Featured Collaborators
Kristen Melanson Gimenez, Energy worker/ Reiki practitioner
Kristen Melanson Gimenez is an Intuitive energetic therapist, Reiki Master Teacher, Interfaith Minister, and mother of four children.
For the last twenty six years, she has been practicing and teaching all levels of reiki, while incorporating many other forms of energetic therapy, such as, sound and vibration, therapy with tuning forks, aromatherapy, crystal healing, plant and flower medicine and life and nutritional coaching teaching. Kristen believes that there is nothing more sacred or important than creating and holding a safe space for another. This is the basis of all her work.
Susane Smiroldo, Yoga Instructor
Oi, tudo bem? I'm Susane, a Brazilian who has been living in Massachusetts for the past 25 years.
I am a RYT 200 Vinyasa, Prenatal, and mindfulness yoga instructor. My greatest offering to my students is presence. In my classes, we connect breath with movement and focus on the present moment, cultivating a state of peace and joy.
For me, life is about the journey and the meaningful connections we create along the way. I am here, happy to meet you and embracing each moment with gratitude and a commitment to spreading wellness and mindfulness. Looking forward to seeing you on the mat! Namaste.
Class Name: Sunrise Mindful Flow
Do Justice. Love Kindness. Walk Humbly.
Anne Lidick, Collective Grief
John Wolfe, Tai Chi
Ravensong Retreats
Boston Area Singing Circles
We sing as a practice of freeing our voice, not refining our technique.
Warming Up: We use vocal and movement warm ups to open our sound-making vessel, in a way that feels good. We incorporate community building and playful improv in these warm ups to create connection between the voices of our circle.
Learning Songs: We teach simple songs call-and-response style, with no written music. We spend about 5-10 min learning the rhythm and notes well enough that we may be fully present in the song, not fixating on remembering the words or notes. We then sing the song long enough that it grows and grows with unique contributions of spontaneous harmony, added layers, and soloing.
Deepening w Improv & Movement: We use simple improvisational practices to loosen up our voices, and invite more access to creative flow. We may also use movement, meditation, or other somatic practices to aid in our embodiment.
The energy of each circle is different and shaped by whoever shows up - it may move from playfulness, to groove, to calming presence in the span of an hour.
Tiffany Sankary, Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Jeremy Krauss Approach teacher
Tiffany Sankary is an artist, Feldenkrais® Practitioner/ Assistant Trainer, Jeremy Krauss Approach teacher, Organic Intelligence® Coach and mother of two.
She is the creator of MovementandCreativity.com, an online community and multimedia resource exploring the intersection of movement, creativity, well-being, vitality and learning. Tiffany is the illustrator and editor of Feldenkrais® Illustrated: The Art of Learning, a visual guide to the philosophy and writings of Moshe Feldenkrais.
Tiffany works online and in person (Somerville, MA) with a wide range of amazing humans, including: artists, writers, teachers, therapists, entrepreneurs, caregivers, parents, those with stress/ anxiety/ pain/ chronic illness & people who want to integrate physical, emotional & creative well-being into their lives.
Rabbi David Curiel, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma-informed Spiritual Companionship
Rabbi David is a passionate facilitator of ever-greater alignment with the Flow of Life.
For over a dozen years, he has led deep ritual and soulful song in Somerville, Jerusalem, Manhattan and beyond, nourishing souls everywhere he goes. He is a teacher of Jewish mysticism, a sacred musician and a trauma-informed spiritual guide. As a holder of neo-Hassidic rabbinic and spiritual guidance lineages, he serves as a trainer in the subtle arts of guidance and mysticism.
Additionally, David is a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), currently assisting in those trainings. Along with his wife, he co-founded and led the Asiyah Jewish Community in Somerville, MA, where they still live with their daughter and two cats. Born in Venezuela, David is a native speaker of Spanish and English. (and Spanglish!) You can find out more about him and his practice HERE
Dr. Lauren Leone, Art Therapy
Wake Up Boston
Wake Up Boston was formed out of the 2011 Wake Up East Coast Tour and meets weekly on Sundays, from 4 – 5:30pm.
The Wake Up movement is a world-wide network of young people (18-35 year olds) practising the art of mindfulness.
The Wake Up network has grown out of the Plum Village meditation center in France, under the guidance of Venerable Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Plum Village has been offering retreats to young people for over two decades, and the Wake Up movement began in Summer 2008.
Young monks, nuns and lay people of many different nationalities help coordinate groups and events all over the world. In the U.S., there are three monasteries that have off-branched from Plum Village Monastery in France: Deer Park Monastery in California, Blue Cliff Monastery in New York, and Magnolia Grove Monastery in Mississippi.
Reb Beni Summers, Integration Circle Holder
Reb Beni is committed to a 21st-century neo-Hasidic Judaism that is post-denominational, radically playful, deeply rooted in tradition yet unbounded and open to the world.
He served for 3 years as the first-ever rabbinic intern for Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support, and helped develop the integration circles offered there. Reb Beni is seen as an emerging thought leader at the intersection of psychedelics and Jewish living.
A highly proficient teacher of sacred texts and meditation, Reb Beni is dedicated to inspiring seekers of all generations to live their Judaism as a spiritual practice. He is an experienced musician with his own album of original niggunim and is deeply connected to innovations within Jewish practice. joy.