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Purchase the replay from this past offering: Moving with The Tree of Life, a seven-part series which occurred in Spring 2021.
During each session, between Passover and Shavuot as we embody divine attributes (Sefirot) that map onto the body, based upon the Tree of Life. Each class will include guided movement sequences as well as time for free-form dance, accompanied by carefully curated playlists and infused with Jewish wisdom teachings for the week’s attribute.
Session 1: Embodying Hesed (Flow)
Session 2: Embodying Gevurah (Containment)
Session 3: Embodying Tiferet (Harmony/Beauty)
Session 4: Embodying Netzach (Patience)
Session 5: Embodying Hod (Gratitude)
Session 6: Embodying Yesod (Creative Life Force)
Session 7: Embodying Malchut (Physical Divinity)
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Moving with the Tree of Live, a 5 session series which occurred in Spring 2025.
Each session includes a brief guided movement sequences for warming up, as well as time for free-form dance, guided by carefully curated playlists and infused with Jewish wisdom teachings for the week’s attribute(s).
Session One: Embodying Hesed (Lovingkindness) & Gevurah (Healthy Boundaries)
Arms & Shoulders
Session Two: Embodying Tiferet (Harmony/Beauty)
Heart, Lungs and Upper Abdomen
Session Three: Embodying Netzach (Perseverance) & Hod (Surrender)
Legs & Hips
Session Four: Embodying Yesod (Foundation)
Pelvic Bowl & Lower Abdomen
Session Five: Embodying Malchut (Grounded Presence) Feet & Mouth
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Dance for Release: Embodying the Sefirot, a six part series that occurred in Spring 2020.
Join us each session, between Passover and Shavuot as we embody divine attributes (Sefirot) that map onto the body, based upon the Tree of Life. Each class is infused with Jewish wisdom teachings to cultivate balance and wholeness.
Session 1: Embodying Hesed (Lovingkindness) & Gevurah (Inner Strength)
Session 2: Embodying Tiferet (Compassion)
Session 3: Embodying Netzach (Endurance)
Session 4: Embodying Hod (Surrender)
Session 5: Embodying Yesod (Foundation)
Session 6: Embodying Malchut (Grounding Presence)
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Yoga For Balance: Embodying the Sefirot which was a 6 part series that occurred in Spring 2020.
Join us each session as we embody 5 divine attributes (Sefirot) that map onto the body, based upon the Tree of Life. (Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut). Each class is infused with Jewish wisdom teachings to cultivate balance and wholeness.
Session 1: Embodying Hesed (Lovingkindness) & Gevurah (Inner Strength)
Session 2: Embodying Tiferet (Compassion)
Session 3: Embodying Netzach (Endurance)
Session 4: Embodying Hod (Surrender)
Session 5: Embodying Yesod (Foundation)
Session 6: Embodying Malchut (Grounding Presence)
Sundays 7:30-9:30pm
2025: Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 23, Dec. 14
2026: Jan. 18, Feb. 22, Mar. 22, Apr. 19, May 17, June 14
In-Studio in Berkeley, CA
REFUND POLICY: All purchases are final. If you are unable to participate in a program after registration, we will happily issue you credit for a future EJL program. Please contact Julie if you have any questions.
We reserve spots based upon a first come, first-served basis. Please contact Julie if the program fee is prohibitive or if you need a payment plan. A couple of work exchange slots are available at a lower rate. Email Julie ASAP if you are interested in this option.
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Yoga for Passover, which occurred in april 2025.
In this session we integrated mind, body, heart, and spirit as we explored and embodied the themes from the story of Exodus as they relate to the body and bodily movements.
In this carefully sequenced, gentle Iyengar-based yoga and movement practice we took the time to create more spaciousness within as we strengthened our resilience, self-compassion & inner strength to take action to bring goodness to our world.
The first hour was Yoga practice.
The final 30 minute was an introduction to Embodied Pardes, EJL’s unique methodology for creating embodied practices infused with Jewish wisdom.
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Yoga for Passover, which occurred in April 2024.
Just as the walls of the sea formed a safe container through which we passed, so also does the structure of our anatomy offer a container and support for ease in our day-to-day movements so that we can find steadiness and balance from within. Integrate mind, body, heart and spirit via a gentle Iyengar-based yoga and movement practice rooted in Jewish mystical teachings.
וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חוֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃
And the Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
-Exodus 14:22
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Yoga for Passover from 2023.
Integrate mind, body, heart and spirit via a gentle Iyengar-based yoga and movement practice rooted in Jewish mystical teachings. The Passover holiday celebrates the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt and this story is meaningful for all beings. Experience, via an embodied practice, why the Jewish mystics believe that the places of constriction hold the key and secret to freedom.
In this workshop we will enter into the tighter and less known places in the body with conscious awareness, loving-kindness and compassion. We will move from these places of restriction/constriction to freedom on all levels of being, via yoga, movement and writing.
Purchase the replay from this past offering: Yoga for Passover, which occurred in Spring 2026.
When Moses first saw the burning bush, he said
“אָסֻרָה-נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה, אֶת-הַמַּרְאֶה הַגָּדֹל הַזֶּה”
“I will turn aside now and see this great sight“
Asura Na V’Ereh, Et Ha Mareh HaGadol Hazeh
(Exodus 3:3)
Join us for an extended practice of “turning” in this gentle Iyengar-based yoga and movement practice as a resource for noticing and finding amazement in our everyday movements. Learn about and experience the wonder of the skeletal structures that allow our bodies to twist and turn.
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Purchase the replay from this past offering, Embodied Exodus: The Inner Journey 2026, a 4 class series from Spring of 2026.
Here are the focus themes for each session:
Class One: Shal Naalecha - Unlocking our habits.
Based upon Ex 3:5 “Remove your shoes from your feet”
(שַׁל-נְעָלֶיךָ, מֵעַל רַגְלֶיךָ)
Class Two: Kaved Lev - Embracing our Heavy Hearts.
Based upon Ex 7:14 “Pharoahs’ heart is heavy.”
(וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, כָּבֵד לֵב פַּרְעֹה)
Class Three: Manna - Not Knowing.
Based upon Ex 16:15 “And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another ‘What is it?” for they knew not what it was.
(וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל-אָחִיו מָן הוּא--כִּי לֹא יָדְעוּ, מַה-הוּא)
Class Four: B’toch Hayam - Finding solid ground.
Based upon Ex 14:22 “And the children of Israel went into the sea amidst dry ground.”
(וַיָּבֹאוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם, בַּיַּבָּשָׁה)