As a yoga therapist in training, I help people connect to their bodies during challenging experiences - chronic illnesses, surgeries or injuries, emotional pain, and the end of life continuum.
Carrie McCann
My path into deathcare has been shaped by both lived experiences and formal training. Blending my background in social work with integrative and creative modalities like therapeutic horticulture, herbalism, breath and movement practices, and ritual, I provide emotional, spiritual, and practical support for dying, grief, and loss. Whether companioning someone at the end of life, teaching chair yoga to caregivers, or leading grief gardening workshops, I strive to hold a gentle and grounded space for finding our way through the hard stuff of life.
Shiri Sondheimer
Hi, I’m Shiri, an end-of-life doula with a focus on education, advanced care planning, self-advocacy training, life stories and legacy work, and vigil and funeral/celebration of life planning. My goal is to provide each client with the tools you’ll need to live as you wish until your final moment and to be remembered in the way that best suits your vision of a legacy.
Gianna Bottone
My path to deathcare has been shaped by lived experiences as well as educational and professional training. During my own grief journey, I’ve followed my bodily awareness through movement/ dance and art-making to address and process my emotions. In my educational and professional life, I use Art Therapy to explore people’s needs and emotions. My goal with clients is to aid in processing their grief and to help them reconnect emotions, sensations, thoughts, and experiences to achieve overall congruence.
Zuleikha Erbeldinger-Bjork
My first husband, Richard, prepared me for his death. After he died, I looked for ways to process his absence and keep him present. Attending Death Cafes, joining Pittsburgh Community Deathcare and writing memoir are ways I’ve kept him present. With my writing expertise and over 25 years of graphic design experience, I’ve also begun creating digital stories. I’ve come to love this format and I’m excited to help others record their own or their loved ones’ stories in this way.