Live soulfully from a place of contentment, curiosity, and calm
WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AGING?
Spiritual aging is the skill of enjoying life by shifting attention from the outer world to your world within. It involves paying attention to your deepest thoughts and feelings and learning to accept life the way it is. Despite the arrival of aches and pains and the diminution of memory and mobility you can experience more satisfaction by building soul strength and learning to make the transition from elderly to “Wellderly.”
- Approaching your journey in life from a place of equanimity.
- Responding to life's twists and turns with curiosity, self-care, and a positive mindset.
- Embracing the wisdom that comes with age.
- Finding fulfillment in each moment.
From Oy to Joy
A soul journey to making the best of your life for the rest of your life
From Oy to Joy is your guide to a more satisfying, meaningful, and joyous life! You will learn to elevate and broaden your perspective on life, to focus on the good, to accept what you can’t change, and to take the necessary steps to improve your circumstances in whatever way you can.
Who is Shulamit Sofia?
Shulamit Sofia is a modern elder with many decades of therapeutic experience in supporting others. She has a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master’s in clinical social work from Columbia University, and did post graduate training with The National Institute of Mental Health in personality development and community consultation. A spiritual seeker since childhood, she has also received training in meditation and mystical practices.
Her academic studies, clinical experience, and spiritual training have enhanced her own life passage and prepared her to support and guide those facing internal and external obstacles in their journey through life. She has learned many lessons along the way, which are now available to you to learn as successful strategies for dealing with life’s difficulties.
A lifelong writer, her first book, Climbing the Sacred Ladder: Your Path to Love, Joy, Peace, and Purpose, received acclaim from nationally recognized spiritual leaders of all religious dominations. When faced with the pandemic’s disruption of her busy life and forced to socially isolate, she returned to writing. Her second book, From Oy to Joy: A Soul Journey to Making the Best of Your Life for the Rest of Your Life, reflects her own journey and offers guidance to support those dealing with the challenges of aging.
AVAILABLE SERVICES
Spiritual aging offers a range of services that prepare you for making the most of your later years:
Spiritual Skills for Seniors
Getting older requires learning new ways of navigating our lives. The skills and habits of our younger selves no longer apply to the psychological and physical challenges we now face. Spiritual aging will teach you new skills that suit your current stage of life. You will learn to surf life’s ups and downs with equanimity and learn to embrace the future without undo apprehension. Learn to appreciate what you do have rather than focusing on what you don’t. Always connect to a higher source than yourself.
Mindfulness Practices for Elders
As we age, being calm and collected becomes increasingly important. With a diminished memory and ability to concentrate, it’s important to stay focused and practicing mindfulness practices reinforces your ability to not only maintain but increase those skills.
Meditation for Older Adults
A primary practice which helps you gather your thoughts and calm your emotions is the ability to sit quietly and empty your mind for longer and longer periods of time. It is important to include in your schedule an opportunity to focus on building meditation skills. Spiritual aging teaches techniques that support you in this practice.
Soul Strength Exercises to Enhance Aging With Purpose
Spiritual aging techniques include soul strengthening activities that enable you to move from being at the effect of your habits and impulses. This frees you to build more intention, concentration, and willpower in support of your future goals. There are a variety of manners in which these soul strengthening techniques can be learned. These include individual consultation and consulting, seminars, workshops, as well as group activities designed for that purpose.
Individual Consultation and Coaching
Includes a review of your life circumstances, an evaluation of your strengths, resources, desires and dreams in order to create a detailed guide that supports and sustains you by strengthening your skills while pursuing your heart’s desires within a context of curiosity, optimism and hope.
- Developing greater peace of mind
- Facing life’s challenges with optimism
- Evaluating your strengths, resources, and desires
- Strengthening your skills and strategies for moving forward to meeting your goals
- Embracing the wisdom that comes with age
Classes and Seminars
- Live a more joyous life
- Take practical steps forward
- Change your thoughts and change your life
- Create a circle of support
Speaking Programs
Shulamit Sofia, an accomplished international speaker, is available to make presentations at conferences, meetings, and to private associations. Topics include:
Making the Best of the Rest of Your Life
How to accentuate your positives and minimize the inevitable negatives to live a happier and more meaningful life
From Worrier to Warrior
Overcome your fears about the future to become more self expressive and creating the life you want to live
Becoming a Modern Elder
Learning to leverage your wisdom and experience for a life of caring and contribution
BOOKS BY AUTHOR
From Oy to Joy
From Oy to Joy is your GPS to developing the necessary life skills that support your navigating the ups and downs of aging in a way that will increase your sense of well being. You will be able to leave behind a negative mindset and replace it with optimism and anticipation of what life has to offer.
The Sacred Ladder
This book, based on Kabbalistic principles, will guide you on a soul path to higher consciousness. You will learn to replace your ego concerns and anxiety with a sense of wellbeing. You will become more in touch with your highest self, more purposeful and effective, and more able to experience the best life has to offer.
Testimonials That Inspire
Discover the Impact of Spiritual Aging Through Personal Experiences
From Oy to Joy is a heartwarming companion, offering practical wisdom and a dose of laughter for life’s challenging journey into our chapter of life. It is a must for those seeking to embrace life with open hearts, open minds, and open arms.
This book really helped me rise up from feeling down all the time by finding a valuable way to recognize and acknowledge unwanted changes from a new perspective. It was an “AHA” moment that has helped me enjoy life more.
A juicy wide open eyed practical guide to aging joyfully.
From Oy to Joy is an enjoyable book laden with wisdom about aging and filled with practical and emotional advice, full of spirit and insight.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to feel more upbeat and get emotional advice and encouragement for dealing with the issues of aging. It's a book full of spirit and insight.
From Oy to Joy is a treasure of good advice. It is full of wisdom about living a better life that as a geriatrician I would recommend for my patients.
From Oy to Joy is packed with knowledge re: the ups and downs of living as a senior (or any age) in these trying times. It provides the reader information that is both practical and easily absorbed. It definitely will create positive changes in your life. I found the information shared in this book easy to understand, and with practice, put into action. Using the insights provided, readers will be able to create a successful future life in their senior years.
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By joining the Spiritual Aging community, you'll gain valuable skills to approach life with joy and gratitude. Learn to see the gifts and lessons in everyday experiences, and discover new ways to find peace and purpose in your journey.
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- Finding fulfillment, however small, in each moment
- Anticipating and appreciating the gifts of your experiences everyday
- Finding the yes in what looks like a no