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Benevolent Death: A Teacher for the Living
This is an excerpt from one of the presentations featured in the Pari Center’s event Bringing Meaning Back to Life, in Pari on September 2-9, 2025.
Ya’Acov will be inviting us to explore a shamanic perspective to Death as a benevolent teacher. This transformative talk and experience will invite you to consider the archetype of Benevolent Death as a profound teacher for life — a mirror that reflects the essence of what truly matters in life. Through storytelling and guided introspection, we’ll engage with death’s wisdom, embracing its lessons of surrender, renewal, and gratitude.
The experience will include storytelling, a live drum journey, and collective reflection, creating a space for participants to face their fears, honour their mortality, and open to the shamanic wisdom of dying whilst the heart still beats. Benevolent death reminds us of the cycle of renewal and invites us to live with greater purpose and clarity. Come prepared to listen deeply, be authentically moved and meet the reality of mortality through the engaging heartbeat of the Shaman’s Drum.
This session will resonate with anyone yearning for truth, healing, and connection to the miracle of life.
Step Into the Rhythm of Life: A Movement Medicine Session
Join me for an invigorating session of Movement Medicine, a unique and soulful embodiment practice that invites you to reconnect with your body, heart, mind and spirit — no prior experience needed.
In a world that often keeps us stuck in our heads, Movement Medicine offers a space to drop into the natural wisdom of what we call the triple-woven intelligence of the body-heart-mind combined. Rediscover the joy of being alive and moved by a force greater than yourself, guided by wonderful music, intention, and simple yet profound practices.
This is an opportunity to recharge, recalibrate, and find clarity through the language of movement. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, release, or just a moment to breathe deeply, this session is for anyone curious about blending mindfulness, creativity, and connection.
Come as you are—bring your curiosity, leave with a renewed sense of presence.
Ya’Acov Darling-Khan has been studying and practicing shamanism all his adult life. When he was 21, he was hit by lightning and through this, began a three-decade-long journey of initiation. As well as an 18-year apprenticeship with Gabrielle Roth, he has been recognised as a practicing shaman by Elder Shamans from the Sami (European tradition), and Achuar and Sápara peoples of the Amazon.
Together with his wife Susannah, he is the Co-Creator of Movement Medicine. Ya’Acov’s work comes from the heart. He inspires and challenge people, often with great humour, to become more real and present.
He is the author of Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart (Hay House 2017), the creator of Shaman’s Song – Shamanic Journeys to Empower, Inspire and Re-Connect (Hay House 2018), and the Co-Author of Movement Medicine – How to Dance, Awaken and Live your Dreams, (Hay House2009). His latest book, Shaman – Invoking Power, Purpose and Presence at the Core of Who You Are was published by Hay House in Spring 2020.