with LB Moore
Spanning the 7 weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, the Jewish Omer season invites self-study through a sacred practice of taking inventory. We are invited to count each day, marking the ancient accounting of the grain to be offered in honor of receiving Torah on Shavuot. During these weeks, we might also take inventory of our own strengths, resources, dreams, and inquiries in service of getting clearer about what we value & offer in the manifestation of collective liberation. One pathway for this exploration is through the sephirot, the mystical Kabbalistic anatomy that is overlaid on the Omer.
In this 7-week Omer series, we will feel into the sephira of each week by exploring some of its energetic, spiritual, and embodied qualities.
Week 1 (April 16) – Chesed / compassion / right shoulder & arm
Week 2 (April 23) – Gevurah / justice / left shoulder & arm
Week 3 (April 30) – Tiferet / balance / torso
Week 4 (May 7) – Netzach / possibility / right hip & leg
Week 5 (May 14) – Hod / beauty / left hip & leg
Week 6 (May 21) – Yesod / foundation / expressive erotic self
Week 7 (May 28) – Shekhinah / presence / receptive erotic self
Practice will include invitational explorations of breath, movement, imagination, rest, reflection, and creative expression. If you have an active creative practice of any kind (e.g., journaling, drawing, collage, songwriting, poetry, dance), please feel free to bring your materials. Basic writing and drawing materials will be provided.
Open to all—no experience with Omer, Kabbalah/sephirot, somatic practice, or creative expression required! This series is structured to facilitate individual exploratory and expressive practice within a hybrid collective container, and will not include group discussion. There will also be an opportunity at the end of each session to mark the night of the Omer together (in English).
You’re welcome to join any number of sessions either in-person (masks required) or online.
LB Marger Moore (they/them) is a neuroqueer Jewish somatics practitioner and experimental earth-based ritualist interested in weaving justice-focused contemplative practices into the weft of bodies, land, and ancestral magic in service of collective liberation. Feel free to learn more at altarofearth.com.
Wednesdays, April 16–May 28, 7:30-9:00pm (in-studio & online)
Pay-what-you-can: $5–36 per session. 18% of proceeds will be redistributed equally between 1for3 and No Loose Braids.