Join At The Well for a day-long retreat for women and nonbinary folks in the DC area.
Are you ready to dive into the work of the heart? Looking to build community in the DC area? Curious to explore the wellness benefits of forgiveness?
Immerse yourself in the wisdom of the Hebrew Calendar and the spiritual power of the month of Elul in loving community with At The Well. This special one-day experience, led by At The Well’s founder and CEO, Sarah Waxman is happening live in Washington, DC!
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Throughout this retreat you’ll be guided into the rhythms of sacred time, tap into embodiment, and practice collective care. Your experience also includes a nourishing breakfast and lunch.
The month of Elul, the final month of the Hebrew calendar year, is a time for mindful endings. Now is when we lay the groundwork for a meaningful new year.
Gather with us to reflect on the past year, soften into the work of forgiveness, and find the inner strength and resilience to renew again for the new year ahead. RSVP today to reserve your space.
10:00 AM - Arrival & Breakfast
10:30 AM - Opening Circle
11:30 AM - Embodiment Activities (Song Circle, Somatic Movement, Mindful Sensory Exploration)
12:45 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Forgiveness Circle
2:30 PM - Closing Circle with Sound Healing
3:00 PM - Departure
Schedule and times are subject to change.
Sarah Waxman, Founder and CEO of At The Well
Sarah is the passionate Founder of At The Well. She has been a student of sociology and holistic medicine, a national champion athlete, an instructor of yoga and mindfulness, and an actively engaged member of the Jewish community. All these experiences gave her a deep understanding of the power that comes from being in a supportive community, feeling connected to your spirituality, and having a real understanding of your cycle. At The Well was created out of love; it is a place to be witnessed, and to witness others, to share, to learn, and a place to connect Jewish heritage to everyday life.
Kohenet Pleasance Shamirah, M.S. ED
Kohenet Pleasance Silicki, MS. ED is a speaker, educator, facilitator, guide, consultant and community leader who specializes in holistic life & death practices for flourishing. As a spiritual activist with over 20 years of studies in a wide range of wisdom traditions and evidence- based practices, she weaves connections and integrations to daily life with a focus on community care and ritual. As an ordained Jewish clergy, movement chaplain, death midwife, Ayurvedic lifestyle counselor, somatic trauma resolution practitioner, grief educator and mind- body medicine facilitator, yoga and meditation guide, community doula, ancestral healing practitioner, hospice volunteer, she brings a wide lens to her teaching and offerings. She leads retreats, workshops and 1x1 sessions, you can find her at weavingworldsdc.com.
Tobie Whitman
Tobie has practiced yoga asanas since 2001 and Vipassana meditation since 2010. She holds an RTY-200 yoga teaching certification from Flow Yoga Center DC and works as a mindfulness instructor at N St Village, leading unhoused women in mindful movement and meditation practices. Tobie also offers private mindfulness facilitation to corporate clients through Workplace Wellness at Flow Studio DC. She provides sessions for diverse audiences, including for US Government agencies, non-for profits, private companies, independent schools and other groups. She also volunteers with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC. Previously, Tobie Whitman founded Little Acre Flowers in 2014, DC’s only local-only and sustainable florist. Before this, she worked in international development and women’s empowerment, serving as Director of Research at the Institute for Inclusive Security and consulting for NATO, USAID, and Women for Women International. Tobie earned a BA from Harvard and an MPhil and PhD in International Relations from Cambridge University. She lives in Washington DC with her husband and two sons.
Mickie Simon
Mickie is a clinical social worker who has been working with young adults, families and couples for over 25 years. She began her career working in community mental health and now has a private practice in DC. Mickie enjoys supervising and mentoring young clinicians. She also works with community organizations in the DC area that promote long-term social change. Mickie is a founding organizer of the Jewish Mindfulness Center of Washington now part of Briyut/ The Wellness Center at Adas Israel Congregation.
Kohenet Liviah Wessely
Liviah has regularly held ritual space for the Kohenet community, as well as leading, co-leading, and acting as Cyber-Gabbai. She is CEO of the newly minted Beit Kohenet, a nonprofit learning and ritual space with a focus on sources arising from mysticism, earth-based and women’s practices, folk magic, and sacred traditions from those throughout time whose voices have been marginalized. She writes and arranges liturgical music for chanting and choral settings. K’Liviah has led or co-led for Yelala, Kesher Pittsburgh, the Nechama Minyon, Beit Kohenet, and numerous rituals, including weddings, funerals, and shiva services.
Leemor Chandally
Leemor Chandally is an experience designer with a background in regenerative design, urban planning, biomimicry and sound meditation. She integrates these disciplines in service of creating harmonically resonant spaces and experiences that connect us with our nature and induce health, beauty and awe. By applying nature’s principles to the design process, she aims to expand our collective imagination and unlock the intelligence of the collective to explore what’s possible when we tune into a shared inquiry.
Embodied Movement Integration with Kohenet Pleasance Shamirah
Using the framework of the 4 elements we’ll take the self-inquiry concepts of Elul and this season of returning and reflection to move, breathe and connect to our lives and the past year with integrative approaches. Through movement, journaling, reflection, and somatic practices we’ll have time to explore personal themes of the year that relate to the collective themes of this month.
Song Meditation with Kohenet Liviah Wessely
Join Kohenet Liviah as we explore our own blessings through song. Learn simple chants you can use for your own meditative practice leading to the Days of Awe and beyond, while exploring themes of peace, protection, healing, and love.
Sense Exploration with Tobie Whitman
Explore using the senses as portals to presence. We will engage in a range of practices that focus our present moment awareness through hearing, olfaction and interoception. Strategies for applying these tools in daily living will be offered.
Together let’s lay the groundwork for a meaningful new year.
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Email yael@atthewellproject.com with any questions.
Please note: This retreat will not be traditionally Shabbat-observant, as it will include writing exercises, the use of audiovisual equipment, etc.
If cost is a concern, please reach out to us at hello@atthewellproject.com
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