ABOUT NBC4CC
The North Bay Center for Compassionate Care is an institute for living and dying. We are here to disrupt the culture of fear around death in our culture. We offer spiritual and emotional care for our loved ones who are in the process of dying. We offer personalized celebrations of life, catered to the individual’s wishes. We offer classes and educational workshops to help us all engage and familiarize ourselves with death and dying. We offer grief rituals and groups.
In Dharamsala, India
Dr. Andrea Vecchione
Andrea Vecchione, earned a PhD. in Religion and Philosophy with a focus on Buddhism, Hinduism, and world religions. She spent over six years living in India, Bali, and Thailand, where she studied multiple practices around death, dying, mediation, yoga and transformation. Her many years of teaching and practicing Buddhist philosophy and mediation is the foundation of her approach to cultivating a healthy relationship with death and dying. She combines years of practice with the knowledge from her end of life teachers (Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, and Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell) in their program through the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and INELDA (End of Life Training Program).
TEAM
Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney
Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney has been a teacher/ musician/ ritualist in the Bay Area for 30 years. Besides leading groups in sound healing, song and drums, he has had the honor of being at the bedside using music as a vehicle for their passing.
Mission
To redefine the culture around death and dying as a process of life. To educate and inform about the rights of the dying and family. To provide and facilitate a space to grieve and celebrate life together through individualized green, alternative, or home funerals.