Embodied Jewish Wisdom Teachers’ Network Advanced Learning
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 10am PST | 1pm EST | 8pm Israel
Embodying Torah with Diane Bloomfield
This is an Advanced Learning session for the Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network members. Join today and enjoy ongoing advanced learning, community gatherings, and resource sharing.
In the spirit of what we say every day in our prayers...."Lilmod ool'lamed-- To learn and to teach," I am delighted to offer
A Taste of Torah Yoga as the first in the ongoing series of advanced learning classes offered by the Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network.
Sfat Emet, the 19th chassidic Rebbe, taught that the words of Torah are engraved in the body of a person, but they are hidden and need to be discovered. (Parshat Chukat) Through Torah Yoga, we can discover the Torah that is hidden in our body, mind, heart and soul.
In this 1 1/2 hour long Torah Yoga class we will begin with the study of a Torah text for twenty minutes. We will then weave the Torah inspiration into a full yoga practice for fifty minutes. The last 20 minutes we will gather, on gallery mode, for questions and reflections. This is also an opportunity for me to begin to share my teaching methodology, which I have been growing for more than 30 years.
Diane Bloomfield is the creator of Torah Yoga and author of the book Torah Yoga: Experiencing Jewish Wisdom through Classic Postures. She is currently working on her new book, Playing with Fire: Secret Torah Doorways to the Inner Self.
She lives in Jerusalem where she teaches Torah and Torah Yoga classes live and on the web. She is currently planning Torah Yoga 10 day trips to Israel. Diane also teaches Torah Yoga retreats and workshops in the United States at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and synagogues throughout the United States and Canada.
Over the past thirty years Diane has taught in many settings, including the Solomon Schechter Jewish Day School of Boston, and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. She has been a guest teacher for Israel trips run by Birthright, AIPAC, Woman of the Wall, and private synagogue groups.
Diane has been learning Torah in Israel since the mid-eighties at Pardes, Matan, Yakar, Emunah Shlemah Synagogue, as well as with numerous other teachers and study partners.
She is a certified Junior level Iyengar Yoga Instructor and a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist.
For more see http://torahyoga.com/