The Talmud teaches that with the beginning of the month of Adar, we are encouraged to increase our happiness. How do we cultivate joy in the midst of isolation, loss, and fear?
Laughter, Torah’s Living Wisdom, and Community.
For the entire month of Adar, Rabbi Getzel Davis and Laughter Coach Shimon Darwick will offer thrice weekly laughter Torah sessions to warm up our sunken hearts.
Practically, each session will be twenty minutes long: 15 minutes of laughter exercises to awaken our body, mind, and souls followed by 5 minutes of studying Jewish wisdom and sharing moments of joy with each other.
Teachings and Practice Instructions will be recorded for folks who missed sessions, but for privacy we will not record the group practices.
Discounts are available to couples who sign up together.
Schedule
Kickoff: Preparing for Adar with Torah, Laughter, and Community
Wednesday, February 10th
9:15am-10:30am EST
Weekly Practices Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
from February 15th through March 12th
9:30am-9:50am EST
All dates: February 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 24th, 26th*; March 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
*Friday, February 26th is Purim! Join us for a longer Purim Party from 9:30am-10:30am.
Note: You do not need to know which days you will be attending, just how many times a week.
Pricing
Sliding scale $36-$180
$36 Registration (only for 1 day/week)
$72 Registration (only for 1-2 days/week)
$118 Registration (up to 3 days/week)
$154 Registration (up to 3 days/week)
$180 Registration (up to 3 days/week)
Invite your partner to join for $18 (for once a week) or $36 (for up to three times a week).
Add a one-on-one session with Rabbi Getzel or Coach Shimon for $80.
Please let us know if you have questions about pricing. We both want to be accessible to everyone and invite you to be generous to the extent you are able.
Retreat Teachers
Shimon Darwick Birnbaum has been a certified laughter yoga teacher through Laughter Yoga International since 2009. He has been a licensed massage therapist, health and fitness coach, RYT-500 Yoga Instructor, and life coach since 2006. He has taught in places such the Omega Institute in New York and Blue Spirit retreat center in Costa Rica. Shimon has shared the gift of laughter yoga in a wide range of settings such as with people in hospice, cancer patients, children living in orphanages, teenagers at summer camp, corporate team building and at yoga studios around the world. Currently he is a practicing husband and father in Kalamazoo, Michigan facilitating online laughter yoga training and attending the Western Michigan University pursuing his Master’s in Social Work.
Rabbi Getzel Davis is a rabbi and chaplain at Harvard University. He is also the founder of ZIVUG Together Couples Retreats and Unorthodox Celebrations. Getzel has been teaching Jewish mysticism meditation and in various contexts for the past decade including at Harvard Hillel and as Hebrew College. He is particularly proud of having taught Hitbodedut meditation to over 1000 people over the past decade.