Exploring Kabbalah
Through Yoga and Shammanism

Two primary lines of spiritual exploration which underlie all the world’s religious traditions, and date back to the earliest times of humanity, are shamanism and yoga. Both provide methods for freeing ourselves from the limited perceptions of conditioned mind and relating more consciously to all aspects of life. Through both, we may directly access aspects of the Divine energies (prana, chi, Light) that exist throughout our nature and the world.

In this workshop, we will employ the tools of shamanism and yoga to explore the Tree of Life of the Jewish mystical tradition; Kaballah The Kabbalah encodes teachings for deep spiritual awakening and practical guidance for living a life with wisdom and healing intention. While often taught as a complex intellectual or metaphysical theory, we will focus on a very experiential approach that brings awareness to the full body and mind.

This workshop will be an introduction to this way of exploring Kabbalah, and not a course in the Jewish religion. It is open to anyone, and offers a look at deeper practices for a continuing group or individual work.

Alan Levin,M.A., L.M.F.T., has studied and taught deep meditation practices and shamanic exploration for the past 35 years. He is a licensed psychotherapist in California, where he also led wilderness quests integrating some of the perspectives he will share in this workshop. It was through his wilderness experiences in the desert, that he re-connected with his ancestral Jewish lineage. He has just moved to Nyack and is beginning a practice of working with individuals and groups with what he calls, “therapy for the mind, heart and soul living in a body”.