Special Classes
“A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read.” This quote is not from Freud or Jung but from the Zohar, the classic medieval Kabbalah text connecting dreams and our spiritual growth. We spend an average of 9 years dreaming. What do our dreams reflect to us of our experience? How are dreams guides for our emotional and spiritual development? Come and see the significance of dreams. Journaling and sharing your dreams helps you apply the Kabbalah dream framework.
- Tuesdays 10:30-11:45am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern (Class Meets: September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, and 17)
Do our names matter? Does a name shape destiny? Does your name reveal different dimensions of who you are? Do you have a hidden name? A name is simultaneously an identity, a relationship, a legacy, a calling, a possibility and ultimately a mystery. The Tree of Life provides a map for understanding that a name is not a fixed label but a living process of becoming. Each Sefirah provides a different lens through which your name is understood. Together, we will journey through the Sefirot while exploring the names we have been given, chosen, inherited, and perhaps even the names awaiting to emerge.
Tuesdays 9:00-10:15am Mountain Time / 11am Eastern with Dr. David Sanders (Class Meets: September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, and 17)
REGISTER HERE for Tuesdays
Wednesdays 1:30-2:45pm Mountain Time/ 3:30pm Eastern with Dr. David Sanders and Jenna Senzionale Basilicato September (Class Meets: September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, and 18)
REGISTER HERE for Wednesdays
There is an ancient Midrash which states that the Torah is written black fire on white fire. This course explores the “white fire” of Torah—the silent spaces between the black letters. The Kabbalists understood this to mean that there were words in the negative space to be uncovered and revealed. Through close reading of Torah text, participants will learn to enter these “absences” and create new narratives that illuminate timeless questions about human identity, consciousness, relationship, and spiritual development. Using the Adam and Eve narrative as our primary laboratory, participants will write their own “missing scripts” discovering how Torah becomes a mirror for our lives.
Classes are offered in-person and virtually through Zoom
- Tuesdays 12:15-1:30pm Mountain Time / 2:15pm Eastern (Class Meets: September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, and 17)
It has been more than a decade since we used films as a doorway into the exploration of Kabbalah’s insights into the soul. In the Fall Semester we will explore: Identity; Masks and Essence, Synchronicity and Hidden Connections, and the Soul’s Unfolding through popular and independent films. Your commitment is to watch the assigned films prior to class and come ready to discuss. All films chosen will be available to stream (budget for films is an approximate cost of $30). A sample of films under consideration: Her, Departures, The Other Son, Waking Life, The Whale, The Sweetest Sound, Marty Supreme, American Fiction, Paterson, Nebraska, Philomena, Mother and Child, Three Identical Strangers, The Upside of Anger.
Classes are offered in-person and virtually through Zoom
- Wednesdays 10:00-11:15am Mountain Time / 12pm Eastern (Class Meets: September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, and 18)
Musar is a moral-spiritual discipline, a system of character development, or soul-growth, that taps the well of Kabbalah and offers a framework and a toolkit for translating that ancient wisdom into a personalized, ongoing ethical discipline to improve ourselves and our world. This pragmatic and deeply personal study (and practice) of musar does a deep dive into the instructor’s own translation of a classical (16th Century) musar text called Orchot Tzaddiqim or “Pathways of Moral Leadership.”
Classes are offered in-person and virtually through Zoom
- Wednesdays 10:30-11:45am Mountain Time / 12:30pm Eastern (Class Meets: September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, and 18)
WHAT: This series will draw on the principles and practices of the Jewish calendar, exploring and experiencing the potential impacts of internalizing and implementing lessons learned from the holidays to help us frame and respond effectively to the best and worst of times, individually and collectively.
WHO: This weekly gathering aims to support those of us invested in social and political progress at home and abroad, deeply concerned with the current state of affairs, and committed to bringing our best selves to face the challenges of these turbulent times.
HOW: Classes are offered on-line through Zoom only (not in-person)
This class is offered virtually through Zoom (no in-person option)
- Fridays 8:00-8:55am Mountain Time / 10am Eastern (Class Meets: September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, and 20)
This class is offered virtually through Zoom (No In-Person Option)
- Fridays 9:30am-10:45am Mountain Time/ 11:30am Eastern (Class meets: September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, and 20)
Dr. David Sanders, Spiritual Director of Kabbalah Experience, has been guiding people for the last 25 years to recognize themselves through the masks and metaphors of their lives.
Working with David offers you an in-depth individual spiritual mentorship through the lens of the Kabbalah’s teachings on masks and metaphors.
The potency of patterns that are revealed through an analysis of your answers to The Mask and Metaphor Workbooks brings awareness to the “why” of your life choices.
What is meant by a mask?
Mask is a neutral term descriptive of the content of our lives: our bodies, our personal selves, our cultural-ethnic-religious selves and any chosen identification or affiliation. As humans we will always be masked. Becoming aware of our masks is a liberating process that traverses the continuum of psychology and spirituality and impacts how we see ourselves and how we present ourselves to others.
What is meant by a metaphor?
Root metaphors act as the underlying worldview that shapes an individual’s understanding of their life. It includes our self-perceptions, how we “operate” in relationships, the work we engage in and what we value and hold sacred.
Five Sessions:
Preparation: Fill out and submit The Mask Workbook, The Metaphor Workbook (including The Cube Personality Test (Total prep time: 1.5 hours)
Session One: Get to know you through a review of the answers in your workbooks
Session Two: Overview of the awareness practices related to masks and metaphors
Session Three: Answering the question: Are you wearing the mask or is the mask wearing you?
Session Four: Psychospiritual insights through understanding your metaphors
Session Five: Guidance for your life path: What masks and metaphors do you want to change, modify or discard? What new life story do you want to manifest?
Ready to begin?
Schedule a one-on-one session to explore how spiritual mentorship can help shape your life.
Schedule your discovery session with David by emailing him directly: David<at>kabbalahexperience.com
Cost:
Individuals: Five sessions (within 3 months) $1111
Couples: Five sessions (within 3 months) $1515