Holding Space for What is Broken and Whole (A Half-Day Retreat)

Please note that registration closes for this retreat on Thursday, July 10th 2025.

On Sunday, July 13, Tzom Tammuz, a day in the Jewish calendar that opens a season of holding space for grief, we’ll be gathering for our first ever half-day retreat in the Bay area. This day marks the beginning of a period known as Bein HaMetzarim—“between the narrow places”—an invitation to slow down and listen more deeply to the places of rupture in ourselves and the world.

Together with facilitators Hagit Cohen and Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, we’ll gather in community to explore Holding Space for What is Broken and Whole. Through grounding meditation, breathwork, sacred chant, and guided reflection, we’ll create a shared space to meet this day with honesty, care, and spiritual presence in community.

We’ll begin with intention-setting and a short teaching on the emotional and spiritual support offered by breathwork and chant, rooted in both contemporary science and ancient Jewish wisdom. From there, Hagit will guide a 90-minute breathwork session—an opportunity to be with whatever arises in body, mind, and heart, followed by chanting and reflection led by R’ Zac. We’ll close in circle, gently grounding ourselves as we prepare to return to daily life.

This gathering is meant to offer a gentle container for those seeking renewal, connection, and honest presence on this significant day.

Note: While some people fast on this day, we will be offering light snacks. Whether you are fasting or not, you are welcome as you are. *If you are planning to fast, please let us know so we can be sure this is right for you.

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge or experience in chant or breathwork to join.

Pricing
Early Bird (until June 15) $100
Standard $120

Sunday, July 13th 2025
Doors: 12:30
Program (begins promptly): 1:00-4:00

Location: Berkeley, CA - Chapel of the Flowers

Important Safety Note:
You should NOT practice breathwork if any of the below apply. If you have any questions please reach out to flow@shefaflow.org. Every participant will need to sign a health questionnaire certifying that they understand this information.

• Cardiovascular & Blood Conditions

  • High blood pressure not controlled with medication

  • Cardiovascular disease and/or irregularities, including prior heart attack

  • History of aneurysms (personal or more than one immediate family member)

  • History of strokes, seizures, or TIAs

  • Taking prescription blood thinners/anti-clotting medications (e.g., Coumadin)

• Neurological & Eye Conditions

  • Epilepsy

  • Detached retina

  • Glaucoma

• Mental Health Conditions

  • Diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia

  • Hospitalization for any psychiatric condition or serious emotional crisis in the past 10 years (e.g., attempted suicide, nervous breakdown, psychotic break)

  • PTSD with severe current symptoms (ensure you have a strong support system and are willing to process emotions that arise)

• Other

  • Under the age of 21

  • Pregnant

  • Severe osteoporosis

  • Recent head injury or other unhealed physical injuries that could be aggravated by movement

  • Any other medical, psychiatric, or physical condition that could impair your ability to engage in intense physical/emotional release

• Asthma

  • You are welcome to practice breathwork, but must have your inhaler available

If you are unsure whether any of these apply to you, please reach out to us before participating.

About our Guide:
Hagit Cohen is an Israeli-born artist and breathwork facilitator based in Berkeley, California. In addition to her visual art career, Hagit integrates her deep connection to nature and spirituality into her role as a cannabis / breathwork facilitator and guide.

Through CannabisJourneyWork, she guidesindividuals and groups, supporting people in accessing altered states of consciousness for healing and personal growth. In her practice she creates sacred setting that can be deeply transformative; physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Hagit has been credentialed in psychedelic guiding and breathwork facilitation by the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness and the Psychedelic Sitter school in Boulder CO. Her training includes Advanced transformational practices, Trauma resolution strategies, Cannabis-assisted breathwork and Cannabis-Assisted Somatic Psychotherapy. Hagit had also trained in Indigenous Shamanic Wisdom and Visioning, which masters the organizing principles of shamanic ways of the Andean Tradition as well as contemporary life. She holds an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Hagit is currently training with Relational Somatic Healing, a modality that fully immerses the client in a healthy, authentic, real, loving relationship with themselves and the world.