The Baby Boomer generation is the first generation to reach the age of sixty and feel confident that they still have plenty of good years ahead. However, just recently, the pandemic was a strong reminder of the vulnerability of ageing, with older people much more likely to suffer severe symptoms. On top of this, there is a view that it has brought ageism out into the open, as older people could be blamed for lockdowns and all that goes with them. It’s an interesting time to be getting older.
As we age and retirement looms it’s all too easy to feel that our world is shrinking. We may feel trapped and anxious and experience overwhelming feelings of loss. However, with self-awareness we can choose a different way—we can embark on a journey of becoming who we really are. We can gather our knowledge and experience, and explore how we can use it to enrich our later years and be of service to others. By resolving our past and finding contentment in our present, we can learn to face each ageing milestone as an opportunity for deeper self-knowledge and spiritual understanding.
Many of us will work with clients facing issues to do with ageing but at the same time, each of us is ageing daily and we have our own fears to deal with. This workshop series will provide helpful practices to share with clients but also to use for yourself.
People can download a copy of the chapter on self-compassion from The Stress Workbook for free on this link http://eepurl.com/C6UnT
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To face anxieties about ageing
- To consider the advantages of getting older
- To look at how we can have peace with the ageing process
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Broaden their view of what ageing is about
Course Content
Presenter
Maureen is the founding director of Awareness in Action, an organization dedicated supporting people to make sustainable wellbeing part of their lives—through developing clarity, connection and openness.
Drawing on more than thirty years of experience as a professional educator, senior manager in a non-profit organization, an entrepreneur and as an experienced practitioner of Buddhist meditation, she leads Awareness in Action workshops and training programs in the UK and Europe.
Her new book, The Stress Workbook is a groundbreaking effort that brings together the best of modern science and the wisdom of the world’s ancient contemplative traditions into a practical manual for thriving in today’s fast-paced world. Although born in London, UK love took Maureen to Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she lives with her husband.
