Summary: Talk given by Kyoko Katayama. Kyoko Katayama has recently retired as a psychotherapist after over 35 years of service. She has been a student of dharma since 1999, practicing mostly at Common Ground Meditation Center. The experience of initially companioning her husband's last year of life stirred and awakened her to deeply inquire about life, death, and love. She teaches a 6 weeks long class, Befriending Death: Meeting Impermanence with Courage, Love, and Equanimity, at Common Ground. In 2017 she published Wings Above the Sea: A Story and Images of Loss and Transformation.
