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2025 Program Leaders

Karen Lohmann

Karen Lohmann, she/her:  Karen is a grandmother, plantswoman, artist, ritualist and celebrant. She has worked in the fields of death and dying for the past 18 years. A lay-ordained, Buddhist (Upaya), Sufi, and interfaith Chaplain, working for hospice at present. Annie McManus (a former Indralaya Family Camp Coordinator) and Karen ran “Blessing the Journey” -a home funeral service, for 4 years; Karen continues this work. She has studied with Francis Weller, and Sobonfu Some, students of Maldoma Some, and she has trained with Joanna Macy, and Joan Halifax. Karen is FES Certified in Flower Essence Therapy. She designed and created gardens including Olympia’s Seven Oars Parks, and the Ethnobotanical Garden at the former Washington State Capital Museum. Karen is passionate about giving back to the earth and honoring ancestors.

Events with Karen Lohmann

Blessing Your Journey
September 11 - 15, 2025

Thursday September 11 Dinner – Monday September 15 Breakfast You’re invited to a supportive, experiential and reflective retreat in a uniquely beautiful setting to do deep work in the company of others; contemplate your own death and the death of significant others.  We will listen, write, draw, sing and be sung to. Prepare for guided conversations and rituals around the intimate topic of death and what most matters to us. We will look at the emotional, relational, physical, environmental, and spiritual aspects of dying.  Explore what happens to your body when you die. We will cover legal alternative disposition methods;…