The Soul of Aging

The “Soul of Aging” is for people that want to explore their aging process within a spiritual community. This retreat will address many of the spiritual aspects of aging, including questions of forgiveness, where are we in our spiritual development, what aspects of ourselves are still yearning for expression, our relationship with time, how to love and serve others, and the notion of befriending our own deaths.

This program is based on the pioneering work of Dr. Parker J Palmer, in an approach called the Circle of Trust, which was developed through the Centre for Courage and Renewal that is designed to create a safe, confidential, and sacred space where participants support one another in accessing the voice of their soul.

During this retreat, we learn how to listen deeply to one another, and how to create spaces that are safe for honest sharing and self-discovery. There is a takeaway of a self-created collage of your intended future and a workbook.

Session#1 –  Calling in the Ancestors: Visions of Aging

Session#2 –  Spiritual Formation Across the Lifecycle: Living Into the Soul’s Calling

Session#3 –  The Courage to Name and Claim Your Unlived Life

Session#4 –  Pathways to Wholeness

Session#5 –  Truth & Forgiveness: The Call to Completion

Session#6 –  Enlightenment in Slow Motion

Session#7 –  Stories of Divestment: The Foreign Currency of Change

Session#8 –  The Wisdom of Living In Deep Time

Session#9 –  The Final Stage of Growth

Session#10 –  Generativity, Legacy, and Harvesting Our Lives