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  • 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?

  • The Lover Within with Marcia Singer

    Sage-ing International invites you to a unique opportunity to revisit a subject too often missing from forums on aging-to-fulfillment: our love life, the realm of the archetypal Inner Lover. Over the course of three sessions on consecutive Thursdays participants will enjoy creative exercises, share history, stories, and guided meditations.

  • Writing Your Way to Wisdom with the Journal Ladder

    The Journal Ladder offers a thoughtful approach to reflective writing by using writing techniques that are structured to help create safety and balance in the writing process. In this three-week workshop, participants will explore three levels of the Journal Ladder through guided writing experiences that support reflection, insight, and personal wisdom insight, all of which are so important particularly in the second half of life.