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gentle dying
The simple guide to achieving a peaceful death
by Felicity Warner
Hay House £8.99
ISBN 1-978-1-84850-005-1
published on September 24th 2008
Reviews and comments "This is a wonderful book in which Felicity Warner has taken time to do excellent research and also to train as a Soul Midwife in helping people to die with dignity and peace. I love how the book is set out using italics and double spacing between each line making the book very easy to read. Gentle Dying is clearly set out with well defined chapters helping people to absorb what it is they need to do or be. I highly recommend this for everyone because we do not know when serious illness can strike us, but with the tools that Felicity Warner gives us they go a long way to taking out the fear. and making for a very peaceful death for both the dying and the friend and family- BOOK FIEND xxxxx We hope that Gentle Dyingwill be a welcome help to anyone with a terminal illness, and to those caring for someone who is dying. Encouraging you to embrace death with compassion, Felicity Warner shows you how to switch the focus from cure to human touch and emotional support. Answering candidly the questions many are reluctant to ask about dying, she shows how you canplan a peaceful death. Gentle Dyingis all about helping people to die in the best possible way for them. It may simply involve holding their hand and just being there with a warm and open heart. It offers practical and simple suggestions, describing the use of complementary healing and therapies such as flower essences, crystals, aromatherapy and dream state techniques, alongside plenty of conventional advice. Gentle Dyingwill show you that death isn't something to be feared, but a rite of passage, a time of gentle reflection, optimism and a preparation for the next life. Cygnus review xxxxx I've been moved and uplifted and energized and pulverized by Gentle Dying ... it's a masterclass and worked like a charm to restore my jaded soul ... it brought me back to feeling, to the true things in living A paradox that a book about dying should be life-affirming, but that's how it has worked on me. Haven't the words, but I send wonderment and congratulations- Clare Gilmore- Kerr " This is the one book that every person on the planet should read" K-King " A work of exquisite tenderness" Jo Cardez " Reading this book is soothing in itself...I felt as if I'd been carressed on every page" JP " A beautiful and helpful and inspiring narative" GN |
Come and hear Felicity talking about her Gentle Dying method on Friday November 14th at the Friend's Meeting House, South Street, Bridport 11.30 am-12.30pm as part of the Bridport Literary Festival