BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3001221@anandaportland.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T130000 DTSTAMP:20240301T045136Z URL:https://anandaportland.org/events/aging-consciously-workshop-part-1/ SUMMARY:Aging Consciously Workshop\, Part 1 DESCRIPTION:Read Nayaswami Hanuman's inspiring letter about this class HERE .\n\nThis course is intended to bring light and awareness of how to naviga te challenges and find joy and peace in the later years of life.  For man y\, growing older can be a time of renewed spiritual purpose\, deepening m editation and refining our relationship with God.\n\nOn a physical and mat erial level\, the aging process may also be a time of coping with our own and loved ones' health challenges\, loss of loved ones and ultimately beco ming more dependent upon family or caregivers to assist us with personal c are as the body declines. These difficulties can also be meaningful pathwa ys for personal and spiritual growth at this stage of life.\n\n\n\n \; \n\n In this class you will learn:\n\n How to become pro-active about ag ing  \n How to transcend our fears\, and resistance to Elderhood  \n How to prepare for inevitable loss that life brings\, including: loss of a spouse\, our  friends\, our health\, and our sense of security.  \n\n Unique aspects of this class: \n\n We will be working together\, doing s mall group activities  \n There will be ample time to share your story and personal challenges you  are facing  \n Together we will create a sacred space where we can take those initial steps into  Elderhood in a c onscious way. \n\n*****************************************\n\nWith decade s of experience and insights\, Nayaswami Hanuman and Jan Jerome will share wisdom and tools to approach the later years with a sense of positive exp ectation and peace\, while planning and following practical strategies to prepare ourselves and our loved ones for the times ahead.  The key to bei ng at peace with the changes that aging inevitably brings is preparing wis ely for these years\, while living everyday to the fullest\, trusting in G od.\n\nThis workshop is planned to be two parts\, to enable participants t o work on end-of-life planning and to have a follow up with Hanuman and Ja n in one month. \n\nThe second workshop is scheduled for April 13 @ 11 am . Payment for this class includes the second class. \n\nSliding scale fee - please register below.\n\nLed by Nayaswami Hanuman BSN and Jan Jerome M SW.\n\nAbout Nayaswami Hanuman:\n\n\n\nI have been a nurse since 1976 and an Ananda minister for over 30 years. My primary interest has been in the physical\, mental\, and spiritual wellbeing of those who I have had the pr ivilege of serving. For 25  years I was a hospice nurse and co founded An anda House\, an elder care home for like minded people searching for meani ng in their lives through Kriya Yoga. \n\nMuch of what I do is to educate and facilitate care management of people in need through partnering  wit h the greater health and social services community. \n\nI am a member of the Ananda healthcare team in the United States. By partnering with other nurses and health ministers throughout our broader community we hope to ed ucate and inspire others in the best possible way to live a happy and heal thy life in our elder years.\n\nAbout Jan Jerome: \n\n\n\nHello\, my name is Jan Jerome and I have been an Ananda member for over 30 years.  I was blessed to receive Kriya in Seattle in 1989.  For the past 30 years\, we have lived in the Denver\, CO area and my husband and I moved to Oregon i n 2023.  We are thrilled to be close to the Ananda Portland Temple and ot her devotees. \n\nI am a licensed clinical social worker and have spent m y career providing counseling\, care management\, palliative care and well ness education services in medical/mental health settings serving older ad ults and persons living with chronic and life limiting conditions.  \n\n& nbsp\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://anandaportland.org/wp-content/uploads/20 24/01/Joe-and-Bill.jpg CATEGORIES:Classes,workshop LOCATION:Ananda Portland Temple\, 4855 SW Watson Ave\, Beaverton\, OR\, 970 05\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4855 SW Watson Ave\, Beaver ton\, OR\, 97005\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ananda Portlan d Temple:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR