How do we pray from our bones?  In this experiential session we will  learn a spiritually focused Torah teaching through the embodied practice of yoga, and explore how movement can lead us towards awakening the sacred intelligence that resides in every cell of the body. Everyone welcome. Please bring a yoga mat or towel for your comfort.

Preparing the Heart: Yoga for Jewish Spiritual Practice [CD]

Rabbi Myriam Klotz is the Director of the Spirituality Initiative at HUC-JIR, New York. The Spirituality Initiative provides Spiritual Direction for students and faculty, as well as elective courses, retreats, seminars, and a professional training in Jewish Spiritual Direction.  A pioneer and ongoing student of Torah Yoga,  Myriam is a certified yoga teacher and on the faculty of the  Institute for Jewish Spirituality, where she teaches yoga and embodied spiritual practice.  She is the co-founder and co-director of the Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Teacher Training at Isabella Friedman Jewish Retreat Center.  Myriam lives in Philadelphia with her partner Rabbi Margot Stein, their son Raffi, dog Tiger, and beta fish, Stuart Goldberg.