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:3001214@anandaportland.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T130000 DTSTAMP:20240408T000935Z URL:https://anandaportland.org/events/aging-consciously-workshop/ SUMMARY:Aging Consciously Workshop\, Part 2 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 become pro-active about aging   \n How transcend our fears\, and resistance to Elderhood  \n How t o prepare for inevitable loss that life brings\, including: loss of a spou se\, our  friends\, our health\, and our sense of security.  \n\nUnique aspects of this class: \n\n We will be working together\, doing small g roup activities  \n There will be ample time to share your story and pe rsonal challenges you  are facing  \n Together we will create a sacred space where we can take those initial steps into  Elderhood in a conscio us way. \n\n*****************************************\n\nWith decades of e xperience and insights\, Nayaswami Hanuman and Jan Jerome will share wisdo m and tools to approach the later years with a sense of positive expectati on and peace\, while planning and following practical strategies to prepar e ourselves and our loved ones for the times ahead.  The key to being at peace with the changes that aging inevitably brings is preparing wisely fo r these years\, while living everyday to the fullest\, trusting in God.\n\ nThis workshop is planned to be two parts\, to enable participants to work on end-of-life planning and to have a follow up with Hanuman and Jan in o ne month. \n\nThe first workshop is scheduled for March 16 @ 11 am. Payme nt for that class includes Part 1 and Part 2. \n\nLed by Nayaswami Hanuma n BSN and Jan Jerome MSW.\n\nAbout Nayaswami Hanuman:\n\n\n\nI have been a nurse since 1976 and an Ananda minister for over 30 years. My primary int erest has been in the physical\, mental\, and spiritual wellbeing of those who I have had the privilege of serving. For 25  years I was a hospice n urse and co founded Ananda House\, an elder care home for like minded peop le searching for meaning in their lives through Kriya Yoga. \n\nMuch of w hat I do is to educate and facilitate care management of people in need th rough partnering  with 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 educate and inspire others in the best possible way t o live a happy and healthy 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 in 2023.  We are thrilled to be close to the Ananda Portland Temple and other devotees. \n\nI am a licensed clinical social worker and have spent my career providing counseling\, care management\, p alliative care and wellness education services in medical/mental health se ttings serving older adults and persons living with chronic and life limit ing conditions.  \n\n \; 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