THE ART OF AGING: ZEN MEDITATION
with Yvonne Rand
Thursday Evening, 7:30–9:00pm
September 4-October 23, 2008
8 Weeks / $112

The accumulation of life experience that accompanies our later years goes hand in hand with the gradual or sudden loss of mental and physical capacities. The realities of aging can lead to profound discomfort and dismay, to depression and despair. The prospect of dying may engender fear and terror. So how can we prepare ourselves to continue living well as we approach the end of living at all? In this class, Yvonne will introduce perspectives and practices drawn from Buddhist teachings that can provide consolation, perspective, amusement and relief as we add to the toll of our days. Each class will begin with a period of sitting meditation, followed by a talk and discussion.

Yvonne Rand is a meditation teacher and householder priest in the Soto Zen tradition. She began her practice and study of Zen with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. Her other principal teachers and mentors have been Dainin Katagiri Roshi, Maureen Stuart Roshi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Venerable Tara Tulku, and Shodo Harada Roshi.

To register, make your $112 check payable to "The Yoga Room" and send to: The Yoga Room, 2640 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704. For information, call 510-848-0993.