The Art and Experience of Writing Mystical Poetry

This 90-minute, interactive, three-session workshop will give participants an experience of mystical poetry and, in the process, describe the essential elements of mystical experience. To that end, we will be exploring the mystical nature of God, reality, aging, and activism.

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the founder of Sage-ing, believed that extended longevity calls for extended consciousness. He said, "The next phase of evolution will unfold our intuitive capacities, making us more permeable to the sacred in daily life.

Please join Marilyn Loy Every, DMin, CSL (Certified Sage-ing Leader) in exploring fertile possibilities at the soul of creative expression. While considering art as a “personal companion,” this series offers opportunities to liberate creative potential; hence enlivening, healing, and adding beauty to your life.

Facing our mortality is one of the tasks of the elder. In the words of Reb Zalman “People who face their mortality live out their days with greater zest and joy. By facing a subject that usually depresses and terrifies us, we feel lighter, freer, more perceptually and cognitively alive in all our encounters...We are more aware of how precious life really is.” Let’s gather together to celebrate the precious lives we have!

The Year of Reflection is based on the weekly readings taken from "Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life." The focus for this webinar, coinciding with this particular week's reading: Reflecting on the many challenges of giving and finding unconditional love in the real world.

Mary Francis Drake will share stories of spiritual and intuitive experiences that she has included in her newest book, ‘Take Heart: Encouragement from the Visions; Visitations of a Modern Mystic.’ The purpose of sharing these experiences is to validate others who have had them and to discuss techniques, times, and places whereby one might enhance their connection to the invisible realms.

This six-part series blends a complete Qigong practice of movement, breathing and meditation exercises with the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. Both Qigong and the Tao Te Ching emphasize balance. The Tao Te Ching was written to bring order and balance to the world, while Qigong is a practice to achieve a balance of the body, mind, and spirit.

The Year of Reflection is based on the weekly readings taken from "Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life." The focus for this webinar, coinciding with this particular week's reading: We will question whether the legacy of concerns inherited from your childhood, long past, stay with you forever. How do you take the leap from worrying to joy?

Rooted in the Celtic tradition and reflecting the wisdom of Indigenous cultures worldwide, this interactive series invites us to rediscover a timeless way of being with self, being with nature, and a way that speaks powerfully to today’s challenges.