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WHAT IT IS
Prayer that moves.
We warm up, we exercise, and woven through are words of liturgy, wisdom from the Torah, and questions worth carrying. The physical work isn't a container for the Jewish content. They are the same motion.
People arrive expecting a workout with a blessing tacked on. What they find is that moving their bodies opens something that sitting in a sanctuary sometimes does not.
Every session can be mat-based or chair-based, so no one in the room is left watching. It's body weight only, which keeps it portable and accessible. I've done this with three-year-olds and I've done it with ninety-three-year-olds.
FORMATS
Ways to bring it to your community.
Neshama Body and Soul is a group practice for synagogues, camps, retreat centers, conferences, and gatherings. Each format is shaped around your group and its mobility. For one-on-one work, that's Strong and Grounded.
Session Series
1-4 sessions for your whole group which could be at a Shabbaton, a Rosh Hodesh group, a parent-teen event, a program launch, or just because you want to try it.
Weekly series
A recurring practice that builds strength and familiarity over weeks.
Retreats
Multi-day immersion, where movement anchors the rhythm of the days.
Scholar-in-residence
A full weekend: sessions, teaching, and conversation throughout Shabbat and Sunday.
Intensives
A concentrated deep dive for groups who want to go further.
Camps, schools & conferences
Sessions built for summer camps, preschools, youth programs, college campuses, and conferences.
UPCOMING
Where you can join us.
Weekly sessions run locally, plus events with communities around the country.
October
23rd
Zohar Aesthetics and Wellness
New York, NY 5-7pm
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Mornings
Saturday
9-10:15
Community Synagogue of Rye
10/24, 12/12, 2/27, Rye, NY
Mornings
Saturday
10-11:30
Westchester Jewish Center
11/7, 12/5, 2/6, 3/6, 4/3, 5/1, Mamaroneck, NY
Tuesdays
6:30-7:45pm
Nights
A.P.E. Fitness
Greenwich, CT
29th-31st
Weekend
January
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend at Temple Sholom
Newton, MA
12th-14th
Weekend
March
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend at Congregation Beth El
Voorhees, NJ
THE IDEA BEHIND IT
I asked my trainer: if moving helps people open up mentally, what would it do for them spiritually? He said, "Let's try it."
- JAYMEE ALPERT
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