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Registration Now Open! Pre-Training begins February 15, 2025. Official Training begins August 2025.

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Become a trained ELP (Death Doula), providing holistic care for those at the end-of-life transition — embodying your life’s purpose and the evolution of your own being.

Receive the most comprehensive training in this field — so you can effectively support clients and their families through the death and dying process.

Become a trained ELP (Death Doula), providing holistic care for those at the end-of-life transition — embodying your life’s purpose and the evolution of your own being.

Receive the most comprehensive training in this field — so you can effectively support clients and their families through the death and dying process.

What Does an End-of-Life Practitioner Do?

What Does an End-of-Life Practitioner Do?
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When you serve and support someone through their end-of-life journey — the most precious transition there is — you undergo an undeniable transformation as you witness an essential piece of life’s great mystery.

Now you can share this gift and step into your next evolution as you impact the end-of-life journey for others — integrating your Soul’s journey with your life’s work as an End-of-Life Practitioner/End-of-Life-Doula (ELP).

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Our unique, holistic End-of-Life Practitioner & Doula Training is designed to equip and empower you to support your clients in the death and dying process, in all dimensions of the death and dying process — physically, psychologically, and spiritually.

Our immersive, depth-training program encompasses every facet of the ELP’s role exploring this work through a multidisciplinary lens — from historical to mythological to therapeutic — so you’ll understand every facet of this deeply meaningful work, including how to advocate for your clients while navigating end-of-life medical communities.

Sadly, many Death Doula/ELP education programs are little more than weekend workshops that fall very short of properly training and preparing practitioners for this beautifully complex work.

Because we know that the work of an ELP is much more than just an occupation, the very best, multifaceted training is absolutely essential.

In many ways, it’s a pivotal moment for those who feel called to this work. ELPs are on the cusp of formal accreditation, with a similar trajectory to chiropractors and acupuncturists.

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The HeartWay’s Foundational
Training is Among the Most
Comprehensive in This Field

This immersive End-of-Life Practitioner Death Doula Training Program includes three modules: Level I, Level II, and a Supervised Internship. (Students generally take 9-12 months to complete training and hours for certification).

This in-depth ELP program encompasses every facet of the ELP’s role — exploring this work through a deep historical, ethical, mythological, psychological, religious/spiritual, and therapeutic lens, so you’ll understand every facet of this deeply meaningful work.

The HeartWay’s Foundational Training is Among the Most Comprehensive in This Field


This immersive End-of-Life Practitioner Death Doula Training Program includes three modules: Level I, Level II, and a Supervised Internship. (Students generally take 9-12 months to complete training and hours for certification).

This in-depth ELP program encompasses every facet of the ELP’s role — exploring this work through a deep historical, ethical, mythological, psychological, religious/spiritual, and therapeutic lens, so you’ll understand every facet of this deeply meaningful work.

During this comprehensive training, you’ll:

  • Gain the knowledge, skills, and presence to provide practical, psychological, social, and spiritual support for the dying and their caregivers.
  • Become part of a vibrant community of end-of-life practitioners and death doulas.
  • Learn how to offer support during all phases of care, providing support for families as they transcend fears, and inspire peace, love, and compassion.
  • Train to provide compassion, lovingkindness, serenity, and joy.
  • Grow and bring deeper meaning in life.
  • Learn the skills you’ll need to work closely with Hospice and all end-of-life medical communities to coordinate the most ideal care for your clients.
  • Cultivate a lifelong connection to others in the field of end-of-life care.
During our comprehensive training, you’ll:
  • Gain the knowledge, skills, and presence to provide practical, psychological, social, and spiritual support for the dying and their caregivers.
  • Become part of a vibrant community of end-of-life practitioners and death doulas.
  • Learn how to offer support during all phases of care, providing support for families as they transcend fears, and inspire peace, love, and compassion.
  • Train to provide compassion, lovingkindness, serenity, and joy.
  • Grow and bring deeper meaning in life.
  • Learn the skills you’ll need to work closely with Hospice and all end-of-life medical communities to coordinate the most ideal care for your clients.
  • Cultivate a lifelong connection to others in the field of end-of-life care.
”This is not just a training, it is an initiation.”
— Oscar Leon, Student & ELP Intern

 

This foundational training prepares you with the exact skills and clinical experience necessary to become a holistic, heart-aligned End-of-Life Practitioner & Death Doula.

If you’re dedicated to transforming the environment around care for those with serious illnesses, those who are dying, and their loved ones, this training is for you.

 

As a student in End-of-Life Practitioner & Death Doula Certification
and Training Program, you’ll receive:

  • Textbook. This is more than a textbook, it’s a manual that you will refer to time and again in your training and in the field. You’ll receive our BRAND NEW extensive textbook, complete with learning objectives, lessons, assignments, practices, guides, resources, and more.
  • “Hands-on” highly interactive Virtual Training Sessions with Dr. Deerheart.
  • Video Recordings of every Virtual Class Training Session. After each class, video recordings will be available for you to stream anytime you need a refresher.
  • Audio Recordings of every Virtual Class Training Session. After each class, audio recordings will be available for you to download and listen to “on-the-go” anytime you want to review the material and integrate more deeply.
  • Virtual Training Slide Deck for every Class Session. You’ll also receive the teaching slides following each session. You can review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
  • Resources and Materials for Integration. You’ll receive articles.
  • Online Cohort Community. You’ll have opportunities to interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level — as part of a vibrant community of end-of-life practitioners and death doulas.

Our foundational training prepares you with the exact skills and clinical experience necessary to become a holistic, heart-aligned End-of-Life Practitioner & Death Doula.

If you’re dedicated to transforming the environment around care for those with serious illnesses, those who are dying, and their loved ones, this training is for you.

As a student in End-of-Life Practitioner & Death Doula Certification
and Training Program, you’ll receive:
  • Textbook. This is more than a textbook, it’s a manual that you will refer to time and again in your training and in the field. You’ll receive our BRAND NEW extensive textbook, complete with learning objectives, lessons, assignments, practices, guides, resources, and more.
  • “Hands-on” highly interactive Virtual Training Sessions with Dr. Deerheart.
  • Video Recordings of every Virtual Class Training Session. After each class, video recordings will be available for you to stream anytime you need a refresher.
  • Audio Recordings of every Virtual Class Training Session. After each class, audio recordings will be available for you to download and listen to “on-the-go” anytime you want to review the material and integrate more deeply.
  • Virtual Training Slide Deck for every Class Session. You’ll also receive the teaching slides following each session. You can review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
  • Resources and Materials for Integration. You’ll receive articles.
  • Online Cohort Community. You’ll have opportunities to interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level — as part of a vibrant community of end-of-life practitioners and death doulas.
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Why Train With Us?

Why Train With Us?

Our approach to care is compassion-focused and relationship-centered, featuring the foundational training to support your personal and professional development.

Our approach to care is compassion-focused and relationship-centered, featuring the foundational training to support your personal and professional development.

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Upon completion of this certification and training, you’ll embody the skills you need to provide holistic, heart-centered ELP and Death Doula Services — with confidence.

This extraordinary training experience empowers you to face your own fears around mortality. By helping others do the same, you’ll make a significant contribution to the evolution of your own being — and help others embrace life through honoring death.

This ELP Training program is designed for:

  • Front-line nurses
  • Social workers
  • Clinicians
  • Clinical leaders
  • Educators
  • Home and family caregivers
  • Healing arts professionals
  • Hospice and palliative care volunteers
  • And all who are called to embrace life thru honoring death

This Comprehensive, Foundational Curriculum:

  • Module I: End-of-Life Historical Perspectives
  • Module II: Understanding Death thru Life Span and Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Western and Eastern Culture
  • Module III: Religious/Spiritual Beliefs, Philosophies, and Attitudes
  • Module IV: Mythologies of Death
  • Module V: End-of-Life Infrastructure
  • Module VI: Laws and Patient Rights

Virtual Training Schedule

LEVEL I

Orientation
August 30, 2025

Classes
September 18-21, 2025
October 17-19, 2025
November 13-16, 2025

 LEVEL II

Orientation
March 28, 2026

Classes
April 16-20, 2026*
(*In-person in Nevada City)
May 15-17, 2026
June 12-14, 2026

INTERNSHIP

Supervision begins:
January 2026

Course Requirements

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS
This is not a self-paced, pre-recorded course. All sessions are LIVE via Zoom for Level I.

Level II begins with a 5-day intensive, IN-PERSON session in Nevada City, CA. Internship is done where you live, with support and supervision hours.

PREREQUISITES
There are no specific requirements except a big heart and desire to do this work.

Online Meeting Schedule

LEVEL I

Orientation
August 30, 2025

Classes
September 18-21, 2025
October 17-19, 2025
November 13-16, 2025

 LEVEL II

Orientation
March 28, 2026

Classes
April 16-20, 2026*
(*In-person in Nevada City)
May 15-17, 2026
June 12-14, 2026

Course Requirements

ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS
This is not a self-paced, pre-recorded course. All sessions are LIVE via Zoom for Level I.

Level II begins with a 5-day intensive, IN-PERSON session in Nevada City, CA. Internship is done where you live, with support and supervision hours.

PREREQUISITES
There are no specific requirements except a big heart and desire to do this work.

Payment Options

Payment Options

$500 OFF!

$275 OFF!

$500 OFF!

1-Pay

$5,000

(If a one-time payment is made before your first session)

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$275 OFF!

18-Pay

$300/mo

(No down payment
and waived service fees)

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Meet Dr. Andrea Deerheart


Andrea Deerheart, PhD, is the founder of The HeartWay, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to embracing life through honoring death. Her pioneering work draws on her wisdom gathered over decades spent providing loving care and healing to those on the journey of conscious living and dying. Andrea’s primary work and teaching focus on issues related to aging, radiant well-being, cultural mythology, death and dying, and living a more compassionate life — as well as grief, loss, and mindful, compassionate care.

The author of the recording Yoga Nidra: Graceful Transitions, Andrea is also a 500hrRYT yoga instructor (the highest international standard for yoga teachers), a Certified Yoga Nidra Instructor, and a sought-after consultant, educator, writer, and poet. 

Guest Faculty

You’ll learn from our guest presenters, each with specific expertise,
as you deepen and enrich your journey.

Guest Faculty

You’ll learn from our guest presenters, each with specific expertise, as you deepen and enrich your journey.

Gina Vucci

Founder, SheMarkets Group

Dan Vicario, M.D.

Medical & Integrative Oncologist

Tom Daniel, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant

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