Thursdays, September 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th

1:30 pm-3:00 pm ET | 12:30 pm-2:00 pm CT

11:30 am-1:00 pm MT | 10:30 am-12:00 pm PT

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Our bodies carry us through our lives. As we age, we inevitably experience changes in our physical selves. These can be small – things we can easily adjust

to and accommodate in our daily lives. And these can be significant – challenges

and losses that cause greater upheavals, asking us to dig deeply to find new

ways of being in the world. Whatever our particular challenges may be, we can

find opportunities for enhancing our evolving journeys as we identify and

integrate our new realities. 

In this interactive four-week workshop, we’ll compassionately reflect on our

relationships with our physical selves. To deepen our exploration, sessions will

include poetry, meditation, journaling, breakout room sharing and larger group

discussion. Each session builds upon the one before. Participants will be invited

to work on a project of creative expression over the course of the series with an

opportunity for presenting it to the group during the last session.

Facilitators

Andrea Youngdahl worked in human services for over forty years, serving as the Director of the City of Oakland, CA’s Human Services Department. Among its many functions, the Department provides a range of services and supports for aging and elder Oakland residents.

Andrea is an ordained and certified Spiritual Director through the Chaplaincy Institute, an Interfaith Seminary and Community in Berkeley, CA. She has also studied at the Center for Courage & Renewal. Andrea has journeyed with disability and chronic illness since age 11. She considers this profound lived experience as one of her greatest teachers.

Rees Robinson, CSL, left her engineering and project management career in 2015 to pursue her passion for facilitating processes that empower people as they age.

Rees is a Certified Sage-ing Leader with Sage-ing International; a Speaking of Dying End-of-Life Planning Facilitator; and a Guided Autobiography Instructor. She is trained in interfaith spiritual direction through core and advanced programs in Atum O’Kane’s Spiritual Guidance Wisdom School and through the Sacred Art of Living’s Anamcara Project. 

Rees and Andrea met several years ago at a Center for Courage & Renewal retreat.  They continued their journey together at the Center’s first cohort of “The Soul of Aging” facilitator training.  Both recognize and strive to tap into each person’s inherent wisdom. They are currently creating online opportunities to explore aging, spirituality and inner wisdom.

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