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Guidance through life, death & Grief

Alyssa Rose is a deep soul and intuitive spirit. As a grief and life-transition doula, she co-creates natural, peaceful and intentional rituals for grievers, healers, and those navigating significant changes. With a deep connection to Spirit and a strong reverence for the natural world, she weaves together holistic care to craft unique community spaces for individual and community grief tending.

Alyssa integrates the body, mind, and spirit into her life and work. She is passionate about creating a grief literate culture and empowering people to make spaces and practices for tending grief in order to build resilient modern villages.

Experience

Coming up: April 2025: TEDx talk

Alyssa Rose Healing Arts: 2018 - private grief & death doula practice in Portland, OR and remote.

Grief ritual facilitation: Monthly Hopewell House, Monthly Pregnancy Loss circles, Grief Support for Professionals, Monthly Death Salons, Annual Grief retreat, virtual villages, 6-month grief support containers.

Hospice massage: Housecall providers 2018 - Covid

Masssage: Knott Springs, Salsihan, and Stephanie Inn Spas

End Of Life Choices Oregon: 5+ years - training & experience volunteering

Companion Volunteer: Signature Hospice: 5+ years

Education, training, experience

East West College of Healing Arts - Massage & energy work

Upledger Institute - Craniosacral Therapy

Ancestral Medicine & Animist Psychology via Daniel Foor

Grief Tending via Laurence Cole & team

Grief support for pre-natal loss and abortion via Amy Wright-Glenn

Mayan Abdominal Massage - Zhenya Novareign

Closing of the Bones Ceremony - Erin Wilde

13 Original Clan Mothers & Mentorship - Luna Itzell

Trauma informed & Psychedelic Integration Coaching - The Condor Approach

Universal Law Life Coaching - Dr. Erin

BFA - University of Michigan

Sristi Institute of Art, Design & Technology - Bangalore, India

Alyssa Rose Ackerman | LMT #25025

Licensed in Oregon & Michigan

Email: alyssarosehealingarts@gmail.com