Tevet Community Gathering
Floating in the Mayim Chayim: מָּֽיִם חיים
Thursday, December 15, 2022
4pm PST | 7pm EST *EVENING
Guided by Hazzan Dr. Evlyn Gould, Rinah Karson & Julie Emden
Beginning with the last lights of Channukah, Tevet plunges us into ever greater darkness and cold. Whatever last streaks of uncleanliness dampen our soul lights now clamor for release. Just as our Torah portions during Tevet lead down into stories of slavery, restriction, hunger and fear, the energies of this month provide an opportunity to heal unresolved conflicts stuck in the body. Through deep hibernative listening, we shall surrender to the inner wisdom of the body using breaths hovering over our inner waters to let go of constraint and move toward greater juiciness, flexibility, calm and joy.
What to bring: Please ready a warm, comfortable, and if possible, darkened space for moving freely. Place paper and art or writing materials within reach so that whatever comes up in your body can flow freely onto the page. Working on the floor is optimal, but a chair that allows unrestricted movement is also fine. It is a good idea to have water nearby, so that you can be fully present for this session.
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Evlyn Gould holds Smicha from Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal as Hazzan and Ba’al tefilah. She serves as Cantor at Temple Har Zion in Mt. Holly, NJ, as well as part-time cantor at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene, OR. She leads Shabbat, holy day, and festival services, offers monthly Shabbat Alive! renewal services and Rosh chodesh women’s gatherings. As a graduate of Aleph’s ESEB leadership training, Embodying Spirit Enspiriting Body, she teaches workshops in Embodied Spirituality and Continuum-infused Movement Meditation. Evlyn trained and performed for some 10 years as a classical dancer and remains College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of French at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She has authored several books on literature, music and dance, on the Dreyfus Affair in France and on the Holocaust in Jewish and European Studies. All is possible because of the love flow from her life partner, Hap Ponedel and her sons, Benjamin and Jesse.
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