Adult Workshops
Adult Workshops can be attended as a full series or as individual sessions.
Pre-registration is required.
WORKSHOPS INTRODUCED MONTHLY!
Via Zoom * Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET * Session Cost: $10 each
April 9th - What I Count On
Pre-Passover Reset
Preparing spiritually for Passover, and the 7 week "Omer" the 49 days from enslavement to freedom (Pesach to Shavuot) & receiving Torah.
April 16th - Taking Account
How Am I Doing?
We'll begin the process of developing a personal spiritual accounting in these 7 weeks, beginning with a spiritual check-in.
May 14th - Making It Count
Determining How to Get There
We'll personalize the Omer (Counting) process, drawing from the Kabbalistic tradition to create personal goals.
May 21st - My Accountability
Assessing My Actions
We will use the Omer's structure to start a cheshbon HaNefesh -- An accounting of our spiritual progress.
WORLDWIDE
May 28th - Final Count down (Count Up)
Fulfilling a Promise
Approaching the 49th day of counting, culminating with Shavuot, and the Jewish People receiving Torah, we assess our progress and its meaning.
PAST WORKSHOPS
My Strengths Series
Defining Strength
My Strengths, My Choices
Evolving Strength
Self perception - How Strong Am I?
Quieting the Constant Noise
Re-Engaging Empathy Series
Empathy vs. Hubris
The Empathy Muscle
Finding Holiness Together
Lessons of Pesach
Moving from the Narrow Places
We Were All Strangers
Creating Order
Happiness Series
Can Happiness be Commanded?
The Masks We Wear
Choosing what we show and hide
Humor as a Value
Being Present Series
Drowing Out Toxic Noise
Shehecheyanu: Blessing the New and Renewed
Being Present
Recovering
Shared Experiences
Light Breaking Through Darkness Series
The Power of the Light Adjacent to Us
Countering Perfectionism:
The crack that lets the light in
By Your Light I see Light:
When the invisible becomes illuminated.
Self-Care
Self Care Without Guilt
Self Care & Time Alone
Self Care for Caregivers
Self Care & Holiness
A Season of Growth
Ushpizin:
Who we invite in to bless us.
Lulav & Etrog
My heart, Spine, Eyes and Lips
Living in the Present:
Lessons of temporary shelter
Setting My Spiritual Table for the New Year
Setting the Table for Others
Setting the Table for Myself
Setting the Table for G*d
My Choices
Choosing:
Do I have more freedom than I realized?
Coping with Change:
Even good change
Keva vs. Kavanah:
What we control and what we cannot
How to Spiritually Prepare
For the change we choose
Return to Joy
Joy that Repairs
An Exploration of Amazement
Replacing Cynicism and Habit with Awe
Joy as a Revolutionary Act
Joy and Peace:
Are they attainable?
Freedom for What?
Foundational Strength:
On what is everything balanced?
Surrender: Acknowledging Our Limitations
Endurance
Trust in Ourselves and Others
Starting with Compassion
Compassionate Discipline
Finding Freedom at the Water's Edge
Engendering Your Soul
What we ALL have to learn from Miriam & the women of the Passover story
Spiritual Spring Cleaning
Bedikat Chametz for the Soul
Let My People Go
The Work of Moving Beyond the Past
Mussar Series: A New Year, Now What?
Renewing My Hope Openness, Mindfulness & Trust
Understanding & Making Choices
The transformative power of choosing
Forgiving Myself
My best is enough
Finding Peace
Adding Joy
Letting Go of Anger
Moving past the toxicity of 2020
Active Adult Series:
Reimagining Retirement
Mourning the Loss of My Retirement
During COVID
Redefining Myself
Who am I now that I am no longer working?
Shalom Bayit: Peace at Home
When we're never apart
Parenting a Toddler
During a pandemic!
In partnership with PJ Library,
JFF & 18Doors
Chanukah Workshops
Self-Care:
My Body as a Holy Vessel
Being the Shamash:
A light for Myself & Others
A Spiritual Break for Election Week
Coping with Change
Finding Our Bearings When Life Feels Unmoored
Being Compassionate
When I Am Worn Out & In Need
ReOpening & Moving Forward
Keva and Kavanah
Things We Can Control & What We Cannot
It's the Journey
Jewish Ideas About How We Get There
Getting Unstuck
How Do We Make a Change
Renewing Ourselves & Our Relationships:
Creating Holy Space at Home
How we can create an environment at home that enhances our High Holiday experience.
Privacy and Peace
When We Are Always Together
Intimacy (Not sex)
Carving Out Space to be Vulnerable
& Make Room for Others' Vulnerability
Renewing Myself & My Relationships
For The New Year
Forgiveness in This Season
When, How and Why We Forgive
Mikvah, Seriously?
The relevance and power of this ancient ritual
to my spiritual life
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Email confirmation will include Zoom link.
$10 per session per household.
For More Information: TracieBernstein@NTSworkshops.com