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SUMMARY:Dreamwork as a Window to the Soul
DESCRIPTION:January 25\,  February 1\, 15\, March 1\, 15\, 29\, 2023\n12:00–1:30 p.m. EST \n“A dream unexplored is like a letter not read\,” says Rabbi Hisda in the Talmud (Brachot 55b). The biblical Jacob before him called his dream a portal to the Divine. Kabbalists after them both called dreaming a form of prophecy. \nFor many of us\, dreams have become especially vivid during these tumultuous times. Whether or not that is true for you\, dreams are an invitation to look deeper. They can be a window to your soul and a channel for your divine inner voice. In six sessions\, I will introduce you to the wonderful world of dreamwork in the method I was taught\, which is primarily a Gestalt approach\, influenced by my experience in spiritual companionship. The main principle in my dreamwork is that the dream belongs to the dreamer\, and only the dreamer holds the key to decipher it. The role of the dreamworker is to help the dreamer understand their own dream\, not interpret it for them. \nParticipants will be asked to start keeping a dream journal before the immersion begins\, and together\, we will share and work our dreams. Topics will include: keeping a dream journal\, learning to “interview” our dream elements\, the ego in the dream\, following your intuition and curiosity\, dreamwork as a spiritual practice\, and more. Participants will be paired off into hevruta dream partners\, and you will be invited to work together practicing the method between sessions\, which will be every other week. Together\, we will discuss texts on dreams in pairs and as a group\, and work one another’s dreams in class\, with me demonstrating and offering guidance. \nRabbi Dr. Haviva Ner-David is the rabbinic founder of Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind\, Body\, and Soul\, the only mikveh in Israel open to all to immerse as they choose. Ordained as both a rabbi and an interfaith minister\, certified as a spiritual companion (with a specialty in dream work)\, and with a doctorate on mikveh from Bar Ilan University\, she offers mikveh guidance and spiritual companioning for individuals and couples\, as well as mikveh workshops and classes for groups. Rabbi Haviva is the author of three spiritual journey memoirs and a novel. Her most recent memoir\, Dreaming Against the Current: A Rabbi’s Soul Journey\, is about her journey into interspirituality and dreamwork. Her two previous spiritual journey memoirs are titled: Chanah’s Voice: A Rabbi Wrestles with Gender\, Commandment\, and the Women’s Rituals of Baking\, Bathing\, and Brightening\, and Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Towards Traditional Rabbinic Ordination\, a runner up for the National Jewish Book Council Awards. Hope Valley\, her debut novel\, is about the friendship between a Palestinian and a Jewish woman in Galilee\, where Haviva lives. She is also the mother of seven and lives with FSHD\, a form of muscular dystrophy\, which has been one of her greatest teachers. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/dreamwork-as-a-window-to-the-soul/2023-01-25/
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SUMMARY:Miracles and the Strange: Writing Inspiration from Sephardic Folktales and Modern Speculative Fiction
DESCRIPTION:January 25\, February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, March 1\, 2023\n12:00–1:30 p.m. EST \nTraditional Sephardic folktales take the experience of the marginalized Jewish diaspora and create narratives of hope and justice through inexplicable miracles and magical events. In this generative workshop\, we will use these folktales of miracles as inspiration to write our own speculative stories\, using elements of the strange amid a backdrop of realism. We will look to modern fiction by Karen Bender\, Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Venegas\, Shirley Jackson and Samanta Schweblin\, and examine how these writers grapple with social and cultural experiences\, especially the realities of violence\, misogyny\, and anti-Semitism\, through speculative approaches to storytelling. By the end of the workshop\, each participant will have developed the beginning of their own piece of writing (in any genre) confronting social anxieties\, fears\, and the lived experience of being Jewish in this moment in history. \nLeslie Contreras Schwartz is a multi-genre writer\, a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow\, and was the 2019–2021 Houston Poet Laureate. She is the author of four collections of poetry\, including Black Dove / Paloma Negra (FlowerSong Press\, 2020)\, a finalist for the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for 2020 Best Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters; Fuego (St. Julian Press\, 2016); and Nightbloom & Cenote (SJP\, 2018)\, a semi-finalist for the 2017 Tupelo Press Dorset Prize\, judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Her poet laureate community projects include Writing and Mindfulness: Creative Writing Exercises\, a free e-book on mindfulness and writing\, and the poetry film IT’S A MASK IT’S A VIRUS IT’S A KNEE\, a collective\, communal poetry film composed of poems written by Houstonians about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is currently a faculty member at Alma College’s MFA low-residency program in creative writing. For more about her work\, visit lesliecschwartz.com. \nAll sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/miracles-and-the-strange-writing-inspiration-from-sephardic-folktales-and-modern-speculative-fiction/2023-01-25/
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