The Bardo

02/21/2026

What is a death doula? They’re space holders, end-of-life planners, educators, and much more 🎐

02/12/2026

Introducing... Wednesday Wants! (yes, we're launching on a Thursday 🙃)

Each week, we'll share a short wishlist of simple items that support the beauty, warmth, and functionality of life at The Bardo. We’re so grateful for the kindness and generosity of our community - it truly sustains what happens here.

We also have a regularly updated Amazon Wishlist that allows for folks to donate items and have them sent directly to us, which can be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/22725ROCDKNQ6?ref_=wl_share

Thank you for helping tend the space with us. We are so grateful.

02/04/2026

Where to start? Let’s start by celebrating our *OPENING* and our state license! We are the first model of our kind in MN— and hope to help create more! We have worked tirelessly the last year and spent a good portion of winter keeping our head down and staying focused.

Over the last month we hired and trained an incredible team. is photographed above with one of our guests (she is our resident death doula and volunteer coordinator) along with another team member who provides comfort bedside and brings his guitar for the down time.

I couldn’t be more honored and humbled to open our doors at the Bardo and usher in a new way of being with dying.

Thank you for who have followed this journey / and thank you for those who put their trust in us to care for their loved ones at the end of their life. And thank you and Deb for your unwavering support. ♥️

Here’s to a new way. 🥂

12/16/2025

Santa came early to .mn !! We got a BLANKET WARMER delivered yesterday!! This, along with our Oshibori machine, will keep everyone snugg and warm through the chilly winter months!! Thank You, Santa! 🤶🤍🕯️

12/06/2025

What a beautiful evening last night! If you missed last night, there is another open house Dec. 14,11-2.
RSVP here
https://www.thebardo.com/event-details-registration/the-bardo-holiday-open-house-2!

Shout out to the one who makes it all possible. Without the generation of spirit of this soul- The Bardo would not be here.

Thank You, Deb. 🙏🕯️

11/23/2025

“I navigated a very specific parallelogram in our state finding the pieces of fabric that make up Minnesota’s geology finding these. They come everywhere with me. They are my lifeline”. At 65, this man sits waiting for his last breath as he suffers from multiple myeloma. In the hospital, he pours over his stone collection with complete admiration. Sometimes we find strength in the mundane and sometimes others show us how to be a rock.

11/20/2025

Hearing people’s stories, through spoken word, poetry, song, or other has always been a passion of ours. One of our community building endeavors is to have a Monthly Showcase where people from the community can come and share their stories of grief and loss.

Veronica Barnes shares this dream and has created the platform “GriefSpeaks”.

Join us at The Bardo IGH, where Veronica will emcee the first GriefSpeaks Monthly Showcase.

December 18th, 6:00pm-7:30pm at The Bardo. This event is donation based. Link in Bio.

Open mic for participants to share a variety of creative expressions (poetry, art, song) originating from or inspired by grief and loss of all kinds! Come share your story and your expression in a safe place.

11/01/2025

Join Christin on AM Radio 950 today to discuss The Bardo on "Living Healthy and Aging Well", with Minnesota Hospice founder and CEO Ken Haglind.

Ken Haglind hosts Living Healthy and Aging Well radio show on AM950 at noon every Saturday. We cover topics including wellness, health care, elder care, end-of-life care and care giver support.

10/20/2025

Let’s take a moment to honor the softer side of Samhain — not the one steeped in darkness and myth, but the one glowing quietly in the last light of autumn.

Beneath the familiar stories of ghosts and veils thinning lies a deeper rhythm: Samhain as the season of surrender. Of listening. Of allowing what has ripened to return to the soil.

The earth loosens its hold, accepting what falls, transforming it into the promise of what’s next. We can do the same — letting stillness soften us, making space for insight, renewal, and gentle beginnings to take root.

This time of year is a threshold — a pause between what’s seen and unseen, between the selves we’ve been and the ones we’re becoming. It invites remembrance, not only of our ancestors, but of all the ways we’ve changed, healed, and grown with the turning of the year.

Samhain calls for a tender quiet. For lighting a candle. For speaking softly to the mystery. For deep listening.

It reminds us that darkness is not an absence of light, but a different kind of beauty — one of stillness, of quiet, of reverence.

So as the days grow shorter, let this season be slow and tender. Step into the hush and listen — the Earth is whispering.

10/13/2025

We gratefully acknowledge the Dakota Peoples on whose ancestral lands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant multicultural communities who make this their home today. With humility and a gensuine intention to be od service, we lead with our hearts and strive to honor and value wisdom ways outsdie of our own. We are forever listening and learning- as we serve as stewards of this land and the many beings who inhabit it.

Mni Sota (Minnesota) is centered as the birthplace for the Dakota, with Bdote (where the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers meet).

The 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux led to the cession of Dakota lands, which allowed European settlers to move into the area.

The US-Dakota War of 1862 and the subsequent Dakota War of 1862-1863 were followed by the 1863 Minnesota law that voided treaties and expelled the Dakota people from the state.

A bounty was put on Dakota scalps, and many Dakota were executed or forcibly removed to reservations outside of Minnesota.

And while we can’t erase the past,
we can remember it. And honor all those who came before us. And continue to ask the permission of the land of thee people who once lived in symbiosis with this land, for permission to carry out our mission.

On this day, and always, we remember...

We honor the Indigenous People
-from before, and in all of us.