About the Series
Each of us can grow and deepen the ways we relate to our earth. Let's explore this through earth-based Judaism! This five-part journey offers a chance to explore powerful Jewish emotional-spiritual frameworks that deepen our relationship with the natural world. Meeting in beautiful spaces throughout the Farm, we’ll explore six core emotional-spiritual touchstones, such as awe, belonging, kinship, grief, and hope, that support our capacity to live with more awareness, responsibility, and resilience.
Our learning will blend sacred Jewish texts, interactive exploration, embodied practices, quiet reflection, creative writing, and spirited conversation. Participants are also invited to choose simple actions or rituals to try between sessions, cultivating connection both on and off the Farm.
All adults are welcome—of any or no faith background, and of all identities, abilities, and experience levels. Past cohorts have shared about the rich sense of community that forms (and yes, they’ve also loved the coffee, pastries, and time to shmooze!).
Class Details
Dates: Sundays June 29, July 13, July 27, August 10, and August 17 from 10am-12pm
Cost: $125 for the full five-part series (Note: Registration is for the full series only and closes after the second session.)
We never want cost to be a barrier to participation. Scholarship available upon request. Email Rebecca@coastalrootsfarm.org to request scholarship.
This series is for new and returning students alike!
Class Topics
🌙 Class One: June 29 – A FEELING OF BELONGING
Explore: How the rhythms of the seasons and the moon shape Jewish time and offer a sense of rootedness.
Engage With: Moon exploration games, moving in time sequence, Jewish calendar deep dive.
Location: The Farm Green
🌄 Class Two: July 13 – A SENSE OF AWE
Explore: Cultivating awe and wonder as spiritual practices.
Engage With: Embodying awe exercises, waking-up-wonder games, rabbinic teachings on miracles, eating meditation.
Location: Aloha Point, Food Forest
🌳 Class Three: July 27 – AN EXPERIENCE OF KINSHIP
Explore: The intimate connections and interdependence between ourselves and the natural world.
Engage With: Singing for connection, gathering sparks, "feeling the whole" meditation.
Location: Makom Esther, Food Forest
💧 Class Four: August 10 – A SPACE FOR GRIEF
Explore: Honoring grief and other emotions that arise in response to climate change and ecological loss.
Engage With: Grief movement sequence, ribbon project, adapting mourning rituals.
Location: Healing Garden
🌱 Class Five: August 17 – A FEELING OF HOPE
Explore: Drawing on Jewish wisdom to nurture resilient, action-based hope.
Engage With: Hope-building rituals, art-making, active hope ball toss.
Location: The Farm Green