Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot, I leave it. My coming.
My going—two simple happenings
That got entangled

—Kozan Ichikyo 1360

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Dardinelle Troen is an end-of-life doula, entheogenic medicine practitioner
and creative artist based in Astoria, Oregon. NEDA Proficient

  • Astoria Death Cafe

    April 19th, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR

    RSVP or for questions
    email: Dardi@viemort.com

    Astoria Death Cafe brings together people of all ages to talk openly about death, dying, and what it means to be human as we face life’s biggest transition. These conversations are community-led. The group offers a welcoming space where everyone can feel supported, comforted, respected, and most of all, connected.

  • Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, March 22nd | 4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial Street, Astoria OR

    RSVP or for questions 
    email: Dardi@viemort.com

    Our monthly Astoria Death Cafe provides a comfortable, open space for community-led conversations. Discussing topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death, grief and end-of-life in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting.

  • Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, March 1st
    4:00-5:30pm

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial Street, Astoria OR, 97103

    RSVP or for questions 
    email: Dardi@viemort.com

    Astoria Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering designed to provide a comfortable, open space for participants to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. The conversations are community-led. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death, grief and end-of-life in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life. In line with Death Cafe’s mission, participation is free; however, contributions are appreciated to help cover the cost of refreshments.

  • Paper lantern with a lit candle floating on a body of water during dusk, with other floating lanterns in the background.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, October 26th
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial St. Astoria, OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering created to provide a comfortable and open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life.

  • A graveyard headstone with flying skull image

    Death Meditation

    Saturday, January 17th
    1:00-2:00pm

    Paragon Arts Gallery, PCC Cascade Campus
    815 N. Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97217

    Join us for an afternoon of guided meditation focused on cultivating mindfulness and awareness of our mortality. We will draw inspiration from Maranasati, or The Nine Contemplations of Death, a Buddhist meditation practice designed to help us confront and overcome our resistance to death and dying.

  • Close-up of withered white magnolia flower petals with brown edges and prominent stamens.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, January 18th
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial St. Astoria, OR

    Our monthly co-generational gathering provides a comfortable, open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. goes here

  • An art exhibit featuring a sculpture of a spine with multicolored vertebrae on a black base, and a smaller skull with jaw broken open on a gray surface, with framed photographs and abstract art on the wall in the background.

    Thanatopsis: A Meditation on Grief, Death, and Transition

    December 4th, 2025— February 15th, 2026

    Paragon Arts Gallery
    PCC Cascade Campus
    815 N. Killingsworth Street, Portland OR, 97217

    Gallery Hours: Wednesdays from 12-5, Thursdays & Fridays from 12-7pm, and Saturdays from 12-5pm.

    Thanatopsis is a premiere three-person art exhibition by artists, Shelley Chamberlin, Marne Lucas, and Dardinelle Troen that explores the end of life, the grief that accompanies death, and conceptually addresses impermanence and transformation beyond the physical form.

  • Close-up of an orange mushroom growing among green moss and forest floor debris, with blurred trees and sky in the background.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, December 28th
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial St. Astoria, OR

    Our monthly co-generational gathering provides a comfortable, open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys.

  • A person standing alone on a beach with a cloudy sky overhead.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, November 30th
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial St. Astoria, OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering created to provide a comfortable and open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life.

  • A decorative display with a dark animal skull, possibly a small mammal or bird, with orange flowers arranged around it against a plain white background.

    Ancestors In Training

    Saturday, October 25th, 2025
    4:00-5:00pm

    Astoria Visual Arts
    959 Commercial Street, Astoria OR

    Join us for an afternoon of guided meditation focused on cultivating mindfulness and awareness of our mortality. We will draw inspiration from Maranasati, or The Nine Contemplations of Death, a Buddhist meditation practice designed to help us confront and overcome our resistance to death and dying.

  • A bridge extends over water at sunset with a sailboat on the water and dark clouds in the sky.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, September 28th
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    1000 Duane St. Astoria, OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering created to provide a comfortable and open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life.

  • A paper boat floating on the water during sunset with the sun dipping below the horizon.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, August 17th, 2025
    4:00 - 5:30 pm

    Astoria Visual Arts
    1000 Duane Street, Astoria OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering created to provide a comfortable and open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life.

  • Paper boat floating on water near a shoreline with mountains in the background and a partly cloudy sky.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, June 29th,
    4:00 to 5:30 PM

    Astoria Visual Arts
    1000 Duane St. Astoria, OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering created to provide a comfortable and open space for individuals to discuss topics related to death, dying, and our end-of-life journeys. Where participants can openly express their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe setting. It also serves as a platform to share resources and information specific to navigating the end of life.on goes here

  • A white paper origami boat floating on calm water with gentle ripples.

    Astoria Death Cafe

    Sunday, May 25th, 2025 
    4:00 - 5:30 pm 

    Astoria Visual Arts
    1000 Duane Street, Astoria OR

    Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering that aims to create a comfortable and open space for people to gather and discuss topics related to death, dying, and mortality. Held monthly in Astoria, OR

  • People working together on a collage art project with various cutouts, scissors, and craft supplies on a table.

    'Entwined: Legacy & Memories'

    June 7th, 2025| 12:00-4:00 PM

    Our Fairview…

    Marne Lucas Bardo Project: Oregon
    Portland Arts Collective, Portland, Oregon
    122 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209

    'Entwined: Legacy and Memories' an immersive art event designed to honor the residents and history of Fairview Training Center, a state institution for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • A black bird skull mounted on a wall, casting a shadow on a light-colored wall.

    death meditation

    October 26th, 2024 | 12:00-1:00 PM

    Marne Lucas Bardo Project: Oregon
    Portland Arts Collective, Portland, Oregon

    Called the Maranasati Sutra, or the Nine Contemplations of Death. This 40 minute guided mediation provides an opportunity to contemplate the inevitability of death and reflect on what it evokes in each of us individually.

  • Unpacking the Fairview Training Center

    Oregon Arts Watch Arts & Culture News
    By June 4, 2025

    Visual Arts

    A wonderful article profiling the Our Fairview… project

resources

  • https://theconversationproject.org/

    The Conversation Project® is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Our goal is both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.

  • An organization dedicated to improving care, expanding options and empowering everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. The site has a wealth of resources and tools designed to address planning your end-of-life care at every state, even after a dementia diagnosis.

    https://compassionandchoices.org/

  • An advance directive, sometimes called a "living will," is a written document that tells your health care providers who should speak for you and what medical decisions they should make if you become unable to speak for yourself.

    https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/about/pages/adac-forms.aspx

  • Grief.com is dedicated to help everyone deal with the often unknown terrain that comes along with all kinds of grief. Through education, information and other helpful resources we hope to make the challenging road of grief a little easier.

  • Children, teens, and families learn from each other as they adapt and rebuild their lives. Good Grief builds resilience in children, strengthens families and empowers communities to grow from loss and adversity.

    https://good-grief.org/resources/

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How can I support you on your life journey? What do you need to accomplish or resolve to engage with your one precious life fully?

dardi@viemort.com
(503) 913-4179