AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 Authentic Inquiry: From Classroom Research to Educating for Life and Death Kenneth Tobin and Konstantinos Alexakos 2 Mortal Self and Immortal Society Wolff-Michael Roth 3 Journey to Wellness: Reflections on Faith, Scientific Literacy, Nature and Community María S. Rivera Maulucci 4 Matrescence: Obstetric Violence and Self Vanessa V. Vales-Lewis 5 Black Lives Matter in the Context of Sustainable Living: Let's All Breathe Felicia Moore Mensah 6 Repairing Threads in the Arpillera Archive: Arts-Based Methods for Transformation Mariatere Tapias 7 Healing Power of Dance: Understanding the Relationship between Movement and Death in the African American Community Francie Johnson 8 The Continuum between Spiritual and Rational Ranjit Gopi 9 Conscious Fields: Energy, Awareness and Intentions Konstantinos Alexakos 10 Learning from and with Trees: an Emerging International Playworld-Dance Collaboration to Slow Time Anna Pauliina Rainio, Eden Morris, Dimitris Antoine Alexakos, Jenni Koistinen, Jennifer Colón Kindred, Kori Goldberg, Mary Ann Laborda and Beth Ferholt 11 Experiencing Dialogue with Nature Dimitris Antoine Alexakos 12 A Playworld with Puppets: Thinking about and Experiencing Life, Death and Grief with Imaginary Characters Beth Ferholt, Anna Pauliina Rainio and Luciano Cohen 13 Mindfulness in the Face of Surgical Crisis: a Theravada Journey toward Fearlessness and Ethical Readiness Jo-I Wu 14 Nansen Cuts the Cat into Two: Meditating with Cat Chia-ju Chang 15 Experiences of Death and Life: Voices in Counterpoint S. Lizette Ramos de Robles and Verónica Pérez Serrano Flores 16 Dying is Part of Living: Being as Care-for-the-Other Federica Raia, Marjorie Harness Goodwin, Anca Rahman, Charles Goodwin and Mario C. Deng 17 Namkhaeng's Journey: Rehearsing Death and Redefining End-of-Life Care Taya Wanasen, Pimthicha Richtathanasettha, Cherlynrada Richtathanasettha, Nitichai Kruawan and Supaporn Tungdamnernsawad 18 A Good Death, Together Taya Wanasen, Pornsak Phoncharoensombun and Supaporn Tungdamnernsawad 19 Care That Comes Home: Yuenyen and the Future of Dying Well Taya Wanasen and Issarang Nuchprayoon 20 Living the Sawtooth Path of Alzheimer's: Caregiving, Freedom and Companionship Kenneth Tobin 21 Liberation of Life and Death: Navigating the Liminal Passages Orest Volodymyr Pelechaty 22 Dying and Being Reborn: Fire, Breath and the Celestial Gate of Interbeing Kenneth Tobin Index.