4) Mindful Aging- An Exploration IN PERSON SP25

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes.” - Proust

What are the opportunities that aging presents to us for healing into wholeness, learning and growth? How do we continue to learn and grow in greater wisdom, compassion and joy in the midst of change, loss and limitation? Could it be true that this is the richest time of life? What really matters now? What is my relationship to aging right now? What supports us in living fully and coming closer to our hearts deepest longing?

Together, we will gently explore our relationship to aging. Through mindfulness practices including deep listening, gentle movement, and guided sitting meditation, we can learn to befriend the changes and discover the opportunities in aging for deepening in wisdom and compassion.

Throughout the class, we will use movement, contemplation, poetry and guided practices adapted from John Makransky’s “deep receiving”, “letting-be”, and “compassionate presence” practices as ways to access information from our body/heart/mind. Through practice, the mind and heart can grow stronger, more flexible and come into balance even amid ever-changing circumstances.

This class is for those who have already been introduced to mindfulness. The classroom is accessible, and audio support is available.