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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Intimacy of a Home Funeral
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:14
	Publish Date:		2018-05-16 06:47:17
	Description:		In part one of our series on death care in the Northwoods, we talked to a local funeral director about green funerals and how his job has changed over the years. Today, we’ll hear about those who are choosing to have their funerals at home. WXPR’s Mackenzie Martin reports. Windsong and Steve Moe have both been involved in massages and breathwork in the Northwoods for over 20 years. They’ve also invested a lot of time thinking about death. “Well yeah, we talk about it a lot,” says Moe. "We just feel more alive today because of it." Something they are especially interested in is home funerals and greener funerals. They gave a presentation on the topic a few weeks ago at the Northwoods Sustainability Fair in Rhinelander. Together, they're trying to share educational resources and to build a community around death. Windsong went to a National Home Funeral Alliance Conference in Colorado eight years ago, where she learned how to care for a body with ice and other important aspects of
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