Earth, Moon, Mindfulness:
Bringing greater meaning into our lives
through the cycles of nature and the Jewish calendar
October 1, 2024 – August 19, 2025
Monthly Live Sessions
Tuesdays from 3:30-5:00 PM ET
In the Jewish annual cycle, each month is intrinsically connected to the elements—and so are we. Join Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife for a journey through the Jewish year. In each monthly session, we’ll explore the “spiralinear” nature of time as a way to enliven our experience of Judaism and make meaning of the changing nature of life.
Rooted in the energies of the Jewish months and the phases of the moon, this series will draw connections between Jewish time and our experience of the world in the present moment—inviting us into deeper connection with ourselves, our bodies, and nature. By cultivating an earth-based mindfulness practice, we can remain centered as we move through the seasons, whatever they may bring.
Cultivate a connection to nature and the Jewish cycle of time as a way to connect with the sacredness all around us in 5785.
We are so small in comparison to the cosmos and yet we are in direct connection, as our inner landscape reflects the ongoing, ever unfolding of time and space. Through mindfulness practice and intentional alignment with Jewish cycles of time, we can find ease with natural rhythms and ebb and flow with life with greater grace and ease.
This course will meet monthly on Tuesdays from 3:30-5:00 pm ET (sessions will be recorded for those who can’t attend live). During each live online session, we’ll journey month by Jewish month, learning about the themes of the season and exploring how they are manifesting both within and around us. With support from journaling prompts, mindfulness practice, chevruta (study partner) conversation, and shared reflection, we’ll connect with the earth, move with the moon, and gently make our way through the year:
Oct 1, 2024
Tishrei
beginning again
Oct 29, 2024
Cheshvan
integration
Nov 26, 2024
Kislev
dreaming
Jan 7, 2025
Tevet
seeking the good
Feb 11, 2025
Shvat
subtle attunement
Feb 25, 2025
Adar
joy and gladness
Mar 25, 2025
Nisan
liberation
Apr 29, 2025
Iyyar
healing
May 27, 2025
Sivan
receptivity
Jun 24, 2025
Tamuz
anger
Jul 29, 2025
Av
grief
Aug 19, 2025
Elul
awakening
After completing this course, you may notice…
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- You’ve begun finding more meaning in the Jewish calendar
- You’re better able to move with the ebbs and flows of time
- You’re more in tune with the way that the months bring different energies into your life and relationships
- You’re more able to cultivate connection with earth, moon, time, and self
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Register Today for Earth, Moon, Mindfulness
IJS is pleased to offer this course at two tuition levels.
We encourage you to pay at the highest level you can,
which will enable more students to participate.
Full Course Tuition
$299
Reduced Course Tuition
$199
Meet Your Instructor
Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess)
Keshira haLev Fife
IJS Core Faculty
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife sprinkles sparkles, disrupts expectations, and offers blessings wherever she goes. She serves as Core Faculty with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Founding Kohenet of Kesher Pittsburgh, and Program Director for Beloved Garden. Keshira also enjoys working with Kirva, the Avodah Institute for Social Change, The Jewish Studio Project, and the Jewish Learning Collaborative, among other national Jewish organizations. Additionally, she delights in serving as a shlichat tzibbur, life spiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, teacher, facilitator, liturgist and songstress. Her work in these realms is informed by her lived experience as a queer, bi-racial, Jewish person, her belief that Book, Body and Earth are equal sources of wisdom, the quandaries she has encountered as a scholar of the Orphan Wisdom School, and her deep commitment to a thriving, liberatory Jewish future. Keshira received Kohenet smicha in 2017 and earned her BS 2000 and MS 2001 at Carnegie Mellon University. Though both the lands of the Osage & Haudenosaunee people (aka Pittsburgh, PA) and the Gadigal people (Sydney, AUS) feel like home, Keshira and her beloved have been in an extended period of travel since January 2023.
