Miriam's Well Dance
Online Workshops and Silent Discos
Miriam's Well Dance
Online Workshops and Silent Discos
What some participants said:
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"Restored my sense of hope and faith."
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"It brought a unique joy I had forgotten to feel."
"I'd recommend this to anyone for the most soul-reaching experience."
"It brought a unique joy I had forgotten to feel."
Within each of us there is an infinite wellspring of life-affirming joy. That is Miriam's Well.
Jewish Mystical Wisdom
About Miriam's Well Dance
The biblical prophet, Miriam, recognized the power of song and dance to evoke a profound transcendent experience. And the practice of dance and movement is deeply connected to prayer in many cultures.
When we dance with higher intention, mystically, we are able to become connected to the movement of the ocean, and of one another, and with the life-giving water within the cells of our bodies. And in this movement we are able to have a deep soul experience.
Miriam's Well Dance is for all bodies, all levels of movement.
Silent discos at the beach and Zoom workshops.
About Alexandra Zahav
in order to create for participants a full, well-rounded experience of transcendent dance, I draw on my background of a range of different modalities. As a life-long dancer and student of healing movement, I guide participants in moving in ways that are healing and comforting for their own bodies. And as an actor, trained at Northwestern University and Oxford University with the Julliard School, I specialize in creating performances with audience participation, in non-traditional spaces. I am experienced in theatrical sound design, which I use in creating the soundtrack/playlists, specifically selected for each week's theme. As a screenwriter and coach to screenwriters, I prepare each program as a story, with an arc: a spiritual, emotional, and psychological arc, all based in the specific Hebrew calendar event of the week.
I am a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (a method of inter-personal and internal communication, the training held by many life coaches), thus I use precise, specialized language to help participants have an experience that they carry with them into their week.
Weekly Zoom workshop for female-identified
Prayer-Dance: Moving With the Hebrew Calendar
Not your Bubbie's Ecstatic dance / Free-form movement workshop!
Taking inspiration from the ancient Hebrew texts and calendar, we connect to our bodies' wisdom and our transcendent self.
With guided moving meditation, free-form dance, and personal prayer. Healing movement for all levels.
More comments from participants:
"The music selection was exquisite and the freedom to move beyond conventional dance / expectations was liberating. I had the ethereal experience of moving through time, over mountains, in the oceans... Beautiful. I enjoyed having a body that can move in new creative ways."
"I loved being in a group virtually to move – feeling part of a community that is forming. Being expertly guided by Alexandra through a program that was crafted with creativity and wisdom, combining movement with a spiritual practice grounded in Judaism. She frames her programs in the parsha of the week from a fresh and living perspective. She gathers and weaves words/teachings, inspiring videos, and music into a curated flow of guided and free movement."
"Although some of us have physical challenges, we move at our own pace creating a free form and exhilarating opportunity to connect with our bodies and our souls... An enlightening and enchanting individual and group experience. Alexandra's spiritual leadership is nurturing and encouraging. A satisfying workout and stress release. Thank you Alexandra, for this unique and divine dance experience!"
“I tend to be very sedentary and resistant to the idea of exercising, and yet I am able to effortlessly participate and move my body during our sessions. This is a benefit for me and my health – I have found an enjoyable way to move via the spiritual approach to dancing our prayers in a Jewish context that resonates with my soul. The continual movement, the instruction which was non-wordy, and non-judgemental. The music and the general pacing of the class. I really appreciate the all-encompassing approach and the subtlety of the prompts. These allowed us to dance our own dance.”
"I loved the format and the presentation of the dance. The Jewish content brought enrichment to the dance in a new and different way. The music was absolutely fantastic! It was well thought out to bring out the most heartfelt response. It was unusual to hear music so clearly along with the verbal cues on Zoom. That was done extraordinarily well. In other situations with other presenters, I have not been able to clearly hear both the music and the presenter with such excellence. The workshop was fun, expressive, lively and playful. My imagination took me on a lovely and uplifting inner journey with the guidance of Alexandra's cues. The video presentation was truly beautiful. Alexandra is a very fine listener to the students in the class and the participants felt comfortable sharing with one another. It was a delightful way to spend my evening.”
"I like the the Kabbalistic and Hasidic approaches to song and dance being prayer. This is spiritual Jewish perspective offered by Alexandra on dance that I find motivating, comfortable, and adding a welcome dimension to my Jewish experience. It’s another pathway in and through my Judaism.”
Rabbinic lore teaches that Miriam's Well is waiting to be found. According to Jewish mystics, it's within each of us.
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