BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//69.163.180.65//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:http://transitionsonomavalley.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-281@transitionsonomavalley.org DTSTAMP:20240328T134650Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:TSV Event CONTACT:Trymon (Spyder) Hunter and Iris (Ruth) Lombard\; (707) 996-7457\; h unbard@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:THE ELDERS SALON SONOMA\nJune 25th topic:\nTOTEMS for STORYTELL ING OUR LIVES\nWe all have one or more objects that have meaning for us be yond their everyday use or explanation. For me (and I believe\, most of us )\, these objects defy any logic. When I was younger\, I admit that I was embarrassed by either what they looked like\, or what they meant to me. As I age\, what I care about is the meaning and the stories they hold for me . One of my totems is a piece of green citrine that I walked passed at a F armer’s Market. I know that it was meant for me\, because it called me! So \, if possible bring one or more of your totems\, and we can show\, and te ll our stories.\n\nFuture Salon dates–on the fourth Tuesday of every month –July 23rd\, August 27 and September 24\,–10 AM to noon.\nOur first meetin g on the topic–“WHAT IS AN ELDER?” was a great success with 22 enthusiasti c people in attendance\, ready to engage! Since then\, The Elder Salon is off to a great start. We look forward to seeing you\, and hearing your ide as.\nThe Elders Salon Sonoma meets the 4th Tuesday of each month\, from 10 am to noon at El Verano Elementary School 18606 Riverside Dr\, Sonoma in the Family Resource Center Room 55. The space is wheelchair accessible. Th ere will be no charge for the meetings. Much gratitude is due El Verano Sc hool and the Family Resource Center for the opportunity to meet there.\nTh e purpose of the Elders Salon is to synthesize the experience\, energy and curiosity of people who have already entered or are just discovering this developmental stage of their lives. An elder is self-defined\, although a ge 55 and up is generally the lower age of participants. We are a nonhiera rchial group\, recognizing that each individual is their own expert\, and will not be relying on “experts” from outside. Our topics will be set ahea d of the meeting and introduced by the facilitators or the person who sugg ested the subject. Typically we will break into small groups for part of t he time to encourage personal discovery and more intimate exchange\, givin g everyone a chance to express themselves. After that\, a return to the larger group\, to talk about our discoveries allows for the wisdom of the whole to emerge. Diversity of expression will foster growth within both in dividuals and the group as a whole.\nImage: GeekPhilosopher\nOur meetings will regularly be 10 a.m.-noon on the fourth Tuesday of each month\, same time and place.\nParking Reminder: Please park in the hash-lined area mar ked for Buses—in the lot near the Family Resource Center–Room 31. School i n in session\, so the spaces in the main lot are reserved for staff. The b uses don’t arrive until 2pm\, so the bus parking area is free until then. \nElder Salon Topics:\n\n2019\n\nJune 23 – Totems\, For Storytelling Our L ives\nMay\nApril\nMarch\nFebruary 26 – TBD\nJanuary 22 – Looking Forward\, Looking Back\n\n\n2018\n\nDecember 18 – Reverence and Revelry\nNovember 2 7 – Sorrow\nOctober 23 – Personal Truth\nSeptember 25 – On Happiness\nJuly – August (summer break)\nJune 26 – What Are My Gifts?\nMay 22 – Letting G o!–It’s How the Light(ness) Gets In\nApril 24 – Holding the Center (Buz He rmes)\nMarch 27 – Self Compassion\nFebruary 27 – Grief\nJanuary 23 – What’ s Going\, What’s Coming?\n\n\n2017\n\nDecember 26 – Gateways\nNovember 28 – Gratitude\nOctober 24 – Fire Experiences\nSeptember 26 – The Reality of Grief and Grieving\nAugust 15 – What About Dying?\nJuly 25 – Compassionate Self Care\nJune 27 – Battle Scars or Beauty Marks\nMay 23 – Play and Pla yfulness\, as Elders\nApril 25 – Art and Personal Growth\nMarch 28 – Essen tial Work – Going Inward\nFebruary 28 – Coming Alive\nJanuary 24 – Outsour cing\, Power\, and Communication\n\n\n\n\n2016\n\nDecember 27 – Essential Risks (Part 2)\nNovember 22 – Essential Risks (Part 1)\nOctober 25 – Self- Esteem\, Self-Love\, and Love of Others (by Margot)\nSeptember 27 – Work(! )\nAugust 23 Play – Elder Play\nJuly 26 – Unexpected Lessons\, Still Comin g\nJune 28 – Elders Growing in Community\nMay 24 – What We Have Gained – L ooking at the Good Stuff\nApril 26 – Vulnerability\nMarch 22 – Scars – See n and Unseen\nFebruary 23 – Self Compassion and Loving Ourselves\nJanuary 26 – “We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home” – Ram Dass\n\n\n\n\n2015\n \nDecember 22 – Asking for What You Want\, and Need\nNovember 24 – Gratitu de: Our Relationship as We Grow and Change\nOctober 27 – Tending Our Fires : Sharing Stories of What Engages Us\nAugust 25 – Looking Back – Connectio ns with Elders\nJuly 28 – Regrets\, and Compassion\n\n\n\nCome join us.\n \nAbout the Facilitators\nIn 2005\, Trymon (Spyder) Hunter became involved in the care of a long time friend who began to deteriorate physically aft er being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Through that experience he met David (Lucky) Goff\, who with Alexandra Hart\, co-founded the first Elder s Salon in 2010. Always interested in personal development\, this concept was ideal for Trymon.\n Iris (Ruth) Lombard has been excited by the willin gness of the people that she has met at the Elders Salon to be themselves\ , without apology. She has learned by their example the depth this brings to an individual. The diversity of people and opinions brings constant ric hness to her life.\nSpyder and Iris live in Boyes Hot Springs\, so it seem ed natural to grow another Elder Salon in order to bring the potential wis dom of our local elders home to our community.\n\nfeatured image credit: M etamorphosis of Narcissus … reflect.\nTickets: http://transitionsonomavall ey.org/event/elders-salon-sonoma. 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\\nFuture Salon dates–on the fourth Tuesday of every month– July 23rd\, August 27 and September 24\,–10 AM to noon.
\nOur first meeting on the topic–“WHAT IS AN ELDER?” was a great succ ess with 22 enthusiastic people in attendance\, ready to engage! Since the n\, The Elder Salon is off to a great start. We look forward to seeing you \, and hearing your ideas.
\nThe Elders Salon Sonoma meets the 4th Tuesday of each month\, from 10 am to noon at El Verano El
ementary School 18606 Riverside Dr\, Sonoma in the Family Resource Ce
nter Room 55. The space is wheelchair accessible. There will be no c
harge for the meetings. Much gratitude is due El Verano School and the Fam
ily Resource Center for the opportunity to meet there.
The purpose of the Elders Salon is to synthesize the experience\, energy and curiosit y of people who have already entered or are just discovering this developm ental stage of their lives. An elder is self-defined\, although age 55 and up is generally the lower age of participants. We are a nonhierarchial gr oup\, recognizing that each individual is their own expert\, and will not be relying on “experts” from outside. Our topics will be set ahead of the meeting and introduced by the facilitators or the person who suggested the subject. Typically we will break into small groups for part of the time t o encourage personal discovery and more intimate exchange\, giving everyon e a chance to express themselves. After that\, a return to the larger gr oup\, to talk about our discoveries allows for the wisdom of the whole to emerge. Diversity of expression will foster growth within both individuals and the group as a whole.
\n \nOur meetings will regularly be 10 a.m.-noon on the fourth Tue sday of each month\, same time and place.
\nParking Reminder: Please park in the hash-lined area marked for Buses—i n the lot near the Family Resource Center–Room 31. School in in session\, so the spaces in the main lot are reserved for staff. The buses don’t arri ve until 2pm\, so the bus parking area is free until then.
\nElder Salon Topics:
\nCome join us.
\nAbout the Fac ilitators
\nIn 2005\, Trymon (Spyder) Hunter became involved in the care of a long time friend who began to deterior ate physically after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Through that experience he met David (Lucky) Goff\, who with Alexandra Hart\, co-found ed the first Elders Salon in 2010. Always interested in personal developme nt\, this concept was ideal for Trymon.
\nIris (Ruth) Lomba rd has been excited by the willingness of the people that she has met at the Elders Salon to be themselves\, without apology. She has learn ed by their example the depth this brings to an individual. The diversity of people and opinions brings constant richness to her life.
\nSpyde r and Iris live in Boyes Hot Springs\, so it seemed natural to grow anothe r Elder Salon in order to bring the potential wisdom of our local elders h ome to our community.
\nfeatured image credit: M etamorphosis of Narcissus … reflect.
\nTickets: http://transitionsonomavalley.org/event/elders-salon-sonoma .
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