Jewish Women Making it Work
An interactive opportunity for exploring personal health, wellness and community involvement. This unique program features personal and spiritual exploration, coaching, nutrition, life balance and community involvement for Jewish women. Take some time out of your schedule to focus on your personal health and wellness. This program is designed to nourish your soul!
Sunday, February 7, 2010, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Peninsula Jewish Community Center 800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City
THERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. TO REGISTER: please contact Denise Ron at DeniseR@sfjcf.org or 650.349.1523.
When registering, please select two of the following workshops:
Susan Fox, M.A. - Bringing Balance and Wellness into Your Life Workshop participants will have the opportunity to tap into their desires, strengths, capabilities, and values for wellness and life balance. Participants will each identify an area of their life they'd like to improve and create a vision for bringing that into their lives. In small groups, we will go through a fun and effective coaching process to align ourselves with our visions. Working with partners, we will break down our visions into smaller, do-able steps that translate into long and short term goals. Participants will leave with a clear vision of what they want to create in their lives, why they want it, how it ties in with their strengths, values, and connection to themselves and others, and what steps they need to take to achieve the vision.
Susan Fox is a Senior Life Coach with two coaching certifications and a Master's Degree in Psychology. Susan is also a certified practitioner of hypnosis and NLP. Susan’s passion for health, fitness and personal transformation led her to yoga 10 years ago and she also teaches yoga at YogaSource in Palo Alto, Google, and at Apple. She is the Life Coach and Yoga Teacher for international business executives who attend Stanford Business School’s executive management conferences. Susan loves to combine her understanding of psychology and yoga with coaching to help people make positive, lasting changes. She is married with two teenaged children.
Wendie Bernstein Lash, M.S, Spiritual Teacher - Nourishing Your Personal Tree of Life Judaism is intimately tied into the cycle of the earth’s seasons. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to be inspired by the energy of the month of Shevat, which celebrates nature and is the month we celebrate the new year for trees. Just as nature is beginning to wake from dormancy, we too are ready to tap into our energy and creativity that has been resting and rejuvenating during winter. We’ll explore the kabbalistic concept of the four worlds and using guided visualization, reveal what needs to be nourished in our physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual lives. We’ll create a visual representation of our own Etz Chayim (tree of life) and have time to process and share our creations in small groups. We’ll close with a ritual of dedication to nourish a part of our tree that needs it the most. No artistic ability is necessary, just a willingness to let yourself create and have fun.
Wendie Bernstein Lash is teacher of Jewish spirituality and meditation. She creates personal connections to the spiritual side of Judaism through rituals, teachings, and practices. Her work includes classes, groups and retreats and she has published CDs of Jewish chants and guided visualizations. She trains Jewish spiritual guides in a national training program and leads a monthly service at congregation Etz Chayim in Palo Alto. For more info about Wendie, please go to www.wendielash.com
Gerda Endemann, Ph.D. – Eating for the Health of the Planet and Yourself The food choices you make affect both your body and the rest of the world. Fortunately it's simple to choose foods that taste great, optimize your health, and don't have adverse environmental effects. In this 1 hour seminar, we'll discuss finding (and eating) guilt-free fruits & vegetables, seafood, meats, and chocolate.
Gerda Endemann, Ph.D, is a scientist and a nutrition educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a B.S. in Nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Endemann teaches Human Nutrition at Foothill College, and Fat Nutrition at Stanford University, and provides seminars, workshops, and consultations for the public. www.healthyfat.com
Babs Harband - Personal Organizing for Today's Jewish Women Do you wake up in the morning and wear the same thing to take your kids to school? Are you unable to find your purse, keys, or shoes? Would you change your accessories if only you could find them? Join Babs for a lively discussion about simple organizational strategies that will make a world of difference for your closet, your appearance, and your life.
Babs Harband is a nationally certified professional organizer whose mission is to improve the quality of life for those she works with through well-organized work and living spaces. She has twenty years of experience in home organization, wardrobe consulting, personal shopping and more. Babs combines this professional expertise with an eye to detail and an empathetic ear to create a rewarding and fun client experience. She is a member of NAPO, the National Association of Professional Organizers, and adheres to the NAPO code of ethics.
Brunch will be provided. Please bring a friend! Registration fees are $25 by January 22, 2010 and $35 until February 7, and at the door. THERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT. TO REGISTER: please contact Denise Ron at DeniseR@sfjcf.org or 650.349.1523.
