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Awaken & Return: A Virtual Jewish Meditation & Yoga Retreat


Saturday, August 29, 8:30 - 10:00 pm

Sunday, August 30, 9 am - 12 pm

The High Holiday season begins with the month of Elul: a call to wake up to our lives and return again to what is essential. We will be guided to experience awakened awareness and the wisdom that renews us through Meditation, Yoga and Qigong infused with Jewish wisdom, as well as text study, periods of silence, and chanting.

Sliding Scale: $18- $72.

No one turned away for lack of funds. Multiple payment levels are offered to make this workshop accessible. If payment is difficult or prohibitive at this time, please contact jewishlife@pjcc.org. Please select your ticket level at check-out. A zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Questions: Contact shalemretreats@gmail.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Pre-registration is required by Friday, August 28.

Offered in partnership with Shalem, the Jewish Wellness Initiative of the Peninsula JCC, the Addison Penzak JCC, and  Oshman Family JCC.

Shalem was created in 2012 by the Peninsula JCC and Embodied Jewish Learning and is now a collaborative partnership with the Addison-Penzak JCC and the Oshman Family JCC to promote wellness and well-being infused with Jewish wisdom to help support the entire community in times when these tools are greatly needed.

Faculty includes Rabbi Lavey Derby, Julie Emden, Tracey Green, Scott Green, Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia, Rabbi Laurie Matzkin and Tova Birnbaum.

QUESTIONS? Contacts shalemretreats@gmail.com