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Let My People Flow!: A Passover Dance Retreat
April 18, 2022 - April 24, 2022
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LET MY PEOPLE FLOW!
A PASSOVER DANCE RETREAT
WITH KOHENET ALIZA RIVKA, R’MIRIAM RUBIN & SPECIAL GUESTS​
FOR ALL BODIES, GENDERS & FAITHS
MONDAY APRIL 18-SUNDAY APRIL 24, 2022
6 NIGHTS / 7 DAYS at DANYASA ECO-RETREAT
ECSTATIC DANCE |Â EMBODIED PRAYER |Â ANCESTRAL WISDOM | NATURE CONNECTION | AUTHENTIC RELATINGÂ |Â YOGA |Â SURFINGÂ |Â CACAO
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“This was the best way to spend Passover, ever!!
-Or Hargil, 2019 retreat participant
Honor your ancestors while embodying the most alive and authentic version of YOU.
And then the prophetess Miriam took a drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with drums and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them. (Exodus 15:20)
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Ready to leave your personal Egypt?​
To shed an old identity and step into a new story?
 To trust yourself and where your path is taking you?
To dance toward the liberated life you deserve?
To spend this Passover in Costa Rica?!
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WHAT’S INCLUDED:​
- 6 nights eco-accommodation at Danyasa
- 3 meals a day of delicious, nourishing Passover-friendly food
- Coffee, Tea, Filtered Water
- Daily Dance Sessions
- Daily Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Prayer
- Pristine beaches within walking distance
- Free Wi-Fi throughout the premises
- Air-conditioning!
- Free time for hiking, adventure, sunbathing, and relaxation. A waterfall hike!
- Communal deck, and luxury swimming pool with waterfall
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WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED​
- A Passover Seder (though we may add an option to join one in Costa Rica before the retreat!)
- Airfare to and from Juan SantamarÃa International (SJO) Airport
- Shuttle to and From Danyasa Yoga Retreat center
- Massages or other spa services​
- Optional additional yoga classes onsite, provided by the Danyasa team ($6/class)
- Optional add-on excursions such as surfing, ziplining, snorkeling, etc.
- Tips and gratuities
Learn more about Danyasa Eco-Retreat accommodations here.
Through movement, liberate yourself from limiting beliefs and experience FREEDOM in the NOW.
SCHEDULE
2-3 sessions per day
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MONDAY (TRAVEL DAY)
Welcome Dinner & Opening Circle​
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TUESDAY
Mitzrayim: Loving the Narrow Place
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WEDNESDAY
Crossing the Sea RitualÂ
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THURSDAY
Miriam’s Circle Dance
Cacao Ceremony + Ecstatic DanceÂ
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FRIDAYÂ
The Wilderness & the Well
Kabbalat Shabbat
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SATURDAY
Embodied Torah, Nature Connection
Havdalah Ecstatic Dance
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SUNDAY
Closing Circle + Departures
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR RETREAT
ECSTATIC DANCE
AUTHENTIC RELATING
EMBODIED PRAYER
CACAO CEREMONY
JEWISH MYSTICISM
NATURE CONNECTION
ANCESTRAL HEALING
WATERFALL HIKE
PACIFIC OCEAN SUNSETS
SURFING
YOGA
& MORE
“Inspirational, I had an embodied experience of the Exodus, moving through my own narrow places and dancing towards liberation.”
— Gail Brown, retreat participant 2019 —
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
KOHENET ALIZA RIVKA
Kohenet Hebrew Priestess, Board Certified Dance/Movement TherapistÂ
Aliza Rivka weaves her training as a Kohenet Hebrew Priestess & Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist to offer transformational movement 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.Â
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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
R’MIRIAM RUBIN
Miriam Rubin is a Somatic Practitioner, American Interfaith Minister, and Purpose Guideâ„¢
Miriam earned her Bachelors degree at Barnard College in Environmental Science, where she studied the impacts of climate change on the relationship to pollen production in Northeast plant populations. Miriam was an outdoor educator for 7 years, where she guided hundreds of students to learn about their relationship with the earth, and designed unique rites of passage programs that supported adolescent development. She earned her Massage Therapy License in 2013 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™. In 2020, Miriam received ordination as an Interfaith Minister during the Global Pandemic. 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. Miriam also served for 6 years as a community weaver in the roles of Director of Programming, and Director of Membership at Romemu, NYC’s largest Jewish Renewal community.
EVAN JOBLIN
Founder of Yoga Otzma
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.
JOIN US THIS PASSOVER 5782 FOR:​
ECSTATIC DANCE
EMBODIED PRAYER
ANCESTRAL WISDOM
CACAO CEREMONY
JEWISH MYSTICISM
NATURE CONNECTION
WATERFALL HIKE
PACIFIC OCEAN SUNSETS
AUTHENTIC RELATING
SURFING
YOGA
& MORE
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