Jewish Embodied Spirituality

Neshamah In Motion workshops:

Personal Growth with Movement and Jewish Spirituality

Warm greetings! Neshamah means soul in Hebrew. The workshops offer a guided movement journey that weaves together conscious freestyle dance, dance therapy tools, music, and Jewish Spirituality.

There are no prescribed steps for our dance; instead, we are invited to listen to our bodies and allow the movements to unfold from within.

The workshops offer space to connect with one's body; explore Jewish spirituality in embodied ways, including experiencing the Divine within and beyond as a felt experience in the body; dance and be in a supportive community of other movers.

Upcoming workshops

The workshops offer a guided movement journey tailored to the special time of the High Holidays to:

Reconnect with the home of you body,

Reconnect with the radiance and wholeness of the Soul/Self and the Source of Life,

Use dance and movement to let go of what is no longer serving you and step into what you are cultivating and creating at this special time,

Listen through the body to the wisdom within,

Be in a supportive community of other movers.

Jewish spirituality (prayer and imagery) is woven in to inspire an embodied connection with the voice of the soul and with the Great Mystery we are a part of.

Bar'khu, Dear One

Shekhinah, Holy Name

When I call on the light of my soul, I come home

(adapted by Lev Friedman)

In Person

Sunday October 2, 2022

1:00 - 2:30 pm EST

in High Park, Toronto

location details will be shared after registration

Energy exchange: $35 or pay-what-you-can. If this offering speaks to you, i'd love for you to be there and not let finances be a barrier.

Register by 11:59 pm on October 1

To Register please send a message to nadiastolpner@gmail.com confirming you have read and agree with the SELF-CARE AGREEMENT, please include your first and last name. Please send the e-transfer to nadiastolpner@gmail.com. There will also be a donation box at the event if you feel more comfortable contributing that way.

Online

Tuesday September 27, 2022

4:30 - 6 pm EST, via zoom

Energy exchange: $30 actual cost, $35 support others, $20 reduced cost. If finances are a barrier to you attending please use pay-what-you-can option.

Register by the end of day on September 25

To Register please send a message to nadiastolpner@gmail.com confirming you have read and agree with the SELF-CARE AGREEMENT, please include your first and last name. Please send the e-transfer to nadiastolpner@gmail.com for participants in Canada or be in touch to arrange other means for participants outside of Canada.

For people who love to dance/move or wish to be connected more with their bodies. Past experience with any form of movement is recommended. For participants who are 26 years old and older. For people of all genders.

Questions or Feedback

Blog "The alchemy of dance: on becoming a vessel for blessings"

WHAT TO WEAR AND BRING:

Indoor workshops: we are present with bear feet or in non-slippery socks/indoor footwear, layered comfortable clothing is recommended. Please bring water for you to drink.

Online workshops: you will need a space where you can take a few steps,
a video camera to share your presence with others,
internet connection and a computer/phone/tablet to join the workshop over zoom (a link to join will be provided after registration).

The content of the workshops is inspired by and partly adapted from the trainings I completed including:

· Jewish Embodied Spirituality at Merkavat Ha-Makhol Institute for Embodied Spirituality with Julie Leavitt, Rabbi Diane Elliot, Simona Aronow and Latifa Berri Korpf

· Embodying Great Mystery, Embodied Kabalistic learning program with Simona Aronow and Rabbi Diane Elliot

as well as

· Dance Movement Therapy

· Soul Motion Conscious Dance

· 11 years of facilitating movement-based workshops

Past offerings include workshops with Aleph Canada, Shoresh, Limmud Toronto, and in various studios in Toronto.

I look forward to being with you.

With love and blessings,
Nadia