For Guardians and their Beloved Animals
Cosmic Offerings
One who offers support in the transition of a beloved.
What is a Death Doula?
THE PROCESS OF DEATH IS OFTENTIMES PUSHED AWAY AND AVOIDED IN MODERN CULTURE…..
TORA TROOP
Shamanic Animal Death Doula
The loss of a pet can feel even more isolating as the depth of relationship we have with our animals can sometimes be misunderstood. For many people, myself included, our beloved animal companions are trusted confidants, steady, grounded beings who bring deep connection and relationship to our lives.
Facing the death transition of our animals awakens grief and heart-opening emotion. But it doesn’t need to be a process you walk alone.
As a shamanic animal death doula, I offer compassionate support through the death transition by honoring the unique path that you and your animal have walked together.
At any point in the process – an imminent death transition, after a sudden, unexpected loss, or in the time leading up to the death threshold – I am here to be an ally to your animal and yourself.
I see your grief. I see your heartache. I feel your deep emotion. I understand your peace, celebration, or relief.
SERVICES CAN INCLUDE:
Creating a plan for end-of-life care that places comfort and dignity at the forefront
Compassionately initiating grounded, safe conversation about death
Building context and understanding for the dying process and euthanasia
Assistance in exploring options available to a guardian and their pet
Providing shamanic ritual in session, and/or empowering you to create your own rituals to honor the Life of your pet, especially after their death transition
Animal communication for connection and understanding
Supporting you and your other animals in the grief process
I am here to walk the journey alongside you and your animal, bringing the sacredness of death in through the front door and embracing it with a grounded Heart.
Thanks to the resources available to us now, I can offer this support to you wherever you are in the world.
Disclaimer: I am not a medical or psychiatric professional. The support I offer as a shamanic animal death doula is not meant to replace the guidance and support of your pet’s veterinarian and medical team, or that of a trained mental health professional.
Death ceremony has been an important part of human culture throughout history. This work calls this medicine back to the space for any who wish to seek it.
Losing an animal is often a deep encounter with the death process, and a profound invitation to connect to the cosmic threads that run between your heart and every heart who’s ever come to walk alongside you.
Animal Death Doula Services
Preparing the Table for Death’s Visit – Consults & Planning
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Planning for the death of one’s pet is just as valuable as planning for one’s own passing. Creating a care plan allows you to make decisions with a clear and grounded heart and mind. It can help eliminate emotionally charged decisions in crisis that can feel abrupt or unaligned.
With this service, we will enter this space together and create an advanced care plan for your pet. We will discuss your boundaries for their care and quality of life, explore and compile resources, and services. We can also integrate ritual to the space we share, and to the plan you build for your pet. My goal is that you leave our sessions feeling heard, empowered, and comfortable with the plan that has been created for your beloved pet.
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This package includes a total of 3, 1-hour sessions conducted via Zoom.
Our first session will be opening the space, speaking about your beloved pet, and understanding what you would like to include in your pet’s advanced care plan
The second session will be a review of the resources, services, and rituals we have both compiled after our first meeting together, and beginning to put the plan together.
In our third session, we will go over the completed advanced care plan and make any necessary adjustments. We can also focus on the rituals you would like to create. We will close our time together with a closing ritual.
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$250 USD
Greeting Death at the Front Door - Presence, Connection, and Support
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This offering is for those wanting to step into a container that provides support, ritual, and presence for your pet’s death journey, and your own grief process. You will have gentle, grounded support as your navigate the death process with your pet, and, if you would like, in the weeks following their death.
If your beloved pet died unexpectedly or traumatically, my hope is that this container will give you the safe space in which to process that grief and reconnect to your pet’s spirit. -
This package includes: 5, 1-hour sessions held via Zoom scheduled as you need.
In addition to our Zoom sessions, you will have the ability to connect with me via Telegram for the duration of our time in this container together. (The duration of this shared container will be determined based on the journey you and your animal are navigating together). This space allows us to connect directly in between sessions. You can feel free to share memories, calm and challenging moments, tell a story about your pet, and be encouraged to keep your heart open to all the ways your pet’s spirit is still present in your life.
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$450 USD
Walking the Spiral
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If neither of the package options feel quite right for you, that is ok! You are welcome to book a 1 hour Zoom session, a la carte.
I am here to support your animal and you in this process. Maybe you need a space to process what is coming up on your animal’s journey? Did your animal suddenly and unexpectedly pass away and you miss talking about them? Maybe your animal made their death transition some time ago, but you still have some things you’d like to process about their transition and your journey since?
I am honored to invite you into this container. These sessions can include conversation, ritual, or ceremony if you choose.
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$75 USD / hr
Grief is a Process
But You Don’t Have to Walk this Path Alone.
Schedule Your Journey
I am here to walk the journey alongside you and your animal, bringing the sacredness of death in through the front door and embracing it with a grounded Heart. Thanks to the resources available to us now, I can offer this support to you wherever you are in the world.