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The Kavanna of this retreat is to prepare ourselves for the New Year.

* deep inner reflection

* supported, joyful tshuva.

* gentle opening heart avoda

* supportive sister circle

* Elul chassidus

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Focus will be on regulating our nervous systems, learning skills of self-compassion, positive affirmations and other helpful techniques to guide us in strengthening our bitachon so we can let go of the past and feel safe to open to the unknown and new, and tap into our desires to magnetize our best future.

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Monday

Arrive as early as you can in the morning to settle in

Workshops:

* Channel the River I with Aviva Spiegel (individual and small group coaching: How to use the river's ebb and flow to connect with our own flow and resistance. see description below) 

* Free time to play, share, socialize, relax, explore

* Private time for introspection, guided journaling for Elul, and writing positive affirmations which we will share creatively in circle (bring a journal and pen)

* Dinner and Divrei Torah about the miraculous Jordan River

* night time BONFIRE and Sharing our Stories, hanging out with good music and friends

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Tuesday:

* Rise and Shine Morning Meditation/prayer 

* Somatic movement with Adel Adina - release control and find your Divine inner power

* Free time to play, share, socialize, relax, explore

* Lunch and sharing Elul Learning and Insights about the Shofar

* Channel the River II with Aviva Spiegel

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Channel the River- Generally, the Jubilee has been held in a part of the Jordan that has some strong, shallow rapids and winding rivulets with lots of rocks and low hanging branches that lend themselves beautifully to “channeling the River” as An Extreme Sport.  The nature of the Yardenit, however, lends itself to much more meditative, relaxing, and "letting go" exercises- which, imho, is an inner extreme sport! You will receive various suggested exercises for navigating your inner River (which is compared to bina) -- through physical interaction with these waters:  floating, swimming against the current, underwater floats, lazy river rafting, rock resting, hanging-on-branch-stretch, etc.   These techniques use the River as a natural jungle gym to explore and challenge our own physical abilities and limitations and how we "cope with" our resistance and "relax into" the flow we do not control. The Jordan is not only a miraculous river (the very cells of this river still exclaim, "Am Yisrael Come Home! Enter the Land!"), it is an endlessly inspiring playground within which to explore the Land of our Soul. The River is a living metaphor upon which to hang our experience of "channeling" our personal Divine Flow into our physical being. BRING GOGGLES!

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