Join our global network
for leaders & seekers of movement
practices infused with Jewish Wisdom
Our network serves as a hub for Jewish embodiment leaders and seekers. Locate teachers and embodiment classes around the world through our directory and global class calendar.
The Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network offers quarterly virtual events and community connection, inspiration and resource sharing for leaders and learners of Embodied Jewish Wisdom worldwide.
Inspire your teaching with fresh ideas, strengthen your offerings with embodied wisdom, share & receive resources, widen your reach with a global community!
Our Network was created with support from grants and individual donors. We are now sustained by individual gifts and membership fees.
We invite you to join the network for a renewing annual membership fee of $180 or $18/month, whichever is most aligned for you. Click the left button for annual or the right button for monthly. If you are a student or seek financial assistance please complete this form.
Why a Network?
Our Vision
We aim to strengthen the field of Embodied Jewish Wisdom. As a collective, our guides, leaders and students are furthering a model for Jewish life where embodied spiritual practice is the norm, not the exception. More than anything, our mission is to further wholeness, individually and collectively. We are here to elevate embodiment as an essential part of who we are – Jewishly & beyond.
Why a Network?
Many of our members have practiced & pioneered embodied spiritual practice in their Jewish communities in isolation and for years - unaware of a wider community of support. At the Network, we come together to create a thriving and resourced global community of embodied Jewish leaders. Our online gatherings connect and strengthen us, elevating our studies and personal practice. Between meetings, we share resources & events, engage in real-time conversations and build community. Together we deepen our shared knowledge, generate inspiration and strengthen the wider field of Embodied Jewish Wisdom.
Who are we?
The EJW Network is hosted and created by Embodied Jewish Learning, with guidance from our EJW Leadership team. EJL (founded by Julie Emden) offers teacher trainings and online learning to provide educators and teachers with best practices for integrating Jewish wisdom into their classes and we offer podcasts, classes, workshops and retreats to provide spiritual seekers, yogis, and dancers a unique way to access Jewish wisdom that is meaningful and relevant to their everyday lives.
““Every time I join an EJL event, I walk away feeling spiritually connected, centered, and refreshed. As a learner, I feel safe participating and sharing, and as an educator, I feel enriched by the vast collection of knowledge the network members bring forth. I have encountered Jewish ritual, text, song, and interpretations that might never have entered my field of view if not for these gatherings.””
““All of my experiences at the monthly gatherings this year have enriched my teaching and writing with inspiration and wisdom. I am excited by my personal growth in understanding my heritage, further kindling my love of Judaism. I love meeting people from all over the world who are strengthening Judaism through experiences of embodied Jewish learning.” ”
““Being engaged with the Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network is truly a blessing. EJW provides me with support, innovation, collegiality, and a rootedness within ancient Jewish Wisdom. The collective Kavanah I feel emerging is to honor the Spiritual Path of Judaism while discovering pathways that authentically embody its transformative power.””
““As practitioners of Embodied Jewish Wisdom, we understand the essential nature and value of learning beyond the limits of mental intelligence alone. Every day, we choose to be facilitators of healing through varied modalities in order to take that deep, deep, visceral understanding with us as we move through the world. Our Network is as vital as your next breath if you serve as a teacher of this holy work.””
Membership Benefits
Community Gatherings
Quarterly, via Zoom
4 virtual gatherings via Zoom to connect with embodied Jewish community throughout the year! Join us for quarterly Community Gatherings featuring teaching by Network members who guide us in creative, connective Jewish movement & embodied text study experiences. Movement modalities include Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Dance, Qi Gong, Somatic Experiencing, Yoga, and more! Replay videos are available within one week of each event.
Public Visibility:
Directory & Class Calendar
Create a listing in our public-facing directory, making it easier for others to find you & your work regionally. Add your online and in-person events to our global class calendar. We love supporting our teachers to share embodiment practice more widely!
Video Vault:
Access to 40+ Recordings
& Accompanying Resources
Network membership provides access to view over 40 live session replays from the past 4 years, filled with embodiment practices and inspiration for daily life. View resources, source sheets, texts, music playlists, slide decks, and more from EJW members and leaders.
International Community & Peer Connections
Connect with our embodied Jewish community! Discover new practices and connect with a variety of teachers, worldwide. Get answers to your questions, share source sheets, texts, music playlists, links to articles, events, classes, workshops - & more! In addition, our members are creating and planning in-person regional gatherings.
A GIFT FOR YOU
Upon joining the Network, receive a bonus 1-on-1 Spiritual Counseling & Relationship Coaching Session with EJL Board Member Gavriel Strauss, a Level 1 Certified IFS: Internal Family Systems Practitioner and ordained Mashpiah (Spiritual Director/ Companion/ Mentor) who offers somatic informed counseling support influenced by a Kabbalistic /Jewish mysticism lens. Learn more about Gavriel at our EJL Board & Teams Page HERE.
Become a Member!
Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network
Community Membership $180 annually | $18 monthly
The Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network offers quarterly virtual events and community connection, inspiration and resource sharing for leaders and learners of Embodied Jewish Wisdom worldwide.
If you desire to be a part of this community but payment is difficult or prohibitive at this time, we have partial scholarships available.
*Please note: 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.
Support our scholarship fund by donating today!
To make this network accessible to all, we are grateful for donations from our community and our supporters. Donations are accepted by our fiscal sponsor Upstart.
EJW Network Public Directory
Leaders, Teachers, & Practitioners Directory
Find an Embodied Jewish Wisdom leader in your area.
All profiles are provided by members of our global Network - Reach out to members directly here!
To add your name to this Directory and post your public classes, join our Network!
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Find in-person events near you, and online embodiment classes offered from leaders all over the world on our Global Jewish Embodiment Calendar!
All classes/events are provided by members of our global EJW Network.
To add your events to this calendar,
join our EJW Community!
When We Meet
Join us for Quarterly Community Gatherings!
Community Gatherings:
once per quarter
In these gatherings, we come together for embodied practice and to experience one another’s leadership. We share teaching gems for the current season, capture any new themes or methods that as leaders and guides we have found to be especially inspiring or useful for 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. Recordings are posted within one week.
When we meet!
ATTEND LIVE or access the recordings after.
All sessions are 90 mins.
Starting at 10 am PT | 11 am MT | 12 pm CT | 1 pm ET | 8 pm ISR
Monday, September 23, 2024 (Elul/High Holy Days)
Monday, December 2, 2024 (Kislev/Hanukkah)
Thursday, Feb 13, 2025 (On Tu B’Shvat)
Monday, May 5, 2025 (Iyar/Omer/Sefirot)
Bonus Session | Community Connection
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 5pm PST | 8pm EST | 60 mins
Guidelines
As we gather in community via online conversations, sharing with one another privately, and at future in-person retreats we will hold these Middot (values or character traits) in mind.
Photos from Gather & Grow | 2019
by Eli Zaturanski