What does it mean to die?

In this next series of Embodied Writing & Life, we’ll approach death as a teacher and companion. Together, we’ll look at death physically (what happens in the body), mentally (how the mind grapples with change), emotionally (how endings move through us), and spiritually (the beliefs and questions that shape our understanding).

This is not a course about loss. It is a space for honest conversation, embodied practice, and writing as a tool of discovery. Like a death café, we’ll name what is often avoided—but we’ll also move, breathe, and write our way into seeing death as part of life’s creative cycle.

Each week blends science, somatic practices, and generative writing, alongside storytelling and prompts from literature, myth, and art. You’ll be invited to reflect, to move through practices in your body, and to write from a place of radical curiosity. The aim is not answers, but awakening: noticing what dies, what dissolves, and what becomes in you.

By the end of the journey, you’ll carry with you writing that traces your inquiry, embodied practices for daily renewal, and a deeper sense of death as both mystery and teacher.

The Journey

Together, we’ll explore:

• Physically — what happens in the body
• Mentally — how the mind encounters change
• Emotionally — how endings move through us
• Spiritually — the questions and beliefs that shape our understanding

This is a space for honest conversation, embodied practice, and writing as a way of discovery. 

Each week blends:

• Science — grounding the inquiry in body and brain
• Somatic practices — movement, breath, and embodied ritual
• Generative writing — prompts that open space for reflection and creativity
• Stories & art — perspectives drawn from literature, myth, and imagination

The aim is not to resolve death, but to awaken to it: noticing what dies, what dissolves, and what becomes in you.

By the End of the Journey

You’ll carry with you:

• A body of writing that traces your inquiry
• Somatic practices you can return to in daily life
• A deeper relationship with death as both mystery and teacher

Why Join Now

Death is not something to put off thinking about until the end of life. It is here—in every change, every release, every moment of becoming. This course offers you a rare space to pause, reflect, and practice awakening through death as it shows up in body, mind, and spirit. By joining now, you step into an inquiry that can reshape not just how you meet endings, but how you live each day.

Details

• 6 weekly live classes (90 minutes each via Zoom)
• Dates: November 5 – December 10
• Format: teaching, somatic practice, writing, ritual, and Death Café–style sharing
• Replay access for all sessions
• Kajabi portal with supplemental lessons, prompts, and resources

About Me

Jackie Moloney is an instructor in writing and the healing arts. Drawing on her background as a Reiki Master, Somatic Life Coach, and certified Kundalini and Ashtanga Yoga instructor, she supports individuals in exploring the connection between creativity, spirituality, and wellbeing. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and an Advanced Certificate in the Teaching of Writing and Rhetoric from Stony Brook University, which inform her holistic approach to self-expression.