Conscious aging has emerged from earlier developments in spirituality and service into a 21st century phenomenon associated with humanistic and transpersonal psychology. It is an important dimension of positive aging as it fosters awareness of aging in the context of fully experiencing the process of growing older.
Here are some resources for delving more deeply into conscious aging and positive aging:
WEBSITES:
http://www.positiveaging.fielding.edu/
http://www.taosinstitute.net/positive-aging-newsletter
http://www.hrmoody.com/art4.html
http://www.wellnessgoods.com/consciousagingnurturing.asp
http://www.consciousnesswork.com/conscious_aging.htm
http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-seventeen-december/curriculum-for-conscious-aging/
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/features.php?id=10905
http://www.congoldman.org/Pages/aboutUs.htm
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RAM DASS – Conscious Aging Icon:
Books
Still here: Embracing aging, changing, and dying (Riverhead Books,
2000)
Be love now: The path of the heart, with Rameshwar Das (HarperOne,
November, 2011)
Video
“Fierce Grace” (2001): http://www.ramdasstapes.org/vrd-fg.htm
Audio
“Conscious Aging” (live recording, available via soundstrue.com and audible.com)
Interview on Experience Talks with Dr. Connie Corley: www.experiencetalks.org, go to “Listen” and the interview is archived on 7/9/11
Connie Corley is a professor trained in Social Work and Psychology. She also hosts and produces "Experience Talks" on KPFK FM. Her passions include the arts, spiritual pursuits, and positive living. She resides in sunny Southern California.