Advanced Learning w. Rabbi Diane Elliot
EJW Network Advanced Learning
Thursday, January 20, 2022
10am PST | 1pm EST | 8pm ISR [90 mins]
Join R. Diane Elliot for an embodied hevruta, a movement-based learning session, with trees as our teachers. In honor of Tu BiShvat, the birthday of the trees, which falls on January 17, we’ll explore the potent imagery of the Tree in Jewish Torah and mystical traditions, in conversation with the “tree-ness” of our own bodies.
Rabbi Diane Elliot is a spiritual teacher, ritual leader, and spiritual director. Based in the Bay Area, she has an extensive background in dance and somatics, holds a Masters Degree in Rabbinic Studies, and was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, in 2006. She serves as a program director for the ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal and as a founding steward and faculty member for the Taproot Community (https://www.commonweal.org/ program/c3/taproot/). Diane is the author of three volumes of sacred poetry, most recently The Voice is Movement (Hakodesh Press, 2020). To learn more about her work, visit www.whollypresent.org.
In these sessions, we will spend time in movement and study with experienced teachers of embodiment in Jewish contexts from around the world. Movement modalities include Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Dance, Qi Gong, Yoga, and more! Each session is led by one or two instructors. Time is allotted for reflection and questions about class structure and methodology.
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