Singer Elvis Presley‘s granddaughter and actor Riley Keough has finished her training to become a death doula, months after the death of her brother, Benjamin Keough. Death doula refers to a person who assists in the dying process.
Benjamin died in July 2020 at the age of 27 and his manner of death was ruled as suicide. His cause of death was reported to be an intraoral shotgun wound.
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His sister, Riley, took to Instagram on Monday to say that she has finished her Death Doula training.
“Today I finished my Death Doula training, on The Art of Death Midwifery training course by @sacred_crossings so I guess I’m an almost certified death doula now hehe. And I just felt like writing such a deep thank you to this community who are teaching and training people in conscious dying and death work,” she wrote.
“We are taught that its a morbid subject to talk about. Or were so afraid of it that we’re unable to talk about it… then of course it happens to us, and we are very ill prepared. I think it’s so important to be educated on conscious dying and death the way we educate ourselves on birth and conscious birthing. We prepare ourselves so rigorously for the entrance and have no preparation for our exit. So I’m so grateful for this community and to be able to contribute what I can,” she added.
