To schedule an event, contact info@MajestyofYourLoving.com or call 617.864.8269.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Co-sponsored by The Brookline Aging Collaborative (The Brookline Council on Aging, Goddard House in Brookline, Centre Communities of Brookline-Hebrew Senior Life, and Rogerson Brookline Adult Day Health Program)

Aging and the Gifts of Adversity
An Evening with Olivia Hoblitzelle
Author of The Majesty of Your Loving: A Couple’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s
Thursday, October 23, 2008: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Brookline High School, Martin Luther King Room
115 Greenough St.
Brookline, MA

To age consciously, to develop inner strength, to find gifts amidst adversity, and finally to address the great issue of mortality—these are our challenges as elders and caregivers.

This evening, Olivia Hoblitzelle will reflect on the challenging and inspiring journey she made with her husband, Hob. Together, making use of their years as practitioners and teachers of psychology and Buddhist meditation, the Hoblitzelles greeted Alzheimer’s disease consciously and lovingly. Through stories based on their life experience, we will explore sources of inspiration for the later years and how the practice of mindfulness can teach us how to meet whatever life brings with equanimity, insight, and an open heart.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND WORKSHOPS
Note: the topics below are offered either as talks or workshops (half day or day-long). To schedule an event, contact info@MajestyofYourLoving.com or call 617.864.8269.

1. The Majesty of Your Loving
Reflections on Mental Diminishment In the presence of loss—which includes emotional and spiritual issues—we need inspiring perspectives to deal with an ever-changing reality. Olivia shares reflections on Alzheimer’s and invites group exploration of our common challenges.

2. Heart Instructions on Living and Dying
Based on a classical Buddhist text, these teachings reorient us to the essential qualities and aspirations that can inspire both how we live and how we die.

3. Aging: the Gifts of Adversity
To age consciously, to develop inner strength, to find gifts amidst adversity, and finally to address the great issue of death – these are our challenges as elders. Along with inspiration for the later years, we’ll explore how the practice of mindfulness teaches us to greet whatever life brings with equanimity, insight, and an open heart.

4. Telling Our Stories: Spirituality and Life Review
Through a process of story telling and reflection, we begin to treasure our life’s experiences and embrace the spiritual dimensions of aging. In preparation for this workshop, participants are invited to create a timeline of their spiritual journey or write a short spiritual autobiography.

5. Meditation and the Healing Mind
This workshop focuses on the practice of mindfulness and how cultivating moment-to-moment awareness is at the heart of the healing process.

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