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Donna Belk Certified Celebrant, Bereavement Group Facilitator, Certified Yoga Instructor, Ordained Minister
Donna Belk Quick Facts
Main Areas: death, dying, yoga of dying, restorative flow yogaCareer Focus: Workshop Facilitator, Speaker, Home Funeral Guide, Death Transition Guide
Affiliation: HospiceAustin, Hospice Volunteer Association, International Association of Yoga Therapists
Donna Belk is a writer, educator and workshop facilitator in the field of death and dying. She works with individuals and families as a coach or guide for those facing end-of-life issues.
Through her workshops (yogaofdying.com), Donna combines the philosophy of her 30 years of yoga study with her expertise on issues of death and dying. These workshops educate people about what to expect as one dies, how to prepare for a peaceful death, and how to care for your loved one after death through home funerals.
Donna is the creator, author and editor of hospiceyoga.com; a website devoted to assisting people with informational articles and honoring hospice patients through their stories and in this way passing on some small significance of their lives.
Donna holds a BA from South Texas University, but considers her most important educational credential to be her own near death experience which occurred in 1985. Donna’s teaching style is warm, light-hearted and compassionate.
Additional certifications include:
1976 Inner Peace Movement Counselor
1995 Certified Yoga Teacher
2000 Ordined Minister
2001 Certified Qigong Instructor
2002 Celebrant (Funeral Officiant certified through celebrantusa.com)
2005 Reiki Master Certification
2007 Home Funeral Guide through Final Passages, Level 1 and 2
2008 Certified DreamWalker Death Transition coach
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Donna Belk
Just as living is an art, so too is dying. Everything we do, every expression of our Selves, is art. This inspires me to be thoughtful about every choice I make.
Getting Started With Donna Belk
The Yoga of Dying (yogaofdying.com) is information offered in a workshop format combining the topics of yoga and dying. Savasana, or corpse pose, is practiced in nearly every yoga class, but seldom do we talk about the ultimate use of the pose in the act of dying.
This workshop helps promote your understanding and acceptance of death, and gives you concrete tools for being around people who are near death. This work invites you to live life more fully.
“There was something so exceptionally comforting and calming about this workshop. It gave me a strong feeling that the people I’ve lost are now in a place of bliss, and at the same time, I know they aren’t as far away as I’ve feared.” ~ Melissa Roddy, Yoga Teacher Austin, Texas
