Peace Retirement Homes

Peace Retirement Homes

With increasing life span, there are going to be ever increasing numbers of older people looking for peaceful retirement. Last week I saw the following advertorial and going to visit there next month to get some ideas. 

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https://www.thestar.com/partner_content/2016/05/01/why-60-is-the-new-40.html

Sixty is the new 40, according to scientists who say longer, healthier lives allow people to hit middle age later. Retirees are increasingly enjoying active lifestyles and staying healthier, longer.

For an easy way to stay active, many retirees flock to land-leased style community living, where home ownership is possible without the weight of costly mortgages and demanding property maintenance work.

These retirement lifestyle communities offer a variety of ways to stay fit, including low-impact aqua fitness, indoor swimming pools, well-maintained walking and biking paths, exercise rooms, tennis courts, golf and more. Aside from exercise, residents can also stay active by getting together with like-minded friends to play cards, having a barbecue or enjoying group gatherings such as dinners, dances and impromptu get-togethers.  

Don and Trudy Koopmans of Sandycove Acres, a Parkbridge Lifestyle Community, enjoy their active and healthy lifestyle. Don is the president of the garden club and director of the woodworking club within their community. “I love my active lifestyle at Sandycove Acres. On top of gardening and woodworking, I also enjoy playing pool and snooker. I love being involved in a wealth of activities,” he says. “I believe a place like Sandycove Acres is a perfect place where a retiree can stay active and live longer. I especially enjoy the social aspect of always being able to be involved with people. We’ve got great neighbours and have been able to make lifelong friends.”

In the Parkbridge Lifestyle Community model of home ownership, communities are located near other amenities which complement an active lifestyle. Within a short walk or drive, there are activities such as golfing, shopping, cafes, restaurants, beaches and wineries. Many of these communities are situated in sought-after destinations with a lot of natural scenery.

Many retirees feel they have worked hard and deserve to truly enjoy an active retirement with ample energy and good health. Instead of spending time on tedious home maintenance, shoveling snow or mowing the lawn, management at the land lease style of home ownership takes care of these time-consuming tasks, giving back time to enjoy better things in life.  

For further information on the land-lease concept of living and land-lease community offerings, visit www.parkbridge.com.

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Managing Exponential Changes

Managing Exponential Changes

On 2nd March 2016, it is proposed to organize a meeting of SSY/Matrumandir supporters to discuss this issue which many of our generation are having difficulty deal with.

The world is witnessing changes at ever increasing faster rates. All of us have witnessed how the

electronics technology of Integrated Circuits (ICs) is doubling it's power every 18 months for almost last 35 years. Computers, which were expensive even for large corporations are now in every home in multiple numbers.

This has changed life of almost every person on earth. Now we don't send letters but exchange email messages, we don't need to go to the markets but can order practically every thing from home computer, our work and leisure patterns have changed.

For a large majority, these sudden changes are creating anxiety of unknown. The products, technologies, skills required are all getting obsolete very quickly and get replaced by new much powerful alternatives. Individually, we all are forced to learn and adapt new technologies. The stable life long jobs are getting rare.

However, these exponential changes have created enormous opportunities for those who are able to understand the trends and be prepared for these changes. Now there is abundance of many things in life, easy communication, practically unlimited entertainment, free abundant knowledge resources .. etc. If we are aware of what to expect then the actual changes do not affect us emotionally.

In our meeting on 2nd March, we will discuss which technologies, products, skills are on the exponential growth path, how will this affect our private and professional life, how can we prepare ourselves to ride over these changes successfully.

Growth Engineering Course at zCon Solutions, Kothrud, Pune

We had planned to execute our various projects related to Yogic Lifestyle, by following modern Growth Hacking technologies and by getting help of students of  College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). However, there were conflicts in scheduling the course at COEP and at the last minute this course was cancelled by the college. Therefore, now alternate arrangements are made at the new office building of zCon Solutions Pvt ltd. at Kothrud, Pune.

The Venue for the course is:
zCon Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
S.No. 98, Hissa No. 1 to 7, Plot no. 23,
Behind Reliance Mall, Right Bhusari Colony,
Kothrud, Pune – 411038.
India
+91-20-25280034
+91-20-25280035
 https://www.google.com/maps/dir//18.5088872,73.7915605/@18.508887,73.791561,16z?hl=en-US

The course will start on Tuesday, 1st March 2016 at 6pm. The first session will be introduction to the course and open for all who are interested in attending and free. You are welcome to attend the first session with your friends and colleagues.

The regular classroom meetings will be scheduled once every week when all students will meet together to review the work plan for the week. The weekly timing and days will be decided in consultation with all participants.

The course is primarily project oriented. Teams of 4 to 5 students will work together to execute one growth project. The required software tools and techniques will be discussed in the class and actual use of these tools and execution of the project tasks will be done independently by the team members during the week.

Following Yogic Lifestyle projects will be undertaken depending upon the availability and registration of sufficient team members for the project team.

Project: Ottawa Ashram
Inspiration and leadership: Radhama Jayaraman and Nitinji Bhatt
Objective: To set up SSY ashram, similar to various ashrams in India in the vicinity of Ottawa or Toronto

Project: Children SSY, Matrumandir
Inspiration and leadership: Sameerji, Preeti Mulik and Vasudha Kothari
Objective: To promote existing SSY services for Children and Matrumandir and start such services in Canada

Project: Yoga Tourism
Inspiration and leadership: Jagdeeshji Bhat and Ashok Saraf
Objective: Offer services of touring the Yoga centers of India including SSY, AOL, Patanjali ashrams with personal guidance of highly experience yoga guru.

Project: Peace Shares
Inspiration and leadership: Ashok Ranade and Ashok Saraf
Objective: Time shares of peace homes and ashrams worldwide

Project: eCommerce marketing of Yogic products and services
Inspiration and leadership: Diptesh Parmar
Objective: To set up eCommerce website for marketing and distribution of yogic lifestyle products and services.

If anyone is interested in joining any one of the project teams then please contact immediately the respective project leaders.