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  • Introduction to Sage-ing International

    Please come to our Introduction to Sage-ing International (SI) Webinar (it’s free) to find out what we are up to and the many ways you can participate.

  • A Gathering of Love, Reflection, and Action

    So much around us seems to be shifting as our world feels uncertain, divided, and aching for healing. The challenges we face are the very conditions that call our hearts, minds, and spirits forth to respond with our best selves. This is our opportunity to bring clarity where there is confusion, courage where there is fear, and hope where there is despair.

  • Sage-ing Together: Cultivating Resilience and Community to Navigate Our Chaotic World

    This three-session course, builds upon the work of Joanna Macy, as we acknowledge that we are facing the Great Unraveling, that we can meet as we focus on resilience and an expansive sense of community to navigate these difficult times. Using reflection, interactive practices, and discussions we’ll discover new allies, explore the gifts of uncertainty, and other practices that can move us from despair and overwhelm into a path of sustainable action for the healing of our world.

  • The Way of Forgiveness

    Forgiveness is often seen as a transaction between two people; a generous act of mercy by the offended toward the offender. But forgiveness is just as much about our own unburdening as we work to uncouple ourselves from the hurts and perceived injustices of the past.

  • We Were Made for These Times (Virtual Gathering Session 5)

    The old world is shaking; the new one is not yet born. These times call us into thoughtful reflection and collaborative evaluation; to gather our wisdom and consciously decide how to contribute to the healing of a struggling world.

  • Navigating the Transition to Retirement: Embracing Change and New Beginnings

    In addition to discussing the psychological and emotional challenges of this unique life transition, this course will explore new sources of meaning in retirement. While retirement involves aging and uncertainty, it also brings greater freedom and the opportunity to adapt to new roles and challenges.

  • Lectio Divina: A New/Old Way with Poetry

    This wokshop offers a contemporary experience with Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) for poetry lovers interested in finding new ways to deepen their journey through poetry for themselves or their group practice.

  • Awakening the Sage Within – an Online Workshop

    Sage-ing is a model for engaging more deliberately, more joyfully, and more compassionately as we grow older. Together we will create a warm and safe space to share experiences and thoughts on various age related topics discussed in the ground-breaking book: From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.

  • Deepening the Sage Within – An In-Person Event

    As more and more of us are living longer, we want these extra years to be vibrant, inspiring, and fulfilling. This program will help you discover what gives your life meaning as you age. An intimate gathering where we will explore what matters most to you while enjoying the strong and supportive community we will build together.

  • Age-wise: Essential Practices and Perspectives for Conscious Living with David Chernikoff

    Several sages and scholars during the modern era have suggested that the great wisdom traditions in human history share a set of common views, values, and visions of spiritual awakening. In this new and uplifting webinar series, we’ll explore these practices and principles as described in Roger Walsh’s insightful book, Essential Spirituality.

  • The Power of Motivation: Desire as a Spiritual Teacher (Age-wise Session 1) with David Chernikoff

    In this webinar, David will initially provide an overview of this new series and then focus on how we can gain insight into the motives that shape our lives. There will be a talk by the teacher, an experiential exercise, and an opportunity for heartfelt discussion. The embedded question we will explore together is both simple and profound: What do I really want at this time in my life?