Details
Facilitated by
Niki Pappas & Michael Marcotte
Date/Time
3rd Tuesdays | 7:00-9:00pm | 3 Sessions | Jan 21st, Feb 18th, and Mar 18th
Cost
Suggested Donation $10-20
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
Our objective is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.”
A Death Cafe is a facilitated discussion with no agenda, objectives or specific themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. Participants may share about any aspects or experiences of death and dying, grief and loss that are on their mind and heart. The facilitator will typically offer a brief poem or reading to begin the group, and then the floor is open.
These Death Cafes will be offered:
- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space
- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action
- Consistent with Death Cafe tradition, tea and cake will be served.
These spaces are open to all who feel called to participate. Consecutive participation in each session is not required.
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
Niki Pappas
Niki Pappas has been part of the Hive community since May 2018 when she facilitated a course on the second half of life. She’s since led a wide variety of courses and participated in many more, co-created the long-running Second Half cohort, and served on the Lead Team and Advisory Board. Since 2011 Niki’s work has been about supporting and guiding others as they work on themselves throughout their life, encompassing holistic wellness coaching, yoga teaching, and Enneagram typing. Most recently Niki’s education and service interests have expanded to include the end of life, with Doula certification and hospice work.
Michael Marcotte
Mike Marcotte has been a high risk pregnancy specialist for 30 years and often works with pregnant people and their families who have complications that lead to loss of their infant. His training included participating in a year-long training with the Metta institute (Metta Institute®) in 2005. Being a part of this cohort was and continues to be a personal transformation journey helping him turn towards others suffering particularly during death and loss. His personal experiences with the death of family and friends has affected his soul development. The most meaningful times in his life have been during personal and professional care of those dying or losing a loved one.