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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 41 MIN

Being With the Dying: How to Offer Love at the End of Life

from Viral Mindfulness the Podcast · host Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

In this first spring episode of Viral Mindfulness, Alexander Blue Feather reflects on grief, transition, and what it means to be present with someone who is dying. After sharing updates from his new South Bay home and the one-year threshold of his father’s passing, he responds to a listener’s question about how to support a brother in hospice and how to navigate the possibility of a peaceful passing. Drawing from Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush, this episode offers compassionate guidance on being with the dying: how to listen, how to sit in silence, how to let go of control, and how to become what Ram Dass calls “a loving rock.” This is a tender conversation about presence, humility, grief, ritual, and the mystery of death. If you are accompanying someone at the end of life, grieving a recent loss, or learning how to sit beside what cannot be fixed, this episode is for you. Spring Wise Circle Open For Enrollment. Start Tuesday, April 21 and Finish Tuesday, May 19. Save $50 Early Bird Registration Through April 5. viralmindfulness.com/

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