you are invited
SING A NEW SONG
NEW YEAR
RETREAT
dec 30-jan 1 2023
woodstock, ny
Song Circles~Shabbat~Craft~Community~Nature~Winter Feasts~Woodfires~Rest
For your New Years Celebration, are you Craving :
- A divinely-inspired experience welcoming the New Year with intention?
- To be held and witnessed in circle, with like-minded community and powerful facilitators?
- To heal your voice and call in your song for 2023, through the joyful power of community song circles and guided vocal journeys?
- To luxuriate in a winter wonderland where all of your needs are anticipated and provided for?
- To enjoy a non-denominational weekend of ceremony, informed by Jewish tradition?
Join us for a weekend of
ceremony and celebration
in the most ancient way of gathering
that humans have ever known!
SING A NEW SONG
What you can expect:
Experience a Weekend of Ceremony:
Nourishing Soul Time
Song Circles
6 Vegetarian, Organic Meals
Rawhide Medicine Shaker Making
Yoga*Meditation*Guided Journey
23 acres of Wintry Forest
Woodfired Sauna
Cozy, Warm, Gorgeous Accomodations
sing
a new
song
New Year Retreat
NEW YEARS EVE CACAO CEREMONY & SONG CIRCLE
You'll be nourished by festive winter feasts and
lovingly crafted herbal tonics and elixers.
Expect 6 sense-activating, seasonal, organic, nourishing meals prepared with LOVE by vegetarian farmer and chef Dylan Fishbein.
We will gather
in the beautiful
catskill mountains
at a 23-acre homestead with
cozy bedrooms, sanctuary space, woodfired sauna, fireplaces, and hiking trails to enjoy.
your journey will be tended by three
care-full
guides
Are you ready to sing in your prayer for 2023?
yes please
Journey Details
Schedule
Schedule Cont'd
Kohenet
Rev.
elana brody
Add a Call-to-Action
Miriam Rubin
of BENDICHAS MANOS
Cacao
& Ceremonialist
Jessie Duke
Retreat Schedule
Friday
Friday: DEEP WINTER REST
Arrival 3pm-4:30pm
5:00pm Candle-lit Shabbat Yoga
6:00pm Cacao and Shabbat: Songs of Love and Praise
7:00pm Festive Friday Feast
8:30pm Fire-side Intention Circle
10:00pm Deep Sleep and Dreamtime
Saturday
Saturday: SING A NEW SONG
LAST DAY OF 2022
7:30am Meditation
8:00am Sunshine Yoga
9:00 Nourishing Breakfast
10:00 - 12:00pm Sing a New Song Shabbat Vocal Jam and Storytelling
12pm Festive Lunch
1:30pm Soul Walk in Sacred Silence - Call in Your New Song
Freetime: Woodfired Sauna, Nature time, Prayer Integration, Journaling, Art Making, Song Crafting
4:00 pm “Third Meal” Snack Shmorgasboard
4:30pm Council Fire & Havalah: Release & Receive
6:00 pm Music Medicine Kit: Create your own Prayer Shakers
8:00pm Celebratory New Year’s Feast
New Years Eve
Followed by
"COME AS YOUR FUTURE SELF" MIDNIGHT ECSTATIC DANCE
herbal elixers and desserts
will be served through the night
Cacao Ceremony and
Heart-Opening Song Circle
Sunday
Sunday: BLESSED BEGINNINGS
FIRST DAY OF 2023
9:00 Luxurious Morning Practices, Pleasure Postures,
Yoga, Soul Walk, Meditation
11:00 am Breakfast
11:00 Sharing Circle
Song Circle with Shakers
1:00 Lunch
Farewell!
About Your Faciliators:
Miriam Rubin is a Doula, Somatic Spiritual Guide, Sacred Musician, Ordained Interfaith Minister, and earth educator who is dedicated to co-creating a beautiful world of connection and healing that we want to share with our children. Miriam offers Somatic Healing, Soul-Guiding mentorships, song-circles, ancestral skills teaching and drum making workshops. Miriam teaches ancestral earth connection skills as the Director of Rites of Passage for Youth at Wayfinders on the Hudson and is a doula and soul guide for mothers and children birthing a new world. Miriam is a 4th generation New Yorker living on Lenapehoking Territory committed to asking and helping to answer the question about how we can create a conscious, compassionate, and thriving culture for all of our descendents. Follow Miriam at @miriams.wellness
Raised on Ancestral Shawandase Tula hunting lands in Appalachian mountains of Virginia, with 10 years of life on Lenape land at sea-level in NYC, and now back in Virginia, Hebrew Priestess Elana is a traveler of both depths and highs, cosmic and earthly, sound and prayer. A trained and self-taught musician, songwriter, and ordained Kohenet Hebrew Priestess, Elana is known for her ritual leadership, songs, and prayer priestessing in the Jewish and Song Circle communities worldwide.
Follow Elana at @elanatreestar
Jessie is a passionate ceremonialist who encourages others to cultivate deeper relationships with themselves and the Earth through learning to listen to the body, the elements, plants, trees, and Judaism. She is the founder of Bendichas Manos (“blessed hands” in Ladino), a ceremonial cacao company, and the Director of Community for the School of Living Jewishly. Jessie was raised on Ancestral Ramapo Lenape land, lives on Tongva/Chumash land, and is privileged to be weaving threads of community globally. Follow Jessie at @jess13duke and @bendichas.manos
Do you have to be a musician or singer to enjoy?
About Song Circles:
Singing has been named
"the world's most accessible
stress reliever."
What’s a Song Circle?
A song circle is a place where songs and chants to open the heart, with healing messages and intentions, are shared by the group.
At this retreat, you will be guided by three divinely-inspired songleaders and prayerkeepers Miriam, Elana and Jessie. Elana will also guide you in creative "circle singing" inspired by the improvisational methods of Bobby McFerrin.
We will have several circles, including our New Year’s Eve songcircle, where you are invited to bring your favorite heart songs or prayers to share. And a closing circle to share our songs created or "caught" at the retreat.
At this New Year’s Retreat, we will sing in community, by fireside, sharing songs with each other and as offerings to the Great Mystery.
Also at the retreat, we will have guided opportunities to “Sing a New Song” or “catch” songs as your prayer for the new year ahead, and to share our songs with community.
NO!!! Singing is EASY, and don’t believe any music teacher or buzzkill who tells you otherwise!
What is it to “catch” a song?
You’ll have to come to the retreat
to find out.!
About Rawhide Rattle Making:
On New Year's Eve, we have an opportunity to make a sacred instrument that will carry our prayers and voices forward into the new year. Participants will infuse their rattle with their prayers and learn how to work with the rattle to channel songs. All materials will be provided to the participants.
Buffalo, Deer, Elk rawhides are available
Pebbles, sea glass, and seeds provided
About Shabbat:
Your guides Miriam, Elana and Jessie all trace their lineage through Jewish ancestral lines, and follow the traditions and customs of Jewish practice. Because Shabbat is SO beautiful, we want to share some of the richest customs with you at this retreat!
Shabbat is known as the day of rest, and we sanctify this day with special songs, prayers, and customs, such as enjoying 3 festive meals, prioritizing pleasure, singing, and mythic storytelling.
This Shabbat experience will be accessible to folks of
all faiths and cultural backgrounds.
About your Accomodations:
Sing a New Song will be hosted at The Nest in Woodstock NY, a quiet private home and retreat center a few minutes outside the center of Woodstock, NY situated on 23 acres of pristine wilderness,. Equipped with a wood-burning sauna, wild flowing river, a fire place, and fire-pit, guests enjoy a cozy home, comfortable accommodations., and contemplative hiking trails at their stay at the Nest.
Private and Shared rooms are available. Sleeping Bag Options available.
Pricing & Discounts:
Early Bird Prices end on Sunday, December 18th
SOLD OUT Twin in Shared Room: Early Bird: $400 | Regular: $450 Double in Shared Room: Early Bird: $450 | Regular: $500 Private: Early Bird: $700 for 1 guest. $550 each for 2. |
Regular: $800 for 1 guest. $600 each for 2.
Sleeping Bag Slumber Party (BYOBag): $323
Commuter: $300
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE
10% off if you come with a friend!
FAQ:
How do I get there?
Woodstock NY is easily accessible from New York City via car or bus. It takes between 2-2.5 hours to arrive from Manhattan (traffic notwithstanding). We will coordinate with those seeking rides/offering rides or help you with your bus reservations
What is your expectation for Commuters?
Commuters, meaning locals to the area, are welcome to join for the entirety of the retreat, meals included. We simply ask that you join for the entirety of the retreat and show up to the scheduled programming to maintain the container we are building together.
What is a "Sleeping Bag Slumber Party"?
As a lower rate option, we are opening up a limited number of spots for those unafraid to sleep on the floor! Comfortable sleeping mats are provided by The Nest. Please BYOBag.
What is your COVID policy?
For everyone’s safety, we require a negative antigen (rapid) test on the day of the retreat. Please come healthy. Refunds will not be given for COVID, but your ticket can be transfered to another person.
is this the year you will
sing your heart's song?
in stillness, we find the song
