Embodied Jewish Wisdom Teachers’ Network Advanced Learning
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Weds, Sept. 2 • 1pm PST | 4pm EST | 11pm Israel
The Art of Turning, An Embodied Preparation for the High Holy Days
with Rabbi Diane Elliot
We’ll come together in the middle of the month of Elul, the month of self-reflection and relational repair that precedes the high Holy Days, to explore the essential Jewish gestures of “turning” and “forgiveness" (teshuvah and s'likhah). In this time of upheaval and uncertainty, how can we embody the return to our deepest truths, while at the same time connecting to the ever-changing flow of the Multi-verse? This class is designed to support your personal High Holy Day preparation, as well as to spark your creativity around embodied movement practices you may want to share with your own students and home communities during the High Holy Day season.
Rabbi Diane Elliot is a spiritual teacher, ritual leader, spiritual director, and writer, based in the SF Bay Area, who inspires her students to become clearer channels for Presence through awareness and movement practices, dance, chant, and nuanced interpretations of Jewish sacred text. Her previous careers as a modern dancer, choreographer, and somatic movement therapist synergized with her Jewish path in the Embodying Spirit, En-spiriting Body embodied Jewish leadership training, a program she created and directed from 2011-2018 through the ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Currently a member of the Taproot stewardship team, Rabbi Diane continues to bring the essential wisdom of the Jewish path to diverse Jewish and interfaith groups. She is the author of three books of spiritual poetry, most recently The Voice is Movement (Hakodesh Press, 2020). To learn more about her and her work, visit www.whollypresent.org.