Workshops to Engage, Inspire and Educate
Upcoming Workshops
July 8 - 14, 2019
Sacred Elder Activism
Stony Point, NY
Lynne Iser, Founder of Elder-Activists
A workshop offered as part of RuachHaAretz
As we enter the last third of our lives we experience our inner urge to create our legacies and serve as wisdom-keepers for future generations. Given the complexity of our contemporary world this is not an easy task.
As we enter the last third of our lives we might experience what Reb Zalman identified as the “completing instinct” or Thanatos – our inner urge to create our legacies and serve as wisdom-keepers for future generations. Given the complexity of our contemporary world this is not an easy task. It is even more challenging because we lack an understanding of the role that elders fulfill in a well functioning society; and the gifts of reciprocity that are waiting to blossom in the interactions between elders and “youngers.”
In traditional cultures it was the responsibility of an elder to speak for the “welfare of all” and the seventh generations – but those traditional roles have been mostly lost. So, in this workshop we will use the synergetic teachings of Reb Zalman and of Joanna Macy to explore how we can use our sacred gifts — our generativity, our inner urging to transmit our life experience, our wisdom and balance — to create a thriving future as our legacy for all life, all children.
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A workshop offered as part of RuachHaAretz
As we enter the last third of our lives we experience our inner urge to create our legacies and serve as wisdom-keepers for future generations. Given the complexity of our contemporary world this is not an easy task.
As we enter the last third of our lives we might experience what Reb Zalman identified as the “completing instinct” or Thanatos – our inner urge to create our legacies and serve as wisdom-keepers for future generations. Given the complexity of our contemporary world this is not an easy task. It is even more challenging because we lack an understanding of the role that elders fulfill in a well functioning society; and the gifts of reciprocity that are waiting to blossom in the interactions between elders and “youngers.”
In traditional cultures it was the responsibility of an elder to speak for the “welfare of all” and the seventh generations – but those traditional roles have been mostly lost. So, in this workshop we will use the synergetic teachings of Reb Zalman and of Joanna Macy to explore how we can use our sacred gifts — our generativity, our inner urging to transmit our life experience, our wisdom and balance — to create a thriving future as our legacy for all life, all children.
Registration Details