Trauma, Shechinah & the Jewish Body:
Creative Resources for Healing & Wholeness
with Karen Erlichman
EJW Network Advanced Learning
Thursday, July 15, 2021
1pm PST | 4pm EST | 11pm ISR [90 mins]
As embodied Jewish teachers, practitioners and leaders, it is essential to have a trustworthy foundation of ethical awareness, tools, practices and resources to effectively address the physical, emotional, political and spiritual complexity of individual and collective trauma. This extended session will address how we embody and experience trauma in our own lives and work, particularly as Jewish people, as we teach/guide others. We will explore ritual, somatic and spiritual practices, creative process, movement and chevruta as resources for trauma healing in a Jewish framework.
Karen Lee Erlichman, D.Min, LCSW provides psychotherapy, spiritual direction, So(U)L coaching and mentoring in San Francisco, employing a mind-body-spirit approach to wellness. Most recently Dr. Erlichman has been exploring embodied leadership and transformation, and she has trained with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, the Strozzi Institute, the Jewish Studio Project Facilitator Network and the Center for Courage and Renewal. Karen’s writing has been published in numerous journals, blogs and anthologies, including Feminist Studies in Religion, Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction, ritualwell, Tikkun, and in the interfaith anthology Spiritual Guidance Across Religions. She is passionate about creating diverse and welcoming spaces for exploring embodied identity, spirituality and community. To find out more about Karen, visit her website: www.karenerlichman.com.
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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