Yerusha's Sage-ing® Legacy Program Presents:
Sage-ing® in Community: Strengthening Our Bonds
Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00pm ET
June 7 & 14

Description

Human beings are social by our very nature. We’ve lived in families, tribes, communities and villages for generations. Yet in today’s world, many people feel that their sense of community is missing. And according to findings of the long-term Harvard Study of Adult Development, the people who turn out to be the happiest and healthiest are those who have good, “warm connections” to others. 

Join Vatikah Audrey Seidman for two highly interactive workshops that together will help you to enrich this phase of life. You will be invited to:

• Understand the essence of Sage-ing and how it connects to our need for positive relationships and community.
• Consider the challenges of loneliness and isolation that sometimes accompany the transitions faced by older adults.
•  Define “community” and identify the groups or organizations that have been significant in your life.
• Ponder the qualities that make a community meaningful or memorable and imagine what “ideal community” would be for you today.
• Name the gifts you have to offer to others in community.
• Consider the difference between solitude and loneliness.
•  Reflect on relationships with both family and friends as the building blocks of community.
•  Ponder your ability to ask for and accept help when needed.
• Share ideas with others for finding friendship in our later years.
• Identify action steps you can take to cultivate friendships and nurture community.

*Participants will be encouraged to consider some reading, reflection and follow-through on action steps they set; however, there are no requirements.