Aging As a Spiritual Practice Daylong
with Rosemary Blake, Amy Selzer and Nancy Glimm
Saturday, October 27th, 2018 | 10:00am-5:00pm
Join us for a day exploring aging as a spiritual practice through direct meditation practice, Dharma offerings from the three teachers, open discussions as well as dyad and triad work among sangha members. Sangha support for this spiritual practice is essential and will be a direct part of this daylong. Enjoy learning how others are working with aging as a spiritual practice.
Topics for exploration will include:
1) Waking up to Aging
2) Coming to terms with Aging
3) Accepting who we are now
4) Appreciating the life we have now
We will practice mindfulness meditation as a direct access to calming and quieting our body/minds. We will work with the Brahma Vihāra cultivating Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Upekkha (loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity) for ourselves and others. We will focus on self compassion as we expand the awareness of our aging bodies and minds.
There will be more teachings as well! Come join Rosemary, Amy and Nancy and the Aging as Spiritual Practice Sangha for a day of practice together.
This daylong retreat is offered to all those exploring the spiritual benefits of aging as a direct practice. The daylong is open to all levels of students.
The registration fee includes teacher support. If you wish to give more in addition to the registration fee, the total (registration fees and additional contributions) will be shared between NYI and the teacher(s).
Registration:
Note About Registration:
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Teacher(s)
Rosemary Blake
Rosemary Blake has been a meditator for more than 30 years. She was introduced to the dharma in 2003 at the first Insight Meditation Society POC retreat, an event she attended annually for the next ten years. Her experience in 2013 of IMS’ three-month retreat both deepened her practice and created a commitment to attend a month-long vipassana meditation retreat every year. She completed Larry Yang’s two-year Commit2Dharma study program and began teaching insight meditation at New York Insight after her graduation from Spirit Rock’s fourth Community Dharma Leaders Program. In addition, she recently completed her tenure as President of the Board at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. Rosemary is grateful for all that this practice provides.
Amy Selzer
Amy Selzer has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2002. She completed two year-long classes on Integrated Study and Practice with Andrew Olendski.
She is a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders Program. After she graduated, she saw a need to address the aging population. She is one of the founders of that sangha, Aging As A Spiritual Practice, which meets weekly to this day.
She has also been one of the core teachers in the year- long Death and Dying classes. She has served as Co-Chair on the Teacher’s Council for over 3 years.
Amy’s former career was team- teaching young children in an inclusion program for children with and without special needs. In addition, she worked with and supported the parents of those children.
She is particularly passionate about the dharma and the aging population, as well as all other practitioners.
Nancy Glimm
Nancy has been practicing meditation since 1996. She has been a member of NYIMC since it’s inception in 1997. Her first teacher Tamara Engel was one of NYIMC’s founders. Nancy has taught broadly on the Dharma since her graduation from the Community Dharma Leader Teacher Training Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in 2012. Since 2013 she has been a core teacher for the NYIMC Aging as a Spiritual Practice sangha and courses. Since 2019 she has been a core teacher for the Life and Death year long courses. Her primary teacher since 2012 is Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia.
Nancy is also a psychotherapist with a full time private practice in NYC. Her private practice is informed by her Dharma training.