Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is a pre-eminent rabbi, teacher, and Professor Emeritus at Temple University and Naropa University. He is the founder of the Spiritual Eldering Institute in Philadelphia, which sponsors workshops nationwide that provide the psychological and spiritual tools for people of all ages to grow into elderhood. Most recently he worked on The December Project with author Sarah Davidson. He is now retired and is pursuing his own December work. Ronald S. Miller is an award-winning journalist and the author of As Above, So Below: Paths to Spiritual Renewal in Daily Life. He has taught courses in human development, transpersonal psychology, and stress management at universities and growth centers. He lives in San Diego where he teaches college English, edits books, and continues exploring the joys of elderhood.
Medical science has added years to our lives. Reb Zalman's warm and wise book arrives just in time to add life to those years. --Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People--- Extraordinary...a maginificent view of aging. --Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine--- As in his teaching, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi put in this volume much warmth, human compassion, and necessary wisdom. --Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author--- A wise and inspiring guidebook to the aging process. It will show you how healthy aging may be more like the process of birth than only a reminder of our mortality. --Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine, & Miracles---