Sage-ing International is a community of life-long learners exploring new ways of aging. At the time of the organization’s inception, founder Zalman Schachter-Shalomi envisioned a networking organization for professionals dedicated to a revolutionary approach to growing older based on his 1995 book From Age-ing to Sage-ing. Join The Jung Center’s Community for Conscious Aging for this introduction to our friends at Sage-ing International – a like-minded community providing resources for any generation interested in embracing a new paradigm for aging by actualizing our individual and collective potential.

Marilyn Loy Every holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Wisdom Studies with a focus on aging, and Certification in Spiritual Direction to which she brings a creative spirit and artist’s expression to spiritual companioning.  She also holds a MA in Counseling Psychology, and an MS in Audiology. Marilyn is founder of Sagessence (“wise spirit”), a company dedicated to promoting affirmative transformation of personal and cultural views of aging. She is past Co-Chair of Sage-ing International, currently serving in the Executive Emeritus Leadership Circle, is a Certified Sage-ing Leader, and the author of Women and the Liberating Journey of Aging: Awakening Fire in the Heart, and two collections of poetry – Fire in the Well and Tending the Fire. She facilitates seminars, retreats, and classes that focus on potent aging topics. Her home is in the Pacific Northwest, where her heart is at home in a powerful natural beauty that inspires her muse, her spirituality, and her work in the world.