- 2021 - 2022 -


Root to Rise Global Gathering

June 15, 2021 | 2nd Annual Network Launch | Event Details

Dance, sing, stretch, connect and find stillness, with us. Gather to experience a spectrum of embodied practices infused with Jewish wisdom teachings. Connect with others who are leaders and learners of Jewish embodiment.


Trauma, Shechinah & the Jewish Body
with Karen Erlichman

July 15, 2021 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

This session addresses how we embody and experience trauma in our own lives and work, particularly as Jewish people, as we teach/guide others.


Turning Towards the Beloved
with Reb Simona Aronow & Julie Leavitt, Dmin

August 16, 2021 | Community Gathering | Event Details

Elul is a time of going inward for Teshuvah. Sharing the practice of Authentic Movement, we invite a deepening relationship to the Beloved Divine ---within us, among us, and so within reach in Elul.


Embodying the High Holy Days
with Scott Shalom Green

September 14, 2021 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

Join us as we explore the possibility for moment to moment Tseuvah in our bodies. Through Mindful Qigong and Yoga infused with Jewish Wisdom, we will embody the compelling and transformative power of being present.


A Time to Build
with Idelle Packer, Kohenet Aliza Rivka, Kendra Fried, and Aaron Nankin.

October 4, 2021 | Community Gathering | Event Details

With gesture, dance, and movement we will awaken our bodies to new possibilities for the coming year.


Torah Yoga: Seeing the Hidden Light
with Diane Bloomfield

November 18, 2021 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

In this session we begin with the study of a Torah text for thirty minutes. We then weave the Torah inspiration into a full yoga practice.


Finding Light in the Darkness
with Esther Sadie Brandon, Meg Oberhand
& Kohenet Aliza Rivka

December 6, 2021 | Community Gathering | Event Details

Explore the balance between movement and rest, darkness and light.


Etz Hayyim Hi: The Torah of Trees
with Rabbi Diane Elliot

January 20, 2022 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

Join Rabbi Diane Elliot for an embodied hevruta, a movement-based learning session, with trees as our teachers.


Moving & Breathing Ahava אהבה (Love)
with Aliza Rothman & Laura Hegfield

February 14, 2022 | Community Gathering | Event Details

In this session, explore moving and breathing Ahava אהבה (Love) through guided movement, chanting and blessing practices.


Becoming an Embodied White Anti-Racist
with Rabbi Myriam Klotz

March 31, 2022 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

In this session we will move between study and practice to reflect on the impact of racial trauma in our lives as white bodied Jewish people. This session is intended as an introduction to embodied antiracist practice, or to support you in your continuing journey at the intersections of inner work and embodied practice in a racialized world.


Pre-Pesach Community Gathering
facilitated by Network Founder Julie Emden

April 4, 2022 | Pop-Up Learning Session | Event Details

Pesach is approaching! What will you be teaching, and what embodied themes are you exploring in your practice as a student and/or teacher?


Finding the Sacred Center in the Wilderness of the Unknown with Yoshi Silverstein, founder of Mitsui Collective

April 11, 2022 | Advanced Learning | Event Details

This session explores core embodiment principles at the heart of Mitsui Collective's framework for somatic Jewish experience with a focus on dynamic movement, resilience-building, balance, and centering in an ever-moving world.


Masah (מַסָע): Journey through the Omer
with Ellen Tobe & Dr. Lainie Sugarman

May 12, 2022 | Community Gathering | Event Details

This month’s main practice is Otiyot Chayot, taught by EJW Network Member Ellen Tobe. With an opening and closing Jewish Mindful Movement practice taught by Lainie Sugarman.