Space To Be
A 3-part Online Series with Danny Cohen
In partnership with Pardes North America
Join us to learn and practice trauma-informed practices that can help us find steadiness and greater spaciousness within collectively challenging times.
Thursday, March 28, 2024
At 9-11am PT / 12-2pm EST / 5:00-7:00pm UK / 7:00-9:00pm Israel
Thursday, April 25, 2024
At 8-10am PT / 11-1pm EST / 4:00-6:00pm UK / 6:00-8:00pm Israel
Thursday, May 16, 2024
At 9-11am PT / 12-2pm EST / 5:00-7:00pm UK / 7:00-9:00pm Israel
On Zoom
*This course will be recorded for participants who cannot make the sessions live
What a time.
How many of you have experienced some overwhelm recently? Fear? Stress? Apathy? Longings to be able to breathe more deeply? To feel safe and at ease again?
It’s been quite a time for most Jews these last months, with October 7 and the ensuing war stirring up intense feelings and for many rousing intergenerational and collective trauma layers.
In this series we’ll meet once a month to make space for what’s been moving - or frozen - in us, to learn and practice trauma-informed practices that can help us find more steadiness amidst turbulent times.
Drawing on approaches from mindfulness meditation and trauma therapy with inspiration from Jewish sources, we will explore the heart qualities and skillful means that will enable us to heal and feel more in touch with our aliveness.
In each session, we will investigate these questions, and more:
- What does it feel like to give space to that which is alive within us without it being overwhelming?
- How and where do we find ground in tumultuous times?
- What different practice options can we turn to that bring stability or expand our vessel?
- How can we practice together to find more capacity and resource?
You will leave this course having explored:
Giving space to what is alive within.
Ways to meet emotions without overwhelm.
Trauma-informed practices to allow greater ease in being with what is.
What it feels like to come in contact with life.
Intentional approaches to touching different textures of aliveness
To support you in developing a rhythm of consistent and supportive practice, you will be given guided meditations and practice instructions for the time between sessions.
This course will speak to anyone looking to find steadiness and greater spaciousness within collectively challenging times.
Meet Your Teacher
Danny Cohen
Danny brings a rare integration of contemplative spiritual practice and wisdom traditions with trauma-informed therapeutics for cultivating deeper, richer, and more sacred ways of being alive. A graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a variety of yeshivot, Danny was the founding director of Or HaLev Center for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation and a Guiding Teacher at Mindful Schools. He has guided thousands of people around the world in both mindfulness practices and conscious communication skills, currently lives in Israel and is a member of the Evolve Foundation core faculty.
Choose your rate
At Or HaLev, we believe in the spirit of generosity as an essential part of practice. We also acknowledge that financial abilities differ for everyone and we strive to make this class accessible to those who wish to participate, regardless of ability to pay.
Please consider paying at the highest rate that you are able to. Your generosity will help in supporting Or Halev's activities and in growing our community.
Standard
Covers the actual cost
of the course.
Supporter
Enables a scholarship for those who cannot afford the course.
Scholarship
A subsidized rate
of the course.
If the scholarship rate is financially unfeasible for you, please write to naomi@orhalev.org and we will do our best to make the course accessible to you.
