RETREATS

Aliza Rivka weaves her training as a Kohenet Hebrew Priestess & Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist to offer transformational retreat experiences. In 2018, nudged by a health crisis, Aliza traded life in the concrete jungle of New York City (where she was born and raised) for the lush green jungles of Costa Rica. Since then, Aliza has been on a journey of healing, reconnecting with the earth and learning how to dance a new story. Now, it’s time to share the many practices, learnings and tools gathered along the way. Read Aliza's full bio here. 

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Aliza is pure magic. She shares herself and her journey so generously. Being in her presence inspires me to create a life so abundant that I'm bursting with love, because I want what she's having. Her deep, tender, fiery spirit is contagious and ignites everyone and everything around her. -Jamie Yasgur, Dance/Movement Therapist

As an ordained interfaith minister, Miriam’s Eco-Ministry is in supporting individuals to connect with their authentic soul’s purpose, with the earth, and with one another. She is proud and humbled to be able to offer this profound integration of practices through Soulmatic Guiding and Healing work.

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For 6 years, Miriam served as a community weaver in the roles of Director of Programming and Director of Membership at Romemu, NYC’s largest Jewish Renewal community. She also spent 7 years as an outdoor educator, guiding hundreds of students to learn about their relationship with the earth, designing unique rites of passage programs that support adolescent development. Miriam earned her Bachelors degree at Barnard College in Environmental Science. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and specializes in Somatic Education, trigger-point therapy, and somatic-neural pathway re-education. After being guided through the Soul Purpose Discovery Process under the mentorship of Jonathan Gustin, Miriam found the work to be so profound that she decided to train as a Purpose Guide™. 

Renee Finkelstein (a.k.a. Radharani) is a multi-disciplinary artist who weaves music, ritual, spiritual teachings, and practices to help people stay connected to their hearts and innate wisdom. As a vocalist and producer, she has performed with many well-known musicians in the realm of sacred music. These artists include Kirtan Rabbi, Wah!, Sirgun Kaur, and many others. She has produced two original albums, the latest of which, “Time to Wake Up”, topped billboard New Age charts. Renee is a Hebrew Priestess and was ordained at the Kohenet Institute. She has a BA cum laude from Cornell University. Renee spent more than four years in India studying with great yogis and saints and traveling to some of the most remote pilgrimage places in the world. Renée is also a musician and prayer leader for Kol Hai: Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal. 

Evan Joblin brings 20+ years of eclectic personal, professional, and educational experience to Yoga Otzma (www.yogaotzma.com), a community of visionaries engaged in the blending of ancient and cutting-edge embodiment and mindfulness practices with the Jewish imperative of tikkun olam-- repairing the world-- from the inside out. 

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In addition to bringing Yoga Otzma workshops and leadership trainings to university students and recent grads in the Boston area and beyond, Evan is a working freelance artist and an avid world traveler. You can view his travel-inspired paintings at www.evanjoblin.com.