Death Cafe profile for Sophia Tara
Location: New Zealand
About Sophia Tara:
Sophia is a teacher and student of The Ageless Wisdom tradition, Esoteric Literature and Soul Psychology. She is a long time Futurist, Cosmologist, Esotericist, UFOlogist, Planetary Meditator, Soul Educator and public speaker for various causes.
An advocate for the expression of Soul Creativity, progressive education and healing, she is passionate about Future Schools and Societies, sustainable Eco-Communities, Raw Food and Natural Healing, Soul Psychology, the World Teacher for All Humanity, Transmission Meditation, UFOs & Their Spiritual Mission, Dying To Know Empathy, Emotional Literacy and Intelligence in classrooms and the NZ school curriculum. She also teaches Ukuleles for Peace and runs a weekly Ukulele Meetup Group in Wellington.
Sophia is a NZ trained teacher and studied at Victoria University. She is in the process of writing books for adults and children.
Sophia is also Executive Director and founder of the Centre for Compassionate Communication NZ. She initiated and founded the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) grassroots movement in NZ's capital city and the Wellington Region.
She is an experienced Compassionate Communication trainer, and has facilitated workshops over many years on Grief and Mourning, Guilt and Shame, Anger and Depression, to help mitigate the changing landscape of life's trials, tribulations and unexpressed grief.
This personal and/or family loss may be due to the death of a beloved family member or friend, a cherished pet, separation, divorce, children leaving home, bullying, loss or change of residence, redundancy, business liquidation or bankruptcy.
Sophia has facilitated workshops on Self-Compassion, Empathy & Compassion for others and the larger framework of 'Transforming Planetary Despair' exploring and "Feeling the pain of the world" repressed fear, isolation and despair for our global future.
She has also facilitated the exploration of grief and despair revealed within the constellation of profound feelings, unmet values and needs, while allowing transient feelings to flow within-without. To "come alive" and reconnect with joy and courage to the beauty, wonder and inter-connectedness of all Life, with hope for tomorrow. The Elm Dance of Hope reflects this inner unity and grace.
Sophia believes peace begins within each person and NVC offers tools, enabling us to make a paradigm shift in consciousness, from living in a culture of violence and fear, towards a Culture of Peace, Compassion and Empathy.
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What brings you to Death Cafe?
I believe Death is the Great Adventure and not to be feared. I'm excited that Death Cafes all over the world can play a part in bringing communities together to talk about death and dying. This vital subject is part of life and the more it's brought into the open, the more we can lift the veil and remove our pervasive deep-rooted fear of death.
What would you like your legacy to be?
To make a difference and to play a part in building strong fearless compassionate communities. Transforming our world with compassion and empathy one heart at a time.
Thoughts for sharing:
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
~ Buddha
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With Sophia Tara
Nov. 9, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (NZDT)
Suggested donation of $10 for venue costs and refreshments
We launched the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington on 30 March 2014 and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We meet to exchange conversations about ...
A stone I died and rose again a plant;
a plant I died and rose an animal;
I died an animal and was born a man.
Why should I fear?
What have I lost by death?
~ Rumi
With Sophia Tara
Oct. 26, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (NZDT)
$10 suggested donation for venue costs and refreshments
We launched the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington on 30 March 2014 and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We schedule meetings for the last ...
Only the body dies when death occurs. Consciousness lives on eternally. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
With Sophia Tara
June 29, 2014, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (NZDT)
Donations graciously accepted to help with venue costs
We launched the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington on 30 March 2014 and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We meet on the last Sunday ...
Death is the opening of a more subtle life.
In the flower, it sets free the perfume;
in the chrysalis, the butterfly;
in man, the soul.
~ Juliette Adam
Dying is a wild night and a new road. ~ Emily Dickinson
Death is the cosmic whisper that moves all Life.
If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do. ~ Angelina Jolie
With Sophia Tara
May 25, 2014, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (NZDT)
Donations graciously accepted to help with venue costs
We launched the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington on 30 March 2014 and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We meet on the last Sunday ...
Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er fraught heart, and bids it break. ~ William Shakespeare
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Wellington NZ
Posted by Sophia Tara on April 28, 2014, 12:08 p.m.
This was our 2nd Death Cafe in Wellington NZ “the coolest little capital in the world” according to Lonely Planet.
We opened by creating a sacred space with an indigenous Maori Song-Blessing and a one minute “silence of presence.” Once again the beautiful church venue afforded the perfect peaceful space fit for reverent dialogue on death, dying and the beauty of Life.
Attended by 12 kindred spirits, quietly intent with curious anticipation. Introductions revealed why participants attended the Death Cafe. From sharing grief on the sudden death of a beloved mother, missing out on being invited to a friend’s funeral, mourning the loss of a dearly ...
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. ~ Tecumseh
Art: The crucible of making human beings is death.
Posted by Sophia Tara on April 15, 2014, 9:33 p.m. 1 comment
The crucible of making human beings is death. Every culture worth a damn knows that. It's not success, it's not growth, it's not happiness. It's death. That's the cradle of your love of life; the fact that it ends. ~ Stephen Jenkinson
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. ~ Kahlil Gibran
"Terminally ill, she asks her son to help her die. What should he do now? Before We Say Goodbye speaks directly to countless families. It challenges us in our deepest selves. Many will call it a love story."
With Sophia Tara
April 27, 2014, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (NZDT)
Donations graciously accepted to help with venue costs
We launched the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington on 30 March 2014 and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We meet on the last Sunday ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Wellington NZ
Posted by Sophia Tara on March 31, 2014, 1:48 p.m.
DEATH CAFE WELLINGTON NZ LAUNCH 30 March 1pm-3pm:
So we launched the very 1st Death Cafe in Wellington and only the 2nd ever held in NZ. We opened the Death Cafe by creating a sacred space with an indigenous Maori Song-Blessing and a one minute 'silence of presence' - we closed with a one minute 'silence of gratitude'. The beautiful church venue was perfect for such a sacred sharing space, with its stained glass windows, pipe organ, acoustic architecture and baptismal font with paua shell inlay. It also afforded quietness and privacy from the public.
We had quality rather than quantity, with a small group of five wonderful kindred ...
To the prepared mind, Death is but the next great adventure. ~ Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
Life teaches you that what is unavoidable is not death, but impermanence. ~ Conversations With God
Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The Soul is the Guide. ~ Sri Chinmoy
The dignity we seek in dying must be found in the dignity with which we have lived our lives. ~ Sherwin B. Nuland
With Sophia Tara
March 30, 2014, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (NZDT)
Donations graciously accepted.
The launch of the 1st ever Death Cafe in Wellington, and only the 2nd ever to be held in New Zealand. We will provide a safe, agenda-free space to dialogue ...
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
~ Buddha
Despair touches me every day. One reason our society is able to persist in its delusion that the suffering it creates is acceptable is that we don't allow the experience of grief, especially in the public realm. Grief needs to be held in community. ~ Charles Eisenstein
Life is a Song. Death is a Hymn. Let your voice be heard. ~ Sophia Tara