After a three year hiatus, Rebekah Erev and Jonah Aline Daniel are offering the Soul Candles Workshop this fall in Seattle, WA. With joyous hearts we invite you to join in this work.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

There are vast and diverse teachings and uses of candles in Judaism. Every where that candles have been used, they have also been made. In this workshop we will draw from Russian and other Eastern European traditions of making "Soul Candles" during the Days of Awe (the Jewish High Holy Days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.) We invite you to come co-create in our own holy queer tent of prayer. Soul candles are made to both honor ancestors and protect the living. Burned during Yom Kippur and throughout the year, their lighting awakens the souls of ancestors and calls on them to pray for the wellbeing of the living. This candle making tradition has been passed down through "tkhines," Yiddish collections of prayers by and for women. Obscured historically by Patriarchy and Christian Dominance, we bring the tkhines of Jewish women into our lives and hold them up to shine brightly.

Date: October 5th 2019, Seattle, WA

Cost: $150- $250 sliding scale, with partial scholarships available for low income, people with disabilities and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). No BIPOC will be turned away for lack of funds.

Co-sponsor: Kadima Reconstrutionst Community

Accessibility: ASL interpreted, wheelchair accessible, low fragrance. Please come fragrance free to make the space accessible to all participants. Information about fragrance free here.

REGISTER HERE!

Once you are registered you will receive information about the pre-Saturday afternoon outing to the cemetery. We will also create a googledoc you will get access to for people traveling for the workshop from out of town to coordinate rides and places to stay in Seattle for the weekend. We can’t guarantee anything but will do our best to help people connect with one another.

There will be several events connected with this event to make this a weekend Shabbat Shuva Shabbaton.

Free events:

There will be a Queer Mikveh at Madrona Beach 5-6pm on Friday October 4th. This event includes intention setting for the weekend. Immersing in the water is optional, a metaphorical mikveh and mikveh through drinking water will also be included in the facilitation of this ritual. Accessibility details forthcoming.

Shabbat dinner 7:30pm, details forthcoming for this free event.

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is hosting their annual tashlich on Sunday October 6th from 12-2pm at Madrona Park. More information here.

For those registered for the Saturday workshop:

Saturday October 5th from 10-12pm we will be visiting a Jewish cemetery in Seattle to do the traditional wrapping of wicks around tombstones as directed from the original tkhines.

Do you want to be more in tune with the moon’s influence on your body? What does that even mean?! Our bodies follow the cycles of the moon. In this workshop you will learn how hormones and bleeding are related to this immense rock in the sky. We will go through yoga exercises, moon phases, hormonal education, and herbal tips to support each part of your cycle. You will come away knowing how your emotional life, relationships, productivity, and physical body change through the moon cycle. Leave feeling empowered because you know your body’s functionality, which is scientifically proven to reduce menstrual pain.

Cost: $45

This workshop welcomes all genders, mama’s, papa’s, baba’s, whether you bleed or not.

Accessibility: Please come scent free. There is a curb in the front of the building but if you park around the back, it is wheelchair accessible.

It’s time for your light to shine! The dark times of winter have helped us incubate and explore the mystery of our bodies and the dark world. Now the sap is rising and a few shy buds are starting to show themselves. In this workshop we will welcome our longer days and more time with our long time star, the sun, matching the seasons emergence with our own. What do you want to manifest with this golden light?

Explore what feeds your community, inspires self-care and moves you towards justice work. By writing, meditating, setting intentions, learning embodied practices and sharing in community ritual, we’ll clarify and grow our collective luminosity. Bring gold, unscented candles, golden beets, turmeric, beeswax and any other extraordinary golden things for our Gold Altar. We’ll make a golden essence together you will take home to support your practice of light cultivation. Bottles and stickers will be provided.

Please come scent free and bring a journal to this workshop.

Cost: $40 per person

POCBI and people with disabilities invited to attend at no cost.

Please come scent free and bring a journal to this workshop.What if creativity wasn’t thought of as a superfluous, self indulgent practice, but instead, your civic duty to society? How do we imagine a future where we are creating, as citizen artists? This dreaming on the same scale that capitalism is functioning to destroy art, makes our future.

We’re innately connected to the natural rhythms of the earth and sky. As children we had a more visceral experience of that connection. In this workshop we will do meditation and journaling exercises to collaborate with the earth for a collective dream of the future. This opens the doors to understanding how our creative expression is integral to justice, liberation and healing the earth.

This work is inspired by the work of Ira Progoff and learnings from Marilyn Frasca (former TESC faculty) and Lynda Barry (TESC alumni) who Rebekah Erev has studied with.

Please note: This workshop is for ANYONE, self-identified artists and non-identified artists alike!

FREE!

Saturday January 26, 2019

Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Ave SE Olympia

Led by Kohanot (Hebrew Priestesses) Nomy Lamm and Rebekah Erev.

Email ElementalActivation@gmail.com to register for the workshop.

10:30 am - Noon: Morning Service (Earth-based, feminist, Jewish ritual)

Noon - 1 pm: Torah Service*

1 - 2 pm: Potluck with Tree Theme (fruits, nuts)

2 - 6 pm: Experiential Workshop

Coming out of Tu B’shvat, as the sap rises in the veins of the trees, we feel our earth-bodies awakening to the changing light. The trees’ structure, stability and steadfastness, their quiet witnessing, these are ways that we want to learn to be there for each other, to be in community together.

In this workshop we will explore the roots of Judaism through embodying the archetypes of trees in Jewish teachings. We’ll pay reverence to the sacred tree of life explored in the Kabbalah, relate to the physical body of the Torah made of animal skin and plant matter, and create art that explores our commitment to taking care of the earth and trees we love. We’ll sing, pray, eat, tend our bodies and plant seeds.

No Hebrew or Singing Experience required. Beginners Welcome.

Morning service is free. Workshop is sliding scale $50-100, according to what you can afford.

More about Sliding Scale:

http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale

http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/a-better-sliding-scale

Scholarships available. People of color and people with disabilities are invited to attend for free. Fees can be paid ahead of time or after Havdallah in order to avoid handling money on Shabbat.

Wheelchair accessible. Please come scent-free.

How to be scent-free:

https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/

*We are open to one or two more Torah readers if you feel called to participate in this way. If you’re interested in learning one of the portions we have picked out, please let us know!

Take a deep breath into the beauty of autumn. As the leaves’ fancy colors leap through the air we will bellow out our songs of gratitude, build community, express ourselves and explore ancient traditions. 

There is a teaching in Judaism that an angel whispers over each blade of grass, “Grow, Grow.” In this workshop we’ll learn to listen to the whispers of ancients encouraging us to be our full selves. We’ll sing (and learn) songs, we’ll blow the shofar (ram’s horn), we’ll do breath work, a sound mikveh (metaphoric ritual bath), make art about the element of air and receive loving encouragement to set free our voices. 

No Hebrew or Singing Experience required. Beginners Welcome. 

Led by Kohanot (Hebrew Priestesses) Nomy Lamm and Rebekah Erev. 

Email nomylamm@gmail.com to register.

Morning service is free. Workshop is sliding scale $50-100, according to what you can afford. 

More about Sliding Scale:
http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale
http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/a-better-sliding-scale

Scholarships available. People of color and people with disabilities are invited to attend for free. Fees can be paid ahead of time in order to avoid handling money on Shabbat. 

Wheelchair accessible. Please come scent-free.

How to be scent-free:
https://eastbaymeditation.org/resources/fragrance-free-at-ebmc/

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/260214001572871/?active_tab=about

The roots of Jewish lineage and practice lie in an elemental connection to the earth, song, life cycles and community - elements often associated with the divine feminine or G!ddess energy. Come learn about the ancient roots of G!ddess consciousness in Judaism through exploring the basic elements that make up our lives: earth, wind, fire and water. We will use song, embodied practices and mystical teachings of the Hebrew letters, the Tree of Life, plants and angels, weaving together our histories and creating a lineage we want to claim and build our lives around. Taught by Kohanot (Hebrew Priestesses) Nomy Lamm and Rebekah Erev.

All are welcome regardless of Jewish background.

$25-45 sliding scale

2 scholarship tickets are available to each, please inquire. Priority given to POC and folks with disabilities.

To register, email nomylamm@gmail.com

Accessibility: Both spaces are wheelchair accessible. Please do not wear scents to this event. See this article for accessibility information regarding scents.

Nomy Lamm is a multi-media artist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess) who works with Sins Invalid, a disability justice performance project, gives voice lessons and creative coaching, and offers tarot readings and blessings at Psychic Sister in Olympia. She lives on occupied Squaxin/Nisqually/Chehalis land in Olympia, WA with her partner Lisa and their dogs Dandelion and Momma. www.nomyteaches.com.

Rebekah Erev is an artist and kohenet, Hebrew priestess. Their work invokes the scholarship of re-remembering as relevant, immediate and anti-colonialist in its nature. Erev offers intuitive/creative coaching, creates public ritual, self-published the  Moon Angels / Malakh Halevanah Oracle Deck and is currently working on a film and participatory project, Queer Mikveh. rebekaherevstudio.com

The roots of Jewish lineage and practice lie in an elemental connection to the earth, song, life cycles and community - elements often associated with the divine feminine or G!ddess energy. Come learn about the ancient roots of G!ddess consciousness in Judaism through exploring the basic elements that make up our lives: earth, wind, fire and water. We will use song, embodied practices and mystical teachings of the Hebrew letters, the Tree of Life, plants and angels, weaving together our histories and creating a lineage we want to claim and build our lives around. Taught by Kohanot (Hebrew Priestesses) Nomy Lamm and Rebekah Erev.

All are welcome regardless of Jewish background.

$25-45 sliding scale

2 scholarship tickets are available to each, please inquire. Priority given to POC and folks with disabilities.

To register, email nomylamm@gmail.com

Accessibility: Both spaces are wheelchair accessible. Please do not wear scents to this event. See this article for accessibility information regarding scents.

Nomy Lamm is a multi-media artist and kohenet (Hebrew priestess) who works with Sins Invalid, a disability justice performance project, gives voice lessons and creative coaching, and offers tarot readings and blessings at Psychic Sister in Olympia. She lives on occupied Squaxin/Nisqually/Chehalis land in Olympia, WA with her partner Lisa and their dogs Dandelion and Momma. www.nomyteaches.com.

Rebekah Erev is an artist and kohenet, Hebrew priestess. Their work invokes the scholarship of re-remembering as relevant, immediate and anti-colonialist in its nature. Erev offers intuitive/creative coaching, creates public ritual, self-published the  Moon Angels / Malakh Halevanah Oracle Deck and is currently working on a film and participatory project, Queer Mikveh. rebekaherevstudio.com

U R INTUITIVE! You are. You may have been told in more than words that you were not, that only certain people had that skill. Or, if you expressed your intuition probably someone told you it was in your head or worse, that you were crazy. But that was a lie. Being intuitive is for everyone.

In this workshop you will learn basics about setting boundaries and trusting your bodies. You will understand how trauma from living in a capitalist society blocks your intuition and you’ll learn exercises to unblock yourself. You will learn how using your intuition can assist in manifesting your dreams.

Everything will be taught in a fun, safe environment. You will learn how to use divination tools and how your body is your best tool for divining your future.

Please bring a journal and something to write with.

Sign up here:

Do you want to be more in tune with the moon’s influence on your body? What does that even mean?! Our bodies follow the cycles of the moon. In this workshop you will learn how hormones and bleeding are related to this immense rock in the sky. We will go through yoga exercises, moon phases, hormonal education, and herbal tips to support each part of your cycle. You will come away knowing how your emotional life, relationships, productivity, and physical body change through the moon cycle. Leave feeling empowered because you know your body’s functionality, which is scientifically proven to reduce menstrual pain.

Register here

Please join the Queer Mikveh Project in a community of queers and allies as we use the ancient Jewish ritual of mikveh in service of art and liberation!

As the cathedral in time begins, shabbat, we will gather for blessings, a shared meal and intention setting for mikveh. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo and kohenet (Hebrew priestess) Rebekah Erev will lead our community of dreamers in setting individual and collective intentions for a mikveh in the Pacific ocean the next morning. We’ll make a piece of collective art with a shared vision for liberation. Please bring a journal and a physical object that needs a cleansing, to be transformed. Perhaps a rock, a photograph, a book or utensil.

The Queer Mikveh Project is an in process documentary film and art practice. The film follows radical artists and clergy people around North America who incorporate themes of mikveh into work to celebrate, liberate, and center queer imagination. The art practice sets out to create transformative queer mikveh experiences drawing on the wisdom of ancient theology and modern incarnations of queerness to heal the body/earth.

Find out more here:
https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/queer-mikveh-project--2

SUGGESTED DONATION: $20.(No one turned away for lack of funds) All are welcome. You must attend the Friday workshop in order to participate in the Saturday mikveh.

Additionally, we are offering a $40 ticket with a copy of the Queer Mikveh Project zine featuring artwork by Nikki Green and a $100 ticket with a Queer Mikveh towel specially designed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. These donations will go toward the development and production of the Queer Mikveh Project documentary film.

36% of profits raised from this event will be donated to support Tongva and indigenous solidarity work in the Los Angeles area.

Sign up here!

This is a two-day event. Please select both dates to register for this event.

As the cathedral in time begins, shabbat, we will gather for blessings, a shared meal and intention setting for mikveh. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo and kohenet (Hebrew priestess) Rebekah Erev will lead our community of dreamers in setting individual and collective intentions for a mikveh in the Pacific ocean the next morning. We’ll make a piece of collective art with a shared vision for liberation. Please bring a journal and a physical object that needs a cleansing, to be transformed. Perhaps a rock, a photograph, a book or utensil.

The Queer Mikveh Project is an in process documentary film and art practice. The film follows radical artists and clergy people around North America who incorporate themes of mikveh into work to celebrate, liberate, and center queer imagination. The art practice sets out to create transformative queer mikveh experiences drawing on the wisdom of ancient theology and modern incarnations of queerness to heal the body/earth.

Find out more here:
https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/queer-mikveh-project--2

SUGGESTED DONATION: $20.(No one turned away for lack of funds) All are welcome. You must attend the Friday workshop in order to participate in the Saturday mikveh.

Additionally, we are offering a $40 ticket with a copy of the Queer Mikveh Project zine featuring artwork by Nikki Green and a $100 ticket with a Queer Mikveh towel specially designed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. These donations will go toward the development and production of the Queer Mikveh Project documentary film.

36% of profits raised from this event will be donated to support Tongva and indigenous solidarity work in the Los Angeles area.

Sign up here!

This is a two-day event. Please select both dates to register for this event.

Remember when you were a kid and you wrote, drew, danced and sang for the pure joy of it?

You were free of the talons of capitalism. You had an inescapable desire to create and this part of you never died! Believe it or not, it's still here. It’s your animalistic nature, the ache and longing to express yourself. The stories of your life reveal this creativity. There aren't just certain people who have an interesting story to tell, everyone does. Everyone has access to the creative energy moving in the universe. It's in you, there's no escaping it.

Through learning to tap into the stories of our lives, this workshop will teach a process that allows you to access that state of flow, some call the 'zone,' that existed in you as a child. We will use meditation and journaling exercises based on Ira Progoff's, At a Journal Workshop and teachings from Lynda Barry and Marilyn Frasca. The Moon Angels will also be our helpers. And we'll learn from each other's stories.

You will leave this class with concrete skills and exercises to tap into your creative flow at any time. I'm not kidding.

Please note: This class is for anyone: people unidentified as artists, established working artists of all mediums (writers, dancers, musicians) and hobby artists. It is a low pressure, accepting environment.

$40 workshop fee. 

*limited sliding scale is available please contact otherwildevents@gmail.com for more information*

Sign up here!

Moon Angel Oracle Card Readings:

Rebekah Erev is the creator of the Moon Angels Oracle Deck, an intuitive, creative tool they use to support you in being your most fully realized self. As an artist intuitive, their framework is seeing: seeing creative energy and potential. Rebekah guides you to feel into what’s most present in the moment, supporting you to release what’s no longer needed and cheering on the liberation of your authentic self that’s aching to be shown to the world.

Ultimately what’s most important is what resonates in your bones, what gives you a sense of self-determination. Readings simply respond to what is present. There is a recognition in your body when something feels “right.” It’s not an emotional response, although emotions may attach themselves to it as it integrates. Rebekah listens, coaches and helps you discover this for yourself- your own wisdom.

Come receive an intuitive reading to give you insight and courage for the manifestation of a small or large project, a budding or big dream!

$30 / 25 minute reading 

Sign up here! 

Remember when you were a kid and you wrote, drew, danced and sang for the pure joy of it?

You had an inescapable desire to create and this part of you never died! Believe it or not, it's still here. It's the ache and longing to express yourself. There aren't just certain people who have an interesting story to tell, everyone does. Everyone has access to the creative energy moving in the universe. The moon serves as a constant support in our creative unfolding.

In this workshop we will learn skills to unblock our creative flow and tap into the creative well  inside each of us. We will support each other by identifying what holds us back. We will use meditation, breathing and learning about the moon cycle to awaken a kindness for our precious creativity. We will make collages to serve as a reminder to bring home.

You will leave this class with concrete skills and exercises to tap into your creative flow at any time. Not kidding.

Please bring a journal and any art supplies including magazines you might want to use for collaging.

Sign up here: 

http://moonandarrow.com/events/2018/3/4/manifesting-the-creative-body

Join us for an evening of new beginnings and setting intentions in a community of healers, dreamers, agents of change and curious lovers.

This workshop and ritual will be held on Rosh Chodesh, an ancient Jewish holiday, often identified as the women’s holiday. The day after the new moon, when we see the slightest sliver in the sky marks its’ beginning. During this evening ritual we will focus on creating ceremony to honor new beginnings, increase joy and listen for the rumblings of spring.

You will learn about themes of the moon cycle we are entering, be led in a powerful intention setting trance (taking the form of a meditation), learn about the Moon Angels and use them to build a deeper intuition. Rebekah will offer a brief readings for each participant.

This workshop is for any and all female-identified people including trans women. We also welcome genderqueer and male identified trans people. All are very welcome to attend: People of any spiritual practice or anyone who considers themselves not associated with a particular tradition.

$40 Self Care Investment; Sign up HERE

Our bodies are capable of immense pleasure. Sexual energy runs through the current of our world. However, because we live in a capitalist society our sexuality is often manipulated and abused. But we are taking it back.

In this workshop we will claim the precious, tender, raucous bud of our sex: our whole bodies. We will learn how our sexual lives are integrated in every aspect of our waking and dreaming. We will learn how to use the moon to heal and guide our expression of sexuality, no matter our gender. You will leave this workshop feeling more empowered in your sexual expression, able to use your body in a subtle manifestation of both your sexual dreams and every other aspect of your life.  

All the exercises in this workshop will be individual, clothed, confidential and completely optional. We will have some group discussion but most of the workshop is focused on an internal process of meditation, journaling and subtle body movement.

Please bring a journal and something to write with.

Sign up at:

https://ritualritual.com/collections/events/products/manifesting-the-sexual-body

Are you passionate about a project, an art vision or a new habit? Do you find you don’t quite have the motivation or stamina to get it going, or you are halfway through and lose steam? Maybe you’re almost done but can’t seem to do those last few steps to complete it.

This workshop is for anyone at any of these stages. You’ll learn real skills to support all of the stages of working through a complete cycle. We will dive in together to learn how the moon provides a natural support for our bodies in completing creative projects and establishing new patterns. And we’ll use the Moon Tools workbook to identify and provide tangible knowledge based on hormonal changes to support our process.

In this daylong workshop we will walk you through the five phase of the primal sequence and corresponding moon cycle:

Intention – New Moon
Preparation – Waxing Moon
Action – Full Moon
Follow Through – Waning Moon
Integration – New Moon
We will engage in each phase by:

Viewing Primal Sequence film by Elsa Asher
Divination with Moon Angels by Rebekah Erev
Writing and sketching
Group work
Please note: this workshop is for all genders of people. We have done extensive research about the moon and hormones to support cis women, transgender people on or off estrogen and/or testosterone and cis men.

Click her for more info, and to register

So, what do you REALLY want? 

In this workshop we will learn to tap into the creative well that's inside each of us, the unending source that guides the universe. Using the energy of Adar (the month of joy!), the power of the moon and our personal chutzpah, we will learn to embody joy as a source of creativity. We will do writing exercises and use the Moon Angel / Malakh Halevanah Deck as tools for more humor and creativity in our lives as we will tap into our innate ability to manifest.

Unstuck your ruts! Walk with integrity! And bring about full bodied manifestation! Get ready to RrrAWR people.

This workshop will teach you to go from wanting to manifest to teaching you how to actually do it. This is a transformational workshop.

Brunch is included with this workshop. Come nash and manifest!

Are you passionate about a project, an art vision or a new habit? Do you find you don't quite have the motivation or stamina to get it going, or you are halfway through and lose steam? Maybe you're almost done but can't seem to do those last few steps to complete it.

This workshop is for anyone at any of these stages. You'll learn real skills to support all of the stages of working through the entire creative process. We will dive in together to learn how the moon provides a natural support for our bodies in completing creative projects and establishing new patterns. And we'll use the Moon Tools workbook to identify and provide tangible knowledge based on hormonal changes to support our process. Registration includes a copy of the 36 page Moon Tools workbook. 

Click here to register.

The DIYPhD and DIY Art School programs are interested in a radical shift from contemporary education that currently exists, one that funnels creators, activists, educators, thinkers and/or artists through higher education programs leaving them in debt and with little resources to feel supported in creatively expressing themselves. Our programs seek to provide support and understanding of a creative process that comes from within and is generative in its approach. To us, this is a radical shift. We believe radical education and creative process is aligned with intuitive process and community love. This program will explore the mission, goals, and teachings of the DIYPhD and DIY Art School programs. Participants will also find what their own DIYPhD and DIY Art School path is.

Click here to register. $25 members/$30 non-members.

DIY Education is Sarita Dougherty, David Whitaker of DIY PhD and Rebekah Erev of DIY Art School Bay Area.
 

Are you passionate about a project, an art vision or a new habit? Do you find you don't quite have the motivation or stamina to get it going, or you are halfway through and lose steam? Maybe you're almost done but can't seem to do those last few steps to complete it. 

This workshop is for anyone at any of these stages. You'll learn real skills to support all of the stages of working through a complete cycle. We will dive in together to learn how the moon provides a natural support for our bodies in completing creative projects and establishing new patterns. And we'll use the Moon Tools workbook to identify and provide tangible knowledge based on hormonal changes to support our process.

In this daylong workshop we will walk you through the five phase of the primal sequence and corresponding moon cycle:

• Intention - New Moon
• Preparation - Waxing Moon
• Action - Full Moon
• Follow Through - Waning Moon
• Integration - New Moon

We will engage in each phase by:

• Viewing Primal Sequence film by Elsa Asher
• Divination with Moon Angels by Rebekah Erev
• Writing and sketching
• Group work

Please note: this workshop is for all genders of people. We have done extensive research about the moon and hormones to support cis women, transgender people on or off estrogen and/or testosterone and cis men.

Registration includes a copy of the Moon Tools workbook + access to the short film Primal Sequence + 15% off Moon Angel / Malakh Halevanah Oracle Deck + 15% off personal sessions with Elsa & Rebekah.

Early Bird: Register before October 16 to receive 20% off!
 

Do you feel creatively blocked? Are you a person who is creative, but struggles to identify as an artist? Do you want to make art but feel like something’s holding you back? Do you think there are a lot of rules about who gets to be an artist? Are you an artist but feel blocked, or want to feel more free to express yourself?

Then this workshop is for you!

Leif J. Lee and Rebekah Erev, inspired by their own creative rituals and practices will guide you through identifying your creative blocks with exercises to unlock your creative animal. (It’s wild.) They will share their personal journeys, and continued challenges with being a creative person.

Once we identify our blocks we’ll encourage each other in our creative expression with group exercises. We will transform our struggles, and use our vulnerability as a source of strength and inspiration! In the workshop we will do a low pressure collaborative art project to really let our freak flags fly, and bring together a community of artists through group collaboration.

All are welcome! Please contact Lee or Erev directly for scholarship information.

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Room 513, 511 NW Broadway, Portland, Oregon

$25

Register here