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Seasons of Sage-ing®

2008 Equinox Retreats

Murray Grove invites you to engage in a process and philosophy

that will enrich your life experience the moment you start thinking about it!

 

Recognizing that aging is part of the natural process of life, participants

in the Seasons of Sage-ing: Equinox Retreats will reflect on the challenges and blessings of their life journey. The paradoxes of the Spring and Autumn seasons will be explored through images of life’s seasons – birth, growth, death, and new birth – with poetic beauty.

 

The two-part Equinox retreat program is described below and adults in their second half of life are invited to attend one or both programs. Each program will begin with a Seasons meditation and journal writing exercises. During every session contemplative practices will complement interactive learning opportunities and group sharing experiences.  Each program will engage participants in creative expressions led by different artists using various media, from poetry and art to yoga and mandalas.

 

Leader:       Rev. Pat Hoertdoerfer

Over the past 30+ years, Pat has practiced her educational ministry with Unitarian Universalist communities at local, district and UUA headquarters. Her current ministry is Sage-ing. She is one of 300 Sage-ing Leaders in United States and Canada who were trained in a new philosophy of aging developed by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing.

 

Creative Artists:                    

May Retreat: Nita Penfold is a UU author, worship arts teacher and poet who believes that our spirituality is deeply connected with our creativity, the expression of our essence.

November Retreat: Richard Kimball is a playful artist of many media, freelance writer and photographer whose life and work have often centered in Unitarian Universalism.

 

         MAY 15-18, 2008     SPRING EQUINOX RETREAT

 

Theme:            Balance of Light and Dark Places

Topics:             New Paradigm of Aging; Life Review / Life Repair:                           Forgiveness: A Gift We Give Ourselves, 

                          Philosophical Sage Work/Play

Paradox:          Suffering / Joy

Creativity:        Poetry

                          Colorful Expressions in Paint and Fabric

                          Maypole Dance

 

         NOVEMBER 6-9, 2008     AUTUMN EQUINOX RETREAT

 

Theme:             Harmony of Inward and Outward Turning

Topics:             Facing My Mortality – Legal, Medical, Fiscal and      

                          Spiritual Preparations,      

                          Mentoring

                          Leaving a Legacy

                          Ethical Wills,

                          Elder Blessing: Elders as Healers

                          Elders as Peacemakers

Paradox:          Service and Rest

Creativity:        Yoga

                          Photography

                          Mobiles

                          Community Mandala

                          Gray Doves      

                                  

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REGISTER EARLY – SPACE IS LIMITED

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