Embodied Dance

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Testimonials:

“I realised that I was living too much in my head. I needed a powerful, gentle and fun way to connect to my body and its feelings. I had no idea that this was what I was looking for until I found Rena.I didn’t know for sure if it would speak to me, or if I would feel too vulnerable actually feeling in a group…

Some friends I really respect, independently, mentioned Rena’s work and I felt curious enough to give it a try.

I was surprised that I deeply connected to dancing free style to the beautiful, fun and soulful tunes Rena selected each week. I didn’t expect to be able to process through the dancing, some of my deepest feelings, emotions and conflicts.

Rena is incredibly respectful of the delicate balance of sensing, stress, feeling and processing going on within her participants. She gently paces us through the selections of faster or slower pieces, gracefully guiding us through whatever might be going on in our private hearts and souls in a way that’s relevant and personalised without breaking our privacy.

Rena is a master who gracefully and kindly creates safe processing places where old ‘stuff’ and new bits of life can be integrated.

I always feel so much better after the dance – tune in sessions or any other tune in session with Rena. I know that my deepest questions about my life and its meaning for me can be found through dancing my way through her entertaining and tuneful playlist each week.

The most amazing shift has been that I now can trust my body and its sensations, felt emotions and responses absolutely. I know which way is going to be right for me because my intuitive connection to my deepest self is a full open line of communication. Some of the most intense and momentous decisions of my life have been easy to navigate because of this newfound skill.

If you love music and enjoy movement, and want to connect to your intuitive self, this is a holy Yiddishe way to do it, privately, powerfully and enjoyably!

I hope every Jewish woman learns the skills Rena so gently and humbly imparts. We need this!”

“Thank you for today’s class. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t seem to find the words at the end to express myself, so I will try now. I feel like the dance class helped me connect with deep parts of myself – past and present – and I finished feeling happily tired and more balanced. In regards to the topic of Elul “I am for my beloved…” – I felt like the message I received was: Hashem has always been with me through all my interesting journeys, is helping me connect and grow from year to year despite what I sometimes experience as distance and challenge. That He does indeed love me as I am, with all my many parts, all my movements, all my strivings and failures, my righteousness and even my rebelliousness and then my great desire to return to Him, all my emotions…as if He can indeed contain me, in my imperfection. I have a place, I have a purpose. A purpose that somehow contains all aspects of my life – past, present and future – and all aspects of my personality – the high, the low and the in-between. B”H may He help me and all of us on the right path always!”

“I really like this more than my exercise routine…”

“I like that the sessions are built around a topic that touches a deep chord in me and in the times we are in. If it is Elul: teshuva, Cheshvan: transition, etc. They are deep neshama topics that I feel are relevant to me personally. The music is usually great and a nice mix of slower and faster, classic and modern. I like that there is an opening meditation to connect, a warm-up, the dancing, a warm-down and a closing check-in session. I also personally like that I am doing the dancing in the privacy and comfort of my home. I think that is a good set-up.

…An intuitive dance class! What’s that? Dancing freely around a topic to Jewish while tuning into our bodies. Exercise and inner-attunement together. A creative, intuitive, connecting and balancing experience. Feel young, free, expressive and deeply aligned again!

…The exercise (and my need for fun options) and the fact that I do have deep shifts and insights while feeling reconnected with my neshama! I used to dance intuitively a lot as a teenager and this is a great, Torah-safe option to continue doing that…in the comfort and privacy of my home.”

“I like having a structure for myself, so knowing there’s a class at a specific time I’m more motivated to come. At this stage when I’m tired and not feeling 100%, I like the feeling of being able to exercise at my own energy level and I feel like I’m doing it with other people so it’s more motivated.
I like how you introduce it and give reminders how to be attuned to ourselves. It’s hands on hands off. Kinda do your own thing, but it always comes back to the group.
A class where you’re staring at the computer following someone the whole time is hard. So this makes it easier for a virtual class that I don’t have to stare at the computer the whole time.
It’s a new experience. Most people aren’t used to instructing themselves, people are used to people telling them how to move and what to do. It’s a cool experience and probably not what you’re used to. It can be very energizing, powerful, and cleansing if you get into it.
It’s nice that the music is Jewish and so I don’t feel inhibited.
If I would make myself a playlist and dance to it myself I’d never get to it.
I’ve been going through a lot and this is a good healthy outlet. I don’t always have that outlet to release.
Also just to move! I wake up sore, so I need to move for my body and to stretch.”

“I ended up listening to my body when it really wasn’t about doing anything but listening to it. I know I could have looked at the screen and followed you but I thought what is the point in that if I am here and there is no instruction I might as well really listen to me.
It was fun.”

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