On-going Elders Salon In Sebastopol

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Just wanted to share information on this on-going group that meets the 4th Thursday of the month

ELDERS SALON
A WISDOM COUNCIL or DISCUSSION GROUP
OF TRANSITION SEBASTOPOL

WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 6:30–8:30 PM
Ongoing Monthly Salon on 4th Thursdays

WHERE: SEQUOIA VILLAGE COHOUSING COMMONHOUSE
459 Sequoia Lane, Sebastopol ‹ off Covert Lane, opposite Pacific Market
(Fiesta) and west a little, before Pleasant Hill. PARK ON THE STREET!

TOPIC:
HOW IS AGING CHANGING YOU & DO YOU RESIST IT?
How does change sit in you?
Has your relationship to change itself changed as you get older?
Are there other things relating to recent topics (such as Loss & Need or Money)
that you'd still like to explore? Has your relationship to them changed over time?


Tea provided.
Questions? Alexandra: 827-3781


Tea provided.
Questions? Alexandra: 827-3781

For meetings and details about the Transition Sebastopol Elders Salon,
visit Elders Salon | Transition Sebastopol


Calling All Elders, Earth Elders, Wannabe Elders, Soon-to-become Elders, or Interested Baby Boomers on up! 


The Elder Salon is a nonhierarchical circle of peers. We’ll introduce the discussion with some thoughts from an elder voice or thought-provoking instigator to kick off our own discovery of what it is WE think and believe about the topic; what WE want and need now and in our future; what WE think should be the course of action and attitudes as we progress into and through our older years.
 
WHY: There are a lot of new ideas about aging, staying youthful in body and spirit, and our role in society and local life. What have our generational contributions been and what is left undone? What are our mistakes and triumphs? 
If we don’t want others to determine what becomes of us in very old age, we need to be proactive and begin making conscious, thoughtful choices about our future, how we want to live and be regarded.
What role do elders want to play in the coming changes; what wisdom can we offer?





Source Material:
A beginning list of resource books to kick off discussions:



• The Making of an Elder Culture: Reflections on the Future of America’s Most Audacious Generation, Theodore Roszak, New Society Press, 2009

• Audacious Aging, Edited by Stephanie Marohn, Elite Books Online, 2009

• The Transition Handbook, From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience, 2008, Rob Hopkins
• 60 On Up The Truth About Aging in America. Lillian B. Rubin