Embodied Jewish Wisdom Teachers’ Network Advanced Learning
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Tuesday May 11 • 10am PST | 1pm EST | 7pm Israel
As we approach the holiday of Shavuot and celebrate our experience of receiving Torah at Mt Sinai, we will explore via embodied practice what it means to create a physical resting space inside our beings for divinity. In the Torah we are instructed to design a physical dwelling place – a Mishkan - for the divine presence to be with us in the desert:
‘V’Asu Li Mikdash V’Shachanti B’tocham.’
וְעָשׂוּ לִי, מִקְדָּשׁ; וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, בְּתוֹכָם
(Exodus 25:8)
How are our bodies likened to the Mishkan? What does it feel like to consciously inhabit the spaces inside? And as a community, what new insights can we glean from this line of Torah - insights that are only possible to glean through movement and conscious embodied practice? We will spend the bulk of this session in movement. Please bring comfortable loose clothing in which you can easily move and a journal.
Julie Emden, E-RYT-500, Halprin Practitioner, infuses her work with exploration, spirit and joy. She is passionate about awakening the body as a gateway to deep inner knowing and guides others in somatic explorations of Jewish wisdom teachings as a resource for living in balance and wholeness. A graduate of five fellowship and teaching certification programs related to her work as a Jewish educator, Iyengar-based yoga instructor and movement/expressive artist, Julie has two decades of experience guiding others in exploring Jewish wisdom, text and practices via the body in a variety of settings. Julie offers classes, workshops, on-line learning, retreats, teacher trainings, individual coaching, and strategic consultation and guidance for Jewish Wellness Initiatives throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.