Teshuva Nights Sunday: Awe Sum! With Marty Potrop
September 17
7pm Pacific Time
*Registration is not required to attend Zoom only event
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Beginning with slichot and ending with Yom Kippur, are what we call the days of AWE It is our opportunity to deeply examine the SUM of who “I Am” in all the steps of our lives, determine what we need to repent & renew, leaving the former in the past and creating the latter for our future. There will be time to talk, meditate, move, sing, pray… come to continue to unburden ourselves.
About Marty
Marty Potrop is a former Shomer of the Minyan with a long career in Jewish communal work. He holds an MSW from Yeshiva University, is a professional facilitator, and will help guide us in our process of teshuvah.
Teshuvah Nights monday: The Path to Wholeness with Renna Ulvang, Daniel Tov, & Jennifer Ganya
Monday, September 18
7PM Pacific Time
*A $10 minimum donation is encouraged for this Zoom only event
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Renna Ulvang, Daniel Tov and Jennifer Ganya will lead us through an evening of song, reflection, and guided meditation, imagining ourselves surrounded and protected by the Four Angels with Shekinah in the Center. Reflection questions and guided meditations will encourage us to connect with the healing and transformative energies of Uriel, Rafael, Michael and Gavriel in order to draw closer to the Divine and ourselves as we do the Work of Return.
About the Presenters
Renna Ulvang is a psychotherapist in private practice and a Certified Spiritual Director. Her callings include exploring the movements of the Divine in everyday life, playing the Appalachian Dulcimer, quilting, knitting, writing poetry, creating mixed media sacred books and laughing.
Daniel Tov (aka Dan Howard) is a freelance entertainer, writer, and photographer who is passionate about bringing musical experiences to people wherever he goes. His entertainment business, Joy of Music, is now in its 26th year of serving residents in care facilities and those with special needs. Daniel has been a Minyan member since 1995 and loves to quote Hassidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov:
The most direct means for attaching ourselves to G*d from this material world is through music and song.
Even if you can't sing well, sing.
Sing to yourself. But sing.
"Ganya" means "Garden of God" in both Hindi and Hebrew. Jennifer Ganya earned her Yin yoga certification in 2020, which is recognized by Yoga Alliance US and Canada, and by British Yoga Wheel. The main influences that inform her teaching are the late BKS Iyengar, Yin Yoga founder Paulie Zink, Canadian Yin Yoga sensation Kassandra Reindhart and yoga therapist Doug Keller of Yoga International fame. An eternal student, she regularly attends Jewish yoga classes online and Iyengar yoga through Iyengar Institute Los Angeles, as she has done consistently since the start of the pandemic.
Teshuvah Nights tuesday: The Bush That Burns But Is Not Consumed - An Expressive Arts Exploration with Julie Gilden
Tuesday, September 19
7PM Pacific Time
*A $10 minimum donation is encouraged for this Zoom only event
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Julia Gilden will lead us through an expressive arts exploration. We will take an imaginal journey of inquiry into iconic Jewish images - paths, burning bushes, relationships. You will need a large sheet of paper and oil pastels or other drawing tools. Sitting in chairs or moving about in your space, we will work with movement, drawing, and writing. If you have a favorite line of text or your own writing for these days of Teshuva, bring it. The workshop will be between 1 and 1.5 hours long.
About Julie Gilden
Julia Gilden has degrees in psychology and somatic education, and is a graduate of Tamalpa Institute's Institute for Movement-Based Expressive Arts. She teaches classes in creative growth for people with memory loss and physical challenges.
Teshuvah Nights Wednesday: Karmic Renewal with Barry Barkan and Surprise Guest!
SeptEmber 20
7 pm Pacific Time
*A minimum donation of $10 encouraged for this Zoom only event
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Each of us is significant. We never know what the reverberations of our actions might be. To increase the ease in our minds and hearts and to be more effective in amplifying the spirit of peace and wholeness, we need to transcend the shmutz we've been schlepping around from our earliest days or perhaps even, from past incarnations. On this, the 4th Aquarian Minyan Teshuvah Night, we will offer a simple approach to Karmic Renewal, so that the reverberations of our actions will brighten up our lives, our families, and the unknown future.
About Barry Barkan
Baal Bracha Barry Barkan is a co-founder of the Aquarian Minyan. He was the first of seven people ordained by Reb Zalman Schachter Shalom as a master of blessings. Lately, he has been focussing on his own karmic renewal.
