INTRODUCTION:

Take some time to root and reset with your community. Explore yoga and meditation through a Jewish lens. With options to choose your own Jewish texts, reflection activities and music you’ll be able to lead your community through a meditative, Jewishly rooted program with ease.

MATERIALS:

• Printed copies of chosen texts 
• Yoga Mats 
• Bluetooth Speaker 
• Device to play music  

PROGRAM OUTLINE (~60 MINUTES)

• Welcoming/Gathering (10 minutes) 
• Framing/Learning (15-20 minutes) 
• Yoga/Meditation (30 minutes) 

Welcoming/Gathering (10 minutes)

• Have calming music playing. Here are a few playlists of calming, Jewishly inspired music to choose from: 
  • Jewish Yoga Music 
  • Jewish Yoga – Elul 
  • Jewish Yoga  
  • Music for Jewish Yogis  
• Invite everyone to grab/lay out their yoga mats and find a comfortable space.  
• Consider offering some fun snacks/beverages: fruit, cucumber water, coconut water, etc…  

Framing/Learning (15-20 minutes)

For the framing/learning pick one source for each of the three categories below, trying to make your choices connected to one theme:
For example: openness, freedom, brokenness, joy, etc…  

Jewish Text  
(for the source sheets, feel free to pick one source from a larger source sheet) 

• Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network 
• Awethentic Roots: Jenna Zadaka   
• Jewish Meditation: A Primer  

Jewish Song/Chant  
(pick a song, ideally just one line or two, that connects to the theme of the text you have chosen) 

• Singing Alive: Songs for Circles and Healing 
• Jewish Song Circle 
• Song Circle 

Intention/Blessing  
(pick a blessing from Jewish liturgy or write your own to guide the practice) 

• Asher Yatazar (this blessing, commonly said after using the bathroom is a reminder of the holiness of the body)  
• Modeh Ani (a gratitude prayer typically said upon waking to remind us to give thanks for a new day) 
• Shecheyanu (a prayer giving thanks for bringing us to this moment) 
• A general list of Jewish prayers and blessings to use as inspiration.  
• Using the materials you’ve chosen, read the text you’ve chosen, then teach and sing the song you’ve picked and offer the blessing/intention you’ve picked or written.  

Yoga/Meditation (30 minutes)

• Use the text/song/blessing to transition into a yoga flow that feels good for you!  
• Here are a few yoga tutorials if you want some inspiration:  
  • Yoga Flow for Beginners 
  • 30 Min Morning Yoga Sequence 
  • Beginner Yoga Sequences

Consider ending by singing the song you taught/sang at the beginning or re-reading the text/blessing you shared to frame the flow.