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SCHOOL of SACRED DEATH

A 3-month Mentorship delving into Deathwork, Transformation, and Sovereignty

Enrollment for our winter 2025 cohort is now closed. For priority access to future cohorts, join the waitlist below.

Evolve your relationship with Death herself.

Led by Lauren Carroll, a Funeral Director, Death Educator, Co-Founder of Deathwives, and Co-founder of La Mort with over 20 years of experience, The School of Sacred Death is the culmination of her life’s work. For the first time, Lauren is offering this advanced container, twice the length of her beloved, cult-classic course Deathschool, which ran for 18 seasons, that weaves together everything she’s learned in her decades of practice.

By the end of this 12-week journey, you too will carry advanced, comprehensive deathwork knowledge and wisdom.

You will commune with the realms of Mystery.

You will deepen your relationship to death and dying.

You will radiate authentic, masterful presence, empowered to serve your family, community, and the world in ways they have never known before.

What’s Inside

Module 1

The End of life

Human Death & dying

Module 2

Tending, care, & Crafting

After death care & practices

Module 3

Portals to Beyond

Otherworlds & unerworlds

For the Thresholdkeepers

The School of Sacred Death is small, intimate mentorship, for thresholdkeepers of all kinds. For those called to the spaces in-between… life and death, imagination and form, endings and beginnings. It is for deathworkers and seekers called to deepen their practice and step into new realms of work. It is for mystics and visionaries called to deepen their relationships with the ancestors, the more-than-human allies, and Mystery itself. It is for deep grievers who are ready to reclaim lost parts of themselves from the shadows.

If you want to dive into deep learning, commune with the consciousness of death, and let her evolve you towards wholeness and mastery, you belong here.

This space is for those who know that sovereignty, freedom, and wholeness come from walking with Death - not as something to fear, but as an ally and teacher.

This is a path that asks much of you but gives more in return. This is a call to the deepest kind of transformation, for those who:

  • Are curious about death and its sacred role in life.

  • Feel a deep calling to heal, grow, and reclaim what has been lost.

  • Are ready to step into the death space, whether personally or professionally.

  • Long to unearth ancestral wisdom and answer the call that lives in their bones.

  • Want to bring knowledge, integrity, and reverence to their work and communities.

Class Structure & Form

Live Zoom Class: Wednesdays 6-8pm Mountain Time (Jan 8 - March 26)

  • Live, interactive, and intimate sessions led by Lauren Carroll. Recording will be posted if you are unable to attend.

  • Access a private online space for materials, weekly curriculum, and resources.

  • A personal one-on-one session with Lauren for tailored guidance.

  • Rituals, reflections, and creative exercises to deepen your transformation.

  • A curated bundle of tools, a journal, and other and lovely things, mailed from us to you.

  • A Certificate of Completion acknowledging your mastery in multidimensional deathwork.

  • Lifelong access to La Mort’s private circle of graduates; exclusive invitations to unlisted retreats, immersions, events, & gatherings.

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Come closer. Death beckons…

For too long, its sacred wisdom has been hidden away, kept by the few, or nearly forgotten. The School of Sacred Death is an invitation to change that. This is La Mort’s most advanced mentorship… a 12-week journey with co-founder Lauren Carroll for those ready to enter into relationship with death and become a wisdomkeeper for our times.

Comprehensive Knowledge

This container is a comprehensive, full-spectrum learning temple where you will study death and dying and from multiple viewpoints and amass a body of knowledge spanning disciplines. You’ll enter into advanced intellectual study, create a portal of connection to the deeper mysteries, and participate in a a container of soul communion with a cohort of peers.

Mastery & Devotion

Limited to thirteen committed students, The School of Sacred Death is designed to cultivate true mastery, for both deathworkers and non-deathworkers. You will leave able to navigate and contribute to the deathspace with confidence, ready to provide service in whatever ways you are here to. If you are on a path towards deathwork, are deeply death-curious, have experienced death trauma, or simply feel the pull to become part of the change and healing this broken world so deeply needs, this course and mentorship is for you.

Your Guide

Lauren Carroll

Lauren has spent over 20 years in the death space as a former Funeral Director, Death Educator, and Co-Founder of Deathwives. She has served on the Board of Directors at The National Home Funeral Alliance, worked as a hospice volunteer, and mentored thousands of deathworkers. The School of Sacred Death is the culmination of her decades of experience - a space for those ready to transform their lives and their work in profound ways.

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Our Teaching / Learning / Creating Style at La Mort

We leave behind the polished, gate-keepy approach to education. We teach in ways that carry story and experience. We listen. We laugh (a lot). We go off-script sometimes. We cry (with you)(for those you’ve loved)(for those we’ve loved). We like science and studies and logical frameworks, but also mysticism and poetry and all that stuff. We really love to honor history and those who came before. We move through some serious curricula, but don’t take anything too seriously. We dedicate ourselves to seeing you, and want you to feel seen. We deeply honor our intuition and yours. We lead with integrity (always). And we welcome the odd-balls and misfits,  because it takes one to know one.