Community for Spiritual Living: Sacred Sexuality: Masculine & Feminine

Tom Goddard — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:14:39 -0500

Start: 03/01/2008 - 4:00pm

Timezone: US/Eastern

Somewhere in the struggle to find "equality" between men and women over the last 40 years, we began to dilute our essential masculine and feminine qualities. "Good" male/female relationships were modeled as 50/50 compromises. Could it be, however, that we lost something along the way?

Barra Kahn and Roger Telschow will lead an exploration this Saturday for women and men in the community. With the support of our peers, the intention is to honor and celebrate the sacred masculine and feminine in ourselves and in the opposite sex. You are invited into a dance of yin and yang that can enliven our relationships and rekindle a passion for life.

Teens And Balancing The Masculine and Feminine Energies

Tom Goddard — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:16:44 -0400

Monday I head for Shalom Mountain, 16-year-old son in tow, to drop him off for that retreat center's annual "Young Adult Shalom Retreat". Later in the week he'll be joined by his 12-year-old brother as the week morphs into a "Teen Gathering". This will be my elder son's third such retreat, my younger son's first. All three of us are very, very excited, because we know what a fabulous time they will have.

As I was reading this week's articles on health from the Washington Post, I came across an article that confirms my suspicions about what this annual trek to the Catskills means to my sons, and why it's so important. Sandra Boodman reports on a new book by psychologist Madeline Levine, "The Price of Privilege", reporting that our culture-wide mania to have our children excel in all endeavors has created a generation of miserable, unhappy folk.

Imagine that.