“‘Tis a fearsome thing to love what death can touch.”

Grief and loss are a painful part of all life. We began our journey to help those grieving loss in 2020, as our worlds and rituals had been turned on their heads. The pandemic made it impossible to gather and take comfort with wakes and the usual customs and traditions. We realized then that mourning at home can be a path to healing.

Our beautiful, handmade healing ritual packages are designed to help you create a thoughtful, elegant memorial to keep their memory alive. Among the many elements in each package are a handmade ceramic pot and a packet of seeds for you to plant and nurture to symbolize healing and renewal, a handmade candle to burn, and a small statue of Jizo holding either an infant, a small cat or a dog’s footprint. It is a scientific principal that energy never dies but is converted from one form into another. This is where ritual and memorializing help us to deal with the pain of physical loss. Please contact us if we can help you through this most painful of times.

Dr. Patricia Danaher, MA, MBA, DA
Founder, Rituals for the Living