Earth, Moon, Mindfulness
A Sacred Year of Embodied PracticeAugust 11, 2026 – July 27, 2027
with Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife, IJS Core Faculty
Monthly, Tuesdays, 3:30-5:00 PM ET
2026: August 11, September 8, October 6, November 10, December 8
2027: January 12, February 9, March 9, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, July 27
Who This Is For?
This journey is for anyone seeking a soulful, earth-based connection to Judaism. By intentionally aligning with the lunar cycles of 5787, you will learn to anchor yourself in the present moment. In this series, Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife helps us treat time not as a straight line to race through, but as a spiral to experience. Take this course if you want to find genuine ease within the rhythms of nature and discover the sacredness already unfolding all around you.
Learn About this Course from Keshira!
Course Overview
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.
After completing this course, you may notice…
- 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
Cultivate a connection to nature and the Jewish cycle of time as a way to connect with the sacredness all around us in 5787.
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 the rhythms of nature and ebb and flow with life with greater grace and ease.
Curriculum
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:
August 11, 2026
Elul
awakening
September 8, 2026
Tishrei
beginning again
October 6, 2026
Cheshvan
integration
Nov. 10, 2026
Kislev
dreaming
December 8, 2026
Tevet
seeking the good
January 12, 2027
Shvat
subtle attunement
February 9, 2027
Adar
joy and gladness
March 9, 2027
Adar II
rebalancing
April 6, 2027
Nisan
liberation
May 4, 2027
Iyyar
healing
June 1, 2027
Sivan
receptivity
July 6, 2027
Tamuz
anger
July 27, 2027
Av
grief
Testimonials
It connected my Judaism into a larger web of spiritual traditions that have been a deep part of me for many years (including feminist Wicca, Taoism, and other earth-based religions). It strengthened the overall weave.
I feel like I had a reinforcement to my own practices. I loved the multimodality presentations, source sheets and of course, the music playlists.
For years I’ve loved the monthly Rosh Chodesh ritual and it was extra meaningful to experience it through Keshira & her interpretation of the seasons, nature and how we interact with all of it & the cycle of it all. It was very relatable & also eye opening.
Register Now
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.
Abundance Level
$349
Basic Level
$249
Meet Your Instructor:
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife
Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife (she/they) sprinkles sparkles, disrupts expectations, and offers blessings wherever she goes. She serves as Founding Kohenet of Kesher Pittsburgh and is a Core Faculty Member with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality; she also enjoys working with Jewish Studio Project and Kirva among other national Jewish organisations. Additionally, she delights in serving as a facilitator, teacher, life spiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, shlichat tzibbur, liturgist and songstress. Her work in these realms is informed by her lived experience as a queer, bi-racial, child-free Jewish person living with chronic illness, 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.