.  There is no separation as the elements are carried within and around us and this is what creates form, we are in constant relationship with them as part of nature ourselves. There is a journey with each of the elements as they leave the body which can be perceived on the physical as well as energetic levels. This can be very helpful for those sitting with the dying, as well as those in the dying process to gain an understanding of these stages which can bring more grace and ease through the process. When we can embrace the natural way and timing of things, we can accept the beginning and ending of each stage, opening up to death as our greatest teacher & the liberation of the last ecstasy.

LESSON 5: TIBETAN BUDDHISM APPROACHES
to the 4 convictions of Renunciation,Re-incarnation, Death and the Bardo

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

The 4 convictions of Renunciation outline the importance of understanding karma, impermanence, this precious life and the need to escape samsara/cyclic existence. How can we apply these principles to our daily life to bring us to a more Conscious death? We will also look at key concepts outlined in the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the concepts of the Bardo states. Padma Khandro will also discuss other Bardo states and deconstruct practices such as plant medicines, meditation and pranayama, as crucial preparatory methods for leaving one’s body. She will also speak on the experience of reading the Bardo rites to dying or deceased persons and the great blessings and teachings of such experiences.

LESSON 6: GENTLE DEATH & REBIRTH GUIDE

Guest Teacher: Sandra Nelson

All of these teachings about death are anchored in real life stories and first-hand experiences.
Story telling, guidance and healing:  - Universal signage and coincidences  - Signs that occur leading up to death, both short term illness, longer term illness and sudden death   -Dreams of ancestral loved ones visiting including dreams of guides, angelic beings and animals  -Importance of Death Soul retrieval space holding   -Intervention of strangers who assist with passage the of death/messengers   -Benefits of poetry, poems and rituals
Signs in the immediate short-term leading to death:  - Change in appetite/energy/more sleep  - Changes in sleep patterns - awake at night  - Change in body temperature  - Call to organise affairs
Crossing over story:  - How to prepare a human for crossing over, what to look out for  - Hallucinations are the merging of the soul into the astral spirit plane - How a person can begin to leave their body in the weeks and months prior to death - How our loved ones may hang around for a few days and weeks after death (revolving door)

LESSON 7: CROSSING LOVED ONES OVER - Q&A

Teacher: Sandra Nelson & Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

LESSON 8: CELESTIAL BODIES and Ancient and Renewed spiritual midwifery portals 

Guest Teacher: Orla Magill

Orla works closely with the collective energies and Sacred sites within Ireland. In 2012 she led an exclusive team of Shamans and Druids around Ireland to create and initiate the Cygnus Vortices. Merging and weaving ancient sites with new innovative doorways connected to the Cygnus Constellation and multi dimensions. Orla will discuss some of the functions of these Vortices, focusing on the vortex of the north which is connected to the Death Realm and the vortex of letting go. http://www.sacredireland.ie

LESSON 9: SPACE AND TIME DYNAMICS AND DEATH CODES.   Quantum Weaving, the Dreamspell calendar & the dance with timelines for Shambhala Warriors 

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

- Death Codes and Timeline Shift - Practical experiences - Non-dual Astrology and Dancing with Time and Space - Dreamspell calendar (looking at the Dreamspell, the picking up of signs while people are leaving) - Morphogenetic field (make sure old codes don’t come back - queen's death: the codes of the planet leaving with her) - Working with parts, astrology and Acknowledgement - Tantric Witnessing - Develop a Language of Consciousness with the dying
Deep Quantum Magic:  How we change the density by helping family members and legacy members to be seen. How can we help our loved ones realise the afflictions? What are you letting go of for the family? What are you carrying that you don’t want to carry any more?
Golden Age Codes: By helping change the density of the planet, kids can come in and access the Golden Age quicker

LESSON 10: Working with persons with dementia and some deep pre transitioning death doula insights 

Guest Teacher: Asta Joli

LESSON 11: PACTICALITIES AROUND DEATH 

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

In this real-time delivered class, Padma will discuss the sensitive nature of death and dying and the precarious situations that may come from being a multidimensional ‘death doula’ and the need to have sensitivity towards those who are not spiritually inclined. It is important that we do not offend others who may be grieving and understand some of the shadow behaviours that can unravel during bereavement processes. Furthermore, we need to bridge being seen as ‘woo’ with being able to not bypass the more mundane aspects of death that others may be wholly invested in. In short, we need to be a bridge - to keep an open channel to the dead and dying but also to show compassion and reverance for those who view it as an essentially material process. Without going into all the specificities around the practicalities of death, Padma will outline some of the issues we may have to navigate and how we can begin to contemplate on those in order to show up respectfully for all parties in a death constellation. We also encourage anecdotes from students on the course and reflections that may add to the lively discussion at the end. This will be recorded for future intakes and therefore you may choose whether to be on or off camera to share.

LESSON 12: THE LITTLE DEATHS we have during life

Teacher: Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

In this session we look at the fractal nature of the Life-Death-Rebirth cycle and its presence in astrology, taming the ego and pranayama. Every day we can consciously prepare for death if we form a deeper understanding of the spiritual teachings and significations of astrology, the ego and pranayama. We will include a bonus teaching from a previous class in this section plus a newly commissioned presentation by Padma.

Are you interested in concepts around the ‘Soul’?

Format of the Course

This course contains 12 sections, setting a foundation to different aspects of this sacred transition.
Each section has a main presentation, which is around 90 min long.
For every 2 students enrolled we will run a tutorial. We definitely have a tutorial in November for all students and an ‘action team’ teaching session in January for all Sekhem students.

Real-Time Tutorials

Real-time interactive dakini weaving sessions and tutorials, hosted by Padma Khandro For every 2 students enrolled we will run a tutorial.

1ST LIVE TUTORIAL
NOVEMBER 22 @ 10:30AM MEXICO CITY

We will inform you of any extra tutorials once the amount of students is fully confirmed.

Online Sharing Forum

You will be invited to share insights, experiences and ask questions on our interactive Slack forum.
This also gives you free access to the Dharma STARS channel for one year and you’ll be kept informed there of our exciting projects, initiations, courses and retreats.

Why is Peace Important in Death & Transition

A beautiful message from our course co-creator Sandra Nelson on Peace and Death and Dying as a lead up to our deep weaving on Death, Dying and Transitions


Are you wanting to be more equipped to deal with the death of your loved ones and to prepare for your own passing over?

Dharma STARS

Victoria Sinclair Padma Khandro

Course Curator & Main Teacher

Padma Khandro Victoria Sinclair is a Worldwide respected consciousness innovator having facilitated community trainings and events for over 20 years. She is a trauma specialist originally from Belfast, N.Ireland and works bridging realms and modalities in innovation and unique ways for each client or group’s needs.  Padma Khandro is well-known as a culture bridge-maker in her integral work with a broad range of recognised indigenous elders and teachers in S. America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Padma Khandro is a multi-faceted and intuitive holistic practitioner and Master Teacher of several forms of energy medicine. She recently spent 13 years in a wandering immersion which took her to tribes and wisdom keepers across the globe and uncovering deep mysteries about the ‘Serpent Codes’ which include Death work and rites. Padma Khandro experienced death processes first-hand from the age of 15 when her mother left her body.

Petrine McCrohan

Guest Teacher

Petrine grew up in Melbourne and in the high country of Victoria. By the time she was 30, she experienced a breakdown, a psychological collapse, which in her words was a breakthrough, but at the time it certainly didn’t feel like that!  She went on to recover in 10 years of psychodynamic psychotherapy, both group and individual work, and has been dedicated to understanding human psychology for the past 3 decades. Her fascination drew her toward studying a Masters in Psychoanalysis, and a Diploma in Psychological Astrology. She has trained in Couples Therapy and participated in a yoga practice and other somatic practices for many years and over the last 18 years she has worked in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia and continues to work with families and communities particularly in Traditional Medicines, with Healers and Healing Practices.

Sandra Nelson

Guest Teacher

Sandra Nelson is a Life Coach with Neuroscience, Usui Reiki Master and Spiritual Intuitive Reader. A Priestess of Manannan Mac Lir Irish Sea God, she is actively a peace creator and keeper, based permanently in Ireland. Sandra facilitates multidimensional spiritual healing through a combination of spiritual map reading, by thorough investigation and unweaving of deconstruction of thinking before weaving through the Creation of Unique and specific prayer rituals, space holding and prophesy art, storytelling and poetry. Moving naturally as an interpreter between worlds.  Additionally Sandra has completed angelic healing training, basic homeopathic home prescriber course and she has worked effectively with herbs.
While much of her work is not public and has remained private, Sandra Nelsons can be contacted via www.sandranelsonhealing.com

Orla Magill

Guest Teacher

Orla is a Cygnus Vortices facilitator and Shamanic land intuitive currently living in Ireland. Following a life changing spiritual awakening in 2012 she initiated the formation of the Cygnus Vortices, communing with Ireland’s ancestors, deities, sacred sites and an astronomical body of stars. A dynamic amalgamation of the ancient with the innovative terrestrial and celestial energies that are currently emerging from within this planet and our universe. Ultimately, the purpose of the Cygnus Vortices is to collectively assist and forge the new paradigm on earth towards the emanation of unity consciousness.
 www.sacredireland.ie

Tara Louise Muirghein

Guest Teacher

Tara is an Irish Woman, Ban Draoi, Alchemist, Facilitator & Mystic. Living in devotion and working with the soul, psyche & soma to guide the return to alignment with source, truth & wholeness. Reclaiming Sovereignty & the Rites of Passage through Birth, Life and Death that assist in our navigation as a human being with our soul’s evolution. Harnessing a deep connection to source, nature, plants, animals, she connects with ancient wisdom through meditation, sound, movement, ritual & poetry, bringing this to the present, living in our everyday modern world.
www.firetreealchemy.com

Asta Joli

Guest Teacher

Asta Joli has been working in the Healing Arts for over 25 years. Through her own profound healing journey, she has learned to transform experience into wisdom - combining intuitive insight, a deep connection with her spiritual team (guides), and grounded practical tools to support others in their own paths of awakening. Her work focuses on clearing trauma, healing ancestral and personal timelines, releasing energetic blocks, and activating higher purpose and innate gifts. Asta’s approach blends intuition, energy medicine, and spiritual guidance to create deep transformation and restoration of self.
 joliasta42@gmail.com

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