What if your relationship with G-d wasn't just in your head and heart, but lived in your entire body?

Shimona Tzukernik, a somatic therapist and Torah teacher, describes the bridge between intellectual faith and visceral spiritual experience.

How can we transform the visceral resistance we feel towards certain mitzvos?

How can we lean into the body’s experience of a joyful, jewish life?

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Visceral Experience of God

0:36 - Meet Shimona Tzukernik

2:24 - Shimona's Pivot to Somatic Therapy

5:38 - What is Somatic Therapy? Understanding Body-Stored Memories

10:29 - Visceral Yiddishkeit: Feeling Judaism in Your Body

19:21 - "Your Head is Heaven" - Integrating Mind & Body Faith

23:27 - Hair Covering Example: Physical Mitzvah Resistance

30:03 - Hiddur Mitzvah: Engaging All Five Senses

34:34 - Mitzvahs vs. Metaverse: Staying Grounded in Physical Reality

37:54 - The Magic of Jewish Living & Repetitive Spiritual Experiences

45:29 - Fight or Flight: Watching Emotions Flow Through You

48:58 - Dealing with Dissociation During Spiritual Moments

50:44 - Kavanah & Presence: Being Fully There with Hashem

53:54 - Integration & Synthesis of Body-Soul Connection

54:42 - Final Thoughts