How are you experiencing this moment in your heart, spirit, and body?

In what ways are you navigating belonging among multiple communities?

Join Mariana Pardes and Debórah Eliezer for three participatory sessions centering Jews at the intersection of multiple perspectives to engage in open-hearted, body-oriented, and empathy-led dialogue.

In a small group context of queer and trans folks, we will be exploring somatic or body-based practices as an opportunity to experientially connect to ourselves as embodied beings. We will engage in a process of discovery of what it’s like to be in our bodies with a spirit of playfulness, curiosity, and compassion.

In a small group context, we will be exploring somatic or body-based practices as an opportunity to experientially connect to ourselves as embodied beings. We will engage in a process of discovery of what it’s like to be in our bodies with a spirit of playfulness, curiosity, and compassion.

“What is somatic therapy? Advocates believe it explores connections between mental health and physical symptoms”

Now offering in-person somatic sessions in Center City (Philly)!

What's buoying you amidst the turbulent waters of life? For me, it's relationships…

Are you a care provider interested in supporting your clients/patients with cultivating somatic/body awareness?

Since establishing my practice, and especially since the outbreak of COVID-19, I have been wrestling with how to facilitate access to somatic exploration and support. While I only have the capacity to work 1:1 with a limited number of ongoing clients, I’ve been interested in coming up with an offering…

This series can support you to:

• nurture a gentle, curious, & compassionate approach to embodied self-awareness

• acquire skills to access joy, strength, & nourishment within your body…

This is the first recording in the audio series Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves!

What can you expect?

* a warm & enthusiastic welcome

* a discussion of questions such as: what is somatics? why engage in somatic practices?

* details about how the series is structured

* guidance to support you in your journey of embodied exploration

“Our bodies carry information about our experiences in a different way from our minds. Our bodies' nervous systems, muscles, tissues, and cells hold wisdom about how we register and move through the world around us. Somatic practices enable us to tune into our bodies. There are many reasons why it matters to listen to our bodies…

This is the 1st somatic practice in the audio series Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves!

What are you invited to explore in this practice?

A foundational building block of somatic practice that supports you in gradually turning on your embodied self-awareness.

This is the 2nd somatic practice in the audio series Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves!

What are you invited to explore in this practice?

A mind/body approach to affirming your relationship with different parts of your being!

This is the 3rd somatic practice in the audio series Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves!

What are you invited to explore in this practice?

Offering and receiving self-touch using your own hands to practice relating to your body as a resource for comfort, pleasure, and nourishment!

This is the 4th somatic practice in the audio series Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves!

What are you invited to explore in this practice?

*Widening your field of vision through gentle head, neck, and eye movements

*Tuning into your senses (specifically sight, hearing, and smell)

This is the 5th somatic practice in the audio series “Nurturing an Embodied Relationship with Ourselves.”

What are you invited to explore?

A series of gentle movements and gradual postural shifts in your body so you can come into alignment with your full length…