Conscious Aging Archives — Page 12 of 18

Death Makes Life Possible

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

I’m in the midst of creating a new product which is all about Conscious Aging and overcoming the fear of aging. Of course, that includes overcoming the fear of death as well. I’ve been reading a lot lately about this and as baby boomers age, the conversation gets more prevalent.

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Conscious Connections and Aging

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

As our roles shift in older age, so does our sense of community, and feelings of isolation often accompany elder life. When I spoke about this to Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Master, he said that in spite of the information age and advances in technology, which allow us to communicate with each other so rapidly, “one human being can’t be with another human being [through technology].

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Beautiful Older Women – Aging Gracefully

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

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Aging With Awareness

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

In M. Schlitz, T. Amorok, and M. Micozzi (Editors),
Consciousness and Healing: An Anthology of Integral
Approaches to Mind/Body Medicine. Elseveir, 2004.Ron Valle, Ph.D. and Mary Mohs, L.V.N., M.A.
Awakening: A Center for Exploring Living and Dying
9701 Deer Valley Road
Brentwood, CA 94513

When we resist aging, we resist life itself, since aging is inherent in living.

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Aging Invisibly – or not

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Dr. Toni

A poem from Shel Silverstein nicely captures the invisibility that cloaks people as we get old:

Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”
Said the old man, “I do that too.”

The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”

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