Nimbin Death and Beyond
Nimbin Death and Beyond
A good death is an extraordinary, moving and sacred experience. It can also have a healing quality, not only for the person who is involved but their families, friends and the wider community."
Felicity Warner - Gentle Dying/ A Safe Journey
In Nimbin our approach to living is renown for “doing things differently. Nimbin Death & Beyond is a local grassroots group and has come about as a result of our cultural, spiritual and practical needs surrounding death and dying, often not being met by mainstream services, funerals homes and hospitals. We are committed to supporting and empowering people in their personal choices surrounding death and dying.
For lots of info and resources, see the Nimbin Death and Beyond Face Book page.
Upcoming Events
Let’s talk about Dying, Death and Beyond - Series of Info Sessions
Venue: Church of Aquarius
Times: 10.30-12.30 (some may go longer)
Saturday 21st September : deathcare advocate and ceremony planner Hallie Halloran from “Paperbark Deathcare” based in Murwillumbah where she successfully runs a fully approved community mortuary & funeral home. Halie will give an introduction about the innumerable aspects around dying and death and after this there will be ample time for all your questions.
Saturday 28th of September: the legal aspects and paperwork. This includes looking at Wills, Advanced Health Care Plans, roles of: Enduring Guardianship, Enduring Power of Attorney and executor(s). Guest speaker sto be confirmed.
Saturday 12th of October: Lyn Kemp, a longstanding experienced trainer of the volunteers with Amitayus Home Hospice Service in the Byron Shire, Amitayus offers practical, compassionate care and support for those who are palliative and want to die at home. They also offer respite for the primary carer and an excellent and affordable “Last Aid Training”, open to anybody interested. This meeting will focus on: “Care for the Dying Person at Home- how, who, what & where?”
Saturday 19th October we journey through the topic of dying, death and beyond with Awareness Play, facilitated by Andy Omjaya. Awareness Play is a light-hearted, subtle and interactive exploration of human nature. Inspired by the pioneering works of Carl Rogers, Jacob Moreno, Bert Hellinger and other great scholars of human consciousness, we follow the evolving dynamics in the room, focus on feelings, mobilise hard to reach experiences through role-play and allow realisations and insights to emerge spontaneously and create greater harmony between people and within the self.
Saturday 26th October: (self-)care for carers. Guest speaker Judy Arpana is a very practical oriented spiritual care consultant and educator. Until recently Judy offered seminars to health care professionals, people with life-limiting illness and anyone interested in learning more about end-of-life preparation. She has decades of experience with Buddhist teachings bringing presence and guidance to people’s queries and concerns especially around dying and death. Special invite to all people who consider to become part of a Nimbin volunteer group to support (core)carers and palliative professionals.
Saturday 2nd November we will be celebrating “The Day of the Dead”. More information to follow.
Saturday 9th November: Emma Beatty from Before & After | Life in Mullumbimby will focus on grief, based on the work of Francis Weller and other holistic approaches to grief. It is about how to strengthen our response-ability, learning practical tools for being in and with grief. Emma: “Grief is love. They twin. One doesn’t exist without the other”.
For more information about the meetings or to register see the new Facebook page: Activities Nimbin Dying Death and Beyond or email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nimbin Community-owned Cooling Plate After more that ten years' of community fundraising, the cooling plate was finally purchased and is now available for hire to Nimbin community members. (The fee varies according to capacity to pay). The cooling plate is for use in the context of home deaths, and is placed under the deceased loved one in order to have more time to grieve, for family and friends to say their final farewells and to allow time to make the necessary arrangements. Contact Nat at NNIC or Saskia for more info or if you think you may be needing the Cooling Plate in the near future.
Dying Death and Beyond Book The second print of “Dying, Death and Beyond” 138 page book is now for sale in the quality shops in Nimbin that sell books: Nimbin Environment Centre, Perceptio, Hemp Embassy and the Green Bank. If you want to order by snail mail email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
with your name and address ($25 including GST and postage).
First Nations' Sorry Business - Funeral Transport Support Are you an Aboriginal resident of NSW and travelling 100kms or more to attend a funeral? Transport for NSW will pay for the cost of return tickets for individuals and groups travelling to a funeral using an existing public transport services e.g. NSW Trains.
A fuel subsidy can also be accessed through this initiative whereby Transport for NSW will fund no more than 50 per cent of the cost of the travel. This can only be accessed via a community organisation who is willing to provide the approved funding (make an appoitment with one of our Community Workers).
