June Community Gathering (Tamuz/תמוז) | Lengthening the Light
Thursday, June 30, 2022
10am PST | 1pm EST | 8pm Israel
Every 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.
This month’s practice will feature Hebrew chanting with Laura Hegfield & mindful yoga with Judy Fuhrer, founder of Jazrun Yoga. Please bring a yoga mat, a chair and/or two blocks, and a strap and/or towel.
Judy Fuhrer, started her career with a BFA in Dance from The University of Illinois. The BFA curriculum is a rigorous and comprehensive program where she learned not only the study of anatomy, kinesiology, and dance history, but also the body-mind disciplines such as Alexander Technique and yoga. After that she was awarded entry into the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater scholarship program where she furthered her education in technique classes, performance and training. Judy began a daily practice of yoga in January 1997 and went on to attain many yoga teaching certifications. Coming from a dancer background, the yoga postures seemed natural, and Judy embraced the discipline of the postures and breath work. She specializes in yoga for care and healing, Gentle Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Hatha Yoga for beginning through intermediate level students. Judy's classes challenge her students to go deep and to allow the mind, body and spirit to express itself. Her classes are described as fun, freeing of pain, a relief of stiffness and stress while also relaxing and playful.
Laura Hegfield has been a Jewish educator since 2001. She founded Menuchat Ha-Lev, a bi-monthly Shabbat morning meditation circle in 2014. As a certified Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, she draws inspiration from Torah and brings each parashah into present-moment lived experience. She is also a Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Teacher and Reiki Master. Laura has always been a singer and started writing music and lyrics at age 11. She serves her community in NH as a lay leader during the Yamim Noraim and through Healing Services several times each year, lifting her voice in prayer, in song, and love.
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