Anacortes Senior College

The loves, illusions, dependencies, and impossible expectations that all of us have to give up in order to grow.

Dealing with changes and necessary losses is the subject of this 6-week class based on the bestselling book “Necessary Losses”: by Judith Viorst. We will explore our individual ways of dealing with the many necessary changes in our lives. Mother nature has its own seasons of change reflected in our bodies, emotions, minds, relationships and life circumstances. Loving, losing, leaving, letting go of our attachments seems to be the lesson of life, “hold on tightly, let go lightly.”

Come and share your stories and memories awakened by the book’s content of your own journey in accepting life changes and losses. Open your heart and mind to the free flow of life as it is expressed in everyone’s case.

"Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Instructor: Henny Nouwen, RN, LMT    

Henny has been in private practice for 32 years using healing touch, intuition, insight and wisdom as an Integrative Healer.  She facilitated death café gatherings in Lake County, CA, serving the death and dying Ministry in the Adidam Community for the last 35 years.  Henny left home when she was 16, left her home country of Holland at 21 years old. In 2015 she lost everything (except her two cats, computer and car) in the Valley fire in CA.  She knows about dealing with Change, Loss, Grief and the emotions related to loss. The “broken heart” is the window into true spiritual life.

Henny also brings with her 18 years as a cardiovascular circulating nurse in open heart surgery and was an ordained minister in metaphysical teachings for nine years.  For more than 40 years, Henny has taught a multitude of classes on the mind/body connections, death, grief & loss, energy awareness, chakras and healing, (chakrachatter.com).