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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Interview with 614 magazine (a new Jewish women’s magazine) from September, ‘09….
What is Jewish Yoga?
Class Description: We start with thank you. We say Modeh/Modah Ani upon waking, which is one big “thank you” for keeping me alive and waking me up, and go on to the morning prayers, which say thank you for opening [...]
Cool article about Jewish embodied prayer / dancingsoul online live!
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009www.brandeis.edu/hbi/614
Michelle Cove of Hadassah/Brandeis Institute, editor of 614, an online magazine for Jewish women, and men, found my articles and asked me for this interview.
Please visit their site. I talk about what a Jewish yoga/movement class looks like, from my perspective, and how it varies in Orthodox and in Renewal communities. Also, I [...]
Moving Metaphors: Lesson in Poetry and Dance
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Authors: Jenn Blackburn, English Teacher, and Jodi Falk, Dance Director, PVPACHS
Overview & Purpose: This series of activities was designed to allow students to explore poetry through movement. Many of these lessons can be done in one class period or spread out among several class periods. It is our intention to explore how dance can inform one’s [...]
MODES OF MOVEMENT INTO TEFILLAH: Mixing the modes! Sibling rivalry in Genesis and the human puzzle game
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Recently I completed a residency at Heritage Academy, a Jewish day school in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. I came to work at first with the Judaic staff on bringing movement into their curriculum. I ended up not only working with the staff, but also with the middle school students finding ways to embody (and thereby [...]
MODES OF MOVEMENT INTO TEFILLAH: part three / personalizing with Havdallah
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Recently I completed a residency at Heritage Academy, a Jewish day school in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. I came to work at first with the Judaic staff on bringing movement into their curriculum. I ended up not only working with the staff, but also with the middle school students finding ways to embody (and thereby [...]