EJW Network Community Gathering
Monday, August 16, 2021
10am PST | 1pm EST | 8pm ISR [90 mins]
With Simona Aronow and Julie Leavitt as our guides for the large group practice
Turning Towards the Beloved: 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.
Every other month we join together around a theme for embodied practice and to experience one another’s leadership. We will share teaching gems for the current season; capture new themes; acknowledge methods that we have found to be especially inspiring for us and our students. Each session is led by a few members of the collective and includes time for gathering in smaller groups to deepen our connection over time.
Community Gatherings are offered bi-monthly as part of the Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network. Become a member to attend these events live, or to view after, and connect with our growing community!
Julie Leavitt, Dmin, is a body-centered psychotherapist and spiritual companion. She has taught for 30 years at Lesley University and practices spiritual direction at Hebrew College and Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. She has a Doctor of Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation, earning the Samuel Cohen prize for her dissertation project, G!d Danced the Day You Were Born. Choreography of Prayer was published in the book, Seeking Redemption in an Unredeemed World, ed. by Rabbi Avruhm Addison. Julie teaches Authentic Movement and Dance as Spiritual Practice in workshops across the US. She choreographed Imagining Talmud and is at work on Passage. https://www.bodyheartandsoul.net/
Reb Simona Aronow,( BC-DTR, CMA, NCC, BCTMB) is a Dance/Movement Therapist, student of Kabbalah, and educator for over 45 years. She is empowered by Reb Zalman, z"l, as Sacred Movement and Embodiment Guide, Sacred Minister, Morat Torah, and Ritualist. Weaving traditional Jewish learning and movement together for healing and transformation, she has taught through Aleph's Tikshoret program, the National Havurah Institute, Rabbi Diane Eliott's Embodying Spirit, En-Spiriting Body Program, The Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies Certification Program, and more. Her current passion is as director and faculty for ''Embodying the Great Mystery', a 2 year embodied Kabbalistic program, and leading ongoing Authentic Movement Retreats.
The Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network offers quarterly virtual events and community connection, inspiration and resource sharing for leaders and learners of Embodied Jewish Wisdom worldwide.