Be prepared….choosing who celebrates your life

Be prepared….choosing who celebrates your life

Whether or not you are devoutly spiritual or consider yourself an atheist or something in between you may not have thought about who you want to take you or your loved one’s funeral. Join a celebrant to have a conversation about how you can get the funeral...
Precious #2

Precious #2

Join YODO resident artists Jane Thakoordin and Margaret Murray for a creative workshop taking precious and special objects and wrapping them in textile sarcophagi. All materials provided, please book a place here   
Be Prepared….planning a personal funeral

Be Prepared….planning a personal funeral

Have you ever thought about your own funeral? If you died tomorrow, what would your family and friends do for your funeral? As part of this (surprisingly) uplifting and practical workshop, we’ll explore ideas and possibilities with two local undertakers, take time to...
Funeral Study Day at The Coffin Works

Funeral Study Day at The Coffin Works

A day of talks aiming to bring academics, the funeral industry and the general public together to share knowledge about funerals. What better way for the Coffin Works to  to kick off their contributions to Dying Matters Week and A Matter of Life and Death Festival! A...
Death over Yoga

Death over Yoga

Yoga philosophy evening Jayne Orton, an advanced yoga teacher (pictured above with B.K.S. Iyengar) and co-director of the Birmingham Iyengar Yoga Institute in Acock’s Green, and BrumYODO member Anna Lock recently co-hosted a yoga philosophy evening for yoga students...