Age As Our Ally: How to Turn Life Into Play After 50
Each class will begin at 7:00 pm Eastern; 4:00 pm Pacific.
Thursday, March 27th:* Module 1
A.G.E. ~ The Appreciation–Guided Experience
This module sets the foundation for the course by addressing the concept of personal wholeness. Embarking on a journey of self-discovery to achieve a sense of completeness is built upon right relationships. It begins with A.G.E., the Appreciation–Guided Experience. More importantly, it goes deeply into opportunities that usually aren't available until later in life, how to find them, how to use them, and how to keep playing a good game, even as we age.
This module will explore the three key relationships in our lives: the relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. Unveiling the opportunities age presents forms the basis of how we interact with others and our environment. Module 1 opens the heart as a portal to new perceptions and other ways of being.
Refinement Practice: Soul-summoning Meditation
*Please Note: Only Module 1 will be on a Thursday. Beginning the following week, every module will be on a Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 1st ~ Module 2: A Visionary in the Present Moment
Few things open up any game more than vision. Especially with the Game of Life, the ability to perceive and understand what others miss is a game changer. This module delves into elements, or behaviors, that underpin the essence of visionary and vibrational perception. Those elements are in the 7 Cs of the present moment: Courage, Contemplation, Curiosity, Creativity, Competence, Connection and Confidence.
Age promotes clarity, as we can choose to have fewer distractions. Age emphasizes the power of visionary decisions, for oneself and for the benefit of present and future generations, spanning across all species. Visionary decisions are based on knowingness and/or intuition; in other words, feeling.
Refinement Practice: The Seven Doors Meditation
April 8th ~ Module 3: Tapping into the Earth’s Energy & Love
In this module, we will experience the limitless reservoir of energy and love the Earth provides. It will emphasize the importance of opening up to and receiving the abundance around us via the interconnectedness of all beings, and explore this intricate web of energy for healing and personal growth.
As we get older, we will experience losses and “lacks” of many kinds. In Module 3 we will practice how to increase heart-brain-emotion coherence for greater energy, improve cognitive acuity and reduce negative emotions and behaviors.Very simply, we will bring more love to life by recognizing and accessing the ongoing creative flow of the Planet.
Refinement Practice: The Heart of the Holy Grail Meditation
April 15th ~ Module 4: Putting Our Twist on Divine Input
Despite the many challenges and distractions we face, magic and mystery are inherent parts of the human experience. This does not mean superstition. What it means is that we are shrouded by ever-increasing myopia, which can be defined as a lack of imagination, foresight or intellectual insight. This is the antithesis of what the human experience should be.
Stress, boredom and distraction are huge energy drains on many people. This module is designed to help us get back to our roots of humanity, expand our access to the more subtle dimensions and resources, and become that unique fractal ~ a true oxymoron ~ of cosmic wisdom, right action and joy. One way to do this is to seek out the magic and mystery in everything, including ourselves.
Refinement Practice: Stress Mastery is Self Mastery
April 22nd ~ Module 5: Simplicity Creates Intimacy
We could just as easily say authenticity creates intimacy, which it can, but by stressing simplicity we cut through supposed separation to reveal our essence. Simplicity is part of the solution to those over stressed and overwhelmed by modern life, or feel that age is slowing us down.
But lets add another aspect to this. That is simplicity allows us to trade a complicated life for a complex life. A complicated life is a life of overwhelm, where either the dots don't connect or there are too many dots to see the connections, too many balls to juggle, or we can't see the forest for the trees. It can also be the difference between force and effort.
In contrast, when we free ourselves from the minutia and overwhelm, we can embody the richness of our human experience, and a complicated life gives way to a complex life. Then synchronicity, intuition, creative imagination, disciplined imagination are all fostered by using Age as our Ally - which often means releasing ourselves from the mindset and duties of the past to play a much larger game.
We can connect with something larger than ourself, which seems to be a basic human need. However, if a complicated life has reduced our energetic resources to the point where age has become an excuse rather than an ally, then we'll need a reset.
The background info and refinement practice of Module 5 can ignite that reset, and help create the simple, authentic intimacy that leads to much more fulfilling relationships.
Refinement Practice: The Labyrinth
April 29th ~ Module 6: How Living the Elder Spirit Path (ESP) can lead to Extra Sensory Perception (E.S.P.)
Living the Elder Spirit Path can lead to Extra Sensory Perception, which basically is heightened awareness to environmental sensations, and even an attunement to multi-dimensions, meaning something other than the physical. The Elder Spirit Path can teach us how to tap into our intuition, perceive subtle energies, and become attuned to the world around us in ways that go beyond the five senses.
Of course, aging and life can diminish our sensual acuities, and reduce our cognizance and awareness. It's a good idea to minimize these losses from the beginning, rather than try to recover them. Sometimes that's just not possible. The human experience is often very hard on us, mentally, emotionally, phyisically and spiritually. The Elder Spirit Path is often a path of letting go, not giving up. Age can be a tradeoff, not a decline. It can even be a "fountain of youth" when new potentials are activated.
Right action can mitigate what life takes away. By attuning ourselves to the "sweet spot" of implicit knowledge, nonlocal intuition and and energetic sensitivity, we can intentionally grow and improve as we age, and our higher brain centers stay active. It's not that the Universe has our back. What it really has is our pineal.
Refinement Practice: Letting Go and Living On the Elder Spirit Path with Resilience and Attunement
May 6th ~ Module 7: Weaving the Legacy
This module emphasizes bringing more of the most powerful force in the known multi-verse into our world: love. That is, more love to life, more love to the planet and leave a legacy of empowerment to whom and what we love. In other words, whoever lives with the most love wins.
A time of great change and possibility is upon us. Although love is not the whole answer to the challenges we face, without significantly more love in our lives, there likely will be no harmonious or visionary solutions to where we go from here.
This module will explore how elders on the Elder Spirit Path can bring more love to life. The Elder Spirit Path is one of reciprocity, a path on which we can be in position to truly help our children and grandchildren go beyond us in every way imaginable. How we focus our attention will help determine who we become, and can become part of the Legacy of Empowerment we offer to all we love.
Refinement Practice: The Emotional Sphere
*Please Note: Only Module 1 will be on a Thursday. Beginning the following week, every module will be on a Tuesday.
Disclaimer: This course is for educational purposes only. It is not meant to replace professional medical advice, treatment or therapy. Although beneficial, meditation and related practices can produce mental, emotional or physical discomfort. If this happens to you, immediately stop doing what you are doing and get professional medical help.
Course and Bonus Details
Each class will begin at 7:00 pm Eastern; 4:00 pm Pacific. These will come via Zoom, and last approximately 60-75 minutes. This will include content delivery, at least one “meditative or relevant guided visualization practice,” and Q & A. Sessions will be recorded and recordings sent to participants as soon as possible. Each week will also include suggestions to practice, and additional information and resources to support and guide participants to better understanding.
The price is $197 per household, through Tuesday, March 25th. After that, the price will be $217. If you are 60+ and need a discount, email me at steve@elder-spirit.com and let me know. A full, no questions asked refund is guaranteed anytime before the start of Module 4.
Bonuses
Bonus 1 – Downloadable PDFs on Heart-Brain-Body Coherence.
Bonus 2 – Stress Mastery is Self-Mastery pdf.
Bonus 3 – How to Trust Your Intuition & Leave a Lasting Legacy pdf.
Bonus 4 – A copy of the book, How to Get Even with the Universe by Getting Right with the World.
Bonus 5 – A recorded training on How to Reduce Mixed Messages for Better Communication with Self, Others and the World.
Bonus 6 – Three foundational videos on ways to enhance your elder experience.
Bonus 7 – A 30 minute one-on-one follow-up call with Steve after the course is over.
Bonus 8 – A private Facebook group of people with whom you can share thoughts, experiences, ask and answer questions and meet new people.
Bonus 9 – Curated information of additional educational sources to further your progress.
Participant and Reader Reviews
"Age as our Ally" is a brightly imaginative and engaging course that weaves together ideas drawn from timeless ways of indigenous wisdom to the latest in contemporary scientific study on aging and neurology. Through Steve's personal insights, group input and guided meditations, we arrive at a deeper understanding of ourselves, inspired to embrace our latter years as elders, forever curious, with a sense of purpose in life. That purpose, he teaches us, is to "help people fall in love with the world." In doing so, we find our way to our own 'flow state'; a coherence of heart and mind. I recommend this course to each and all facing encroaching age, for its wisdom and compassion, the warp and weft of the elder's robe.
Pieter Lefferts
Artist and Author
Wisdom, integrity, and inspiration… These are qualities Steve Guettermann carries and offers through his webinars and presentations. While participating in his recent seven week course, “Age As Our Ally”, I felt enriched by his historic and globally diverse teachings, as well as the carefully chosen meditations designed to integrate the material itself. This class expanded my mind and encouraged my heart about my own process of aging.
These are very special opportunities to work live with a seasoned teacher who has continually learned to walk his talk throughout the years. His workshops are not to be missed!
Robyn Bridges
Author, Teacher, Speaker
Steve's course, "Age As Our Ally," is an adventure into our inner and outer experience of the mystery of time. Both scientific literature and ancient stories fill each class with valuable information. There is an experiential component to the course that enhances the insights presented. Highly recommended!
Anne Marie Lee
LCPC
Steve’s book, How to Get Even with the Universe by Getting Right with the World can be read on multiple levels and provide something for everyone who is on the path, no matter how far along. That is one of the strengths of this book. It bears multiple journeys to its heart.
Hats off to Mr. Guettermann. How to Get Even with the Universe by Getting Right with the World gives clear, easy to understand guidance to living an authentic spiritual life. It is not a pie-in-the sky, rose-colored glasses view of the subject. Life ain’t easy, but it doesn’t have to be as hard as we often make it. Steve has addressed many of the ways we make it hard, while giving guidance and tools to work though our difficulties.
Humanly written, with humility and humor in equal measure, How to Get Even with the Universe by Getting Right with the World is an enchantingly eloquent unveiling of hands-on perennial wisdom and soul-restorative personal revelation. It is a rare gift of inspirational word, illuminating vision and cross-cultural shamanic ritual practice.
Though I’ve studied many forms of meditation since 1978, Steve’s class was a breath of fresh air. His training with Peruvian Shaman, Don Oscar Miro-Quesada, clearly shines through. Combined with his adventures with Native American Elders, knowledge of Sacred Geometry, star energies and his own personal development, this unique class is a true, meditative, learning experience. It’s an invitation to a most exquisite journey. I highly recommend you book a ticket!
Born in Chicago and raised in Kansas, I struggled to get away from it all ever since I could crawl. I realized at an early age I was virtually unemployable. I had authority issues. But I was driven to find something I could do almost anywhere, almost any time, my entire life. Over the years, I tried a lot of things and did a lot of them well. Others, not so much.
So after “earning” two college degrees and floundering in the related jobs they helped me to hate, I made my way to the West Coast. I also fought my way into a black belt in full contact kickboxing. This may have been more valuable than my Masters in science education, but not as much as my bartender’s license. However, when I almost got my fingers cut off during a Japanese sword class, it occurred to me that if the pen was mightier than the sword, I should start writing before I lost my hands, and support myself as a writer and teacher.
In addition to freelance writing and occasional forays offering meditation and related courses, I teach communication and critical thinking – if it’s possible to teach such a thing – at Montana State University.
My thanks to most of my family, all of my friends, some of my teachers, and all of my students and readers over the years.
