Speaker on midlife issues, women's friendships and yoga

Pat Shapiro does keynote presentations, lectures and workshops on women’s midlife issues, with a special interest in friendships and yoga. The following topics are adapted from her three books on midlife issues:

• HEART TO HEART: Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife
• MY TURN: Women’s Search for Self After the Children Leave
• YOGA FOR WOMEN AT MIDLIFE & BEYOND: A Home Companion

KEYNOTE SPEECHES

HEART TO HEART: A Celebration of Women and Friendship
Inspiring and entertaining, this lecture focuses on how our friendships enrich our lives, how to overcome the barriers that get in the way of true closeness and how to balance time for ourselves with time for others. The lecture unfolds through story telling: Pat’s own friendship story and the stories of some of the women she interviewed for Heart to Heart.

Women at Midlife: Becoming Whole
Through stories and humor, this lecture raises thought-provoking questions about how we can connect the many parts of our lives into a unified whole at midlife. It covers discovering passions, finding spirituality, nurturing friendships, and renegotiating relationships with our partners and grown children.

WORKSHOPS

Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond
Join Santa Fe yoga instructor Pat Shapiro, author of Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond: A Home Companion, in a discussion of the joys and perils of midlife and the years beyond. Learn how yoga can support you through this transformative period. A yoga class tailored to women over 50 will follow the discussion. Reflections on the class and a book signing (optional) will complete this program.

How to Create a Home Yoga Practice
This intensive workshop consists of a short yoga practice followed by a discussion of the essential issues in developing a home practice. They include:

• setting an intention
• clarifying goals
• examining practical considerations
• identifying obstacles
• and finding support.
  

Yoga and Writing Workshops
These workshops are presented for individuals who want to expand their creativity or are interested in using yoga as a preparation and call to writing. These are given periodically or can be arranged according to mutual convenience.