What Saint Teresa of Ávila teaches us about growing older with courage, simplicity, and inner peace
Aging isn’t just something that happens to the body. It’s a long walk inward.
In this episode of Aging & Spirituality, we step inside the “interior castle” of the soul with Saint Teresa of Ávila as our guide. Born in 1515, Teresa was not a distant, untouchable saint. She was lively, flawed, often in pain, and deeply human. Through illness, spiritual dryness, and misunderstanding, she discovered a way of aging that was less about decline and more about inner renewal.
Together, we’ll explore:
• How Teresa’s struggles and illnesses shaped her compassion
• Why she saw the soul as a crystal castle filled with rooms of light
• What it means to grow older as an inner pilgrimage rather than a slow disappearance
• How her prayer “Let nothing disturb you…” can hold us in times of loss, change, and uncertainty
This is a gentle, reflective episode with pauses for silence, simple breath practices, and invitations to step into your own interior castle.
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