The Red Tent - Women's Gathering
Imagine us entering the forest
taking a deep breath
charging with healing energies
singing together
sewing together
praying together
weaving real heart connections
Women like you, women different from you—
Jewish, Arab, and every woman as she is
meeting
creating reality
Thursday-Saturday
June 27-28-29, 2024
Early bird pricing until June 20
160-650 ILS depending on how many days you register for and when Click the purchase button to view the full price list
In the Fairy Forest, Beit Oren (near Haifa)
Why does it cost money? You might be surprised that the funds go towards covering expenses for a highly invested gathering. But... if you need a discount, just say so. Let money not prevent you from coming.
The Red Tent – Creating an inclusive reality for every woman, of any age, religion, sexual preference, family status, native language, and especially for those who wish to meet diverse, similar, and different women.
If there’s one sentence that captures the heart of the Red Tent experience, it could be:
The connection we build is the power to create a different reality.
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Event Producer
- Avishag Maya Zloof
A naturopath and holistic sexual therapist with over 15 years of experience. She facilitates workshops on intimacy, sexuality, and communication, and has produced events like the Earth Women Gathering and Fire Women Gathering. Avishag is a pioneer in promoting awareness of women's health and sexual well-being
Content Curators
- Lubna
A holistic teacher and facilitator of workshops on female empowerment and conscious sexuality, teaching women to connect with their own healing powers and those of others
- Zohar Noy-Meir
Initiator and leader of the Red Tent movement in Israel. She has been creating women's spaces and Red Tents for 13 years. Women's gatherings are my passion. Engaging in women's stories and feminine cycles with a sisterly spirit has brought healing and joy to my life. I enjoy sharing this with as many women as possible
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Thursday, June 27, 2024
Come and gently land into the womb of the Red Tent. It’s time to shed the routine of daily life and together create a sacred space within us and around us. Start the weekend you’ve gifted yourself in the circle of life with us, the facilitators of the Red Tent. We’ll slowly attune our pace to full presence with the feminine womb. Let’s meet and share where we are coming from and set intentions for what each of us wants to experience in the Red Tent this time.
*Optional touch
– A workshop of connection to the centers of creation and passion in your life – the pelvis and the womb. We’ll journey together through feminine movement, breathing, self-massage, and writing. An opportunity for every woman, at any stage of life, to return inward, to her home, to bring qualities of healing and love, and to gain clarity in her life.
*Required equipment – yoga mat
מהות החיים, איך זה עובד? מי באמת אנחנו? מה הוא תדר הבריאה? ואיך אנחנו חיות את החיים במלואם בתדר של אהבה, בריאות גופנית, עונג, פשע, שמחה, נצחיות, רוגע, שלווה, הוויה, ללא קארמה ובטוהר.
*ציוד נדרש – כלי כתיבה
This workshop allows us to land gently, practice presence, and approach with an open heart. We’ll leave behind what burdens us and bring in what supports us to surrender to the space we have chosen to be in. The guidance is gentle and embracing, and the workshop involves both pair and group activities. We will look into each other’s eyes, share, and primarily move from the mind to the emotional and physical body, preparing for what lies ahead.
*Optional touch
Required equipment – yoga mat
In this circle, we will explore the motivations behind our desire to maintain relationships that include intimacy and closeness. We’ll discuss various ways of communicating that allow us to authentically and courageously present ourselves, and to feel seen and loved in those relationships.
*Optional touch
In a sense, the transition from infancy to childhood is also the transition from a sensing being to a speaking one, and soon after, to a writing one. Words – and our ability to use them as we wish – symbolize the gateway to reconnecting with the child within, to visit, and to stay with her in that vibrating space, the realm where dreams are articulated. There, as children, we unknowingly met the hidden alchemist within us who could transform dreams into matter – into words. Who is the dreaming girl I once was, or who lives within me now? What are her dreams? In this workshop, we aim to approach her, to know her dream, to create from it a new-old spell-prayer, to receive her gifts and to give her our own gifts.
*Required equipment – notebook and writing tools
The comfort zone is a psychological state where one feels familiar, relaxed, and safe. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the edge of your comfort zone. This workshop invites those who wish to break away from routine and step into an experience full of discoveries, liberating and unexpected, through experiments with nature.
*Optional touch
– Required equipment: Writing tools
This workshop is a journey into the earth and the depths of our being. We will explore the ancient and deep connection between women and nature, and learn how being in nature and engaging in shamanic practices with it can lead us to a richer inner reality, connected to our inner authority and its manifestations.
*Optional touch
תרגול תנועה אקסטטית מודעת MOVEMENT MEDICINE נקרא לאלמנטים שבטבע להיות המורים שלנו בתוך הגוף. נעורר את התנועה החופשית הטבעית שלנו. נאפשר לאנרגיית החיים, שזורמת בתוך הגוף, להראות לנו את הדרך לחיבור, להעצמה ולהתעוררות למי שאנחנו ולכוחות הטמונים בנו.
*ציוד נדרש – בקבוק מים, כלי כתיבה, מזרון יוגה אופציונאלי להרפיה
This workshop focuses on Rebirthing, a technique involving circular breathing. This method is used to facilitate deep emotional and physical release by maintaining a continuous flow of breath, which helps to bring about increased awareness and connection to the self. Aya Hwadat guides participants through the technique, aiding them in exploring and potentially releasing suppressed emotions and energy blockages.
Explore ‘woman time’ in this workshop by reflecting on your inner child, current self, and future woman. Utilize tarot cards, process maps, guided imagery, and writing to uncover dialogues across different life stages and set your developmental path. This session helps decode personal strengths, confront challenges, and envision growth. It also connects to other women’s stories, weaving a collective feminine narrative.
*Required equipment – writing tools
In this Reiki workshop, we’ll explore how this simple technique can help us connect with our bodies. You’ll learn an ancient healing method that can reduce stress and fatigue and calm both the nervous system and the body overall. Discover how Reiki can promote healing, creating a sense of peace and vitality.
Join us in a circle where we will set intentions for healing and manifestation using cards. We’ll engage in vocal work to connect to the heart, singing together accompanied by a guitar, sometimes a cappella, and at times just breathing to the sounds of Tibetan bowls. Let the spirit of the circle guide us as we create wordless music that heals deeply.
Embark on a mystical journey through the chakras, guided by our inner moonlight. Through guided meditation and gentle movement activities, we will explore the colors, qualities, and gifts of each energy center, deepening our understanding and connection to our own energy system.
Authentic movement invites both conscious and subconscious motion. As we flow through our bodies and emotions, memories and images emerge, creating new movement. In this nighttime workshop, we will practice authentic movement, with half the participants moving with their eyes closed while the other half observe. Then, we will switch roles. This is a space for you to express spontaneous, internal movement while being gently observed. We will conclude with sharing in a circle, writing, and discussion. No prior movement experience is required.
Required equipment – writing tools, notebook, comfortable clothes for movement.
Friday, June 28, 2024
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, sexual desire, fertility, and beauty, is considered an alchemist goddess due to her power to bring about change. The mythological Aphrodite was a figure of grace and beauty with an awe-inspiring presence, focused and aware of what she wanted. She inspired poets and persuasive speech, symbolizing the transformative power of love that sparks creativity (from the book “Goddesses in Everywoman”).
In this workshop, we will awaken the goddess Aphrodite within us, igniting the power of love through our bodies. We’ll focus on our wombs, which are the source of our strength and creativity. We’ll explore our desires through body movement, express what’s within us, and dance to embody Aphrodite (sensuality, femininity, emotion, and boldness).
This Vinyasa Yoga workshop aims to invigorate the body, enabling participants to master professional poses while experiencing physical and mental calmness and relaxation.
*Required equipment – yoga mat
A group inner journey combining gentle mindfulness guidance, listening to soothing sounds, and live singing. This unique interactive participation allows for a recalibration of our frequencies. This is primarily an internal encounter that facilitates tension release and renewal, leading to a connection with others and the group.
Yoga Together – In this workshop, we will encounter ourselves and each other through the body. In the first part, we will practice Vinyasa yoga. In the second part, we will transition to partner yoga. Through shared practice, we will support and be supported, deepen our stretches, and communicate through the body.
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – yoga mat
Come experience the wonderful method of Theta Healing – a bridge connecting science and spirit, allowing direct and conscious access to the subconscious. In this workshop, we will challenge limiting beliefs and old thought patterns, opening the door to new and empowering possibilities. Through unique demonstrations, personal experiences, and group sharing, we will embark on a journey of new possibilities and deeper connection to ourselves and the uniqueness within each of us. Join me for an exciting experience of transformation, growth, and self-discovery. I look forward to meeting you and assisting you on your journey.
An experiential workshop connecting with all the women within us – the girl and adolescent we once were and who still live in our bodies, and the connection to the wild woman.
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – writing tools
The magic lies in going out into nature,
collecting stones one by one,
of various shapes and colors,
silent stones waiting for a loving hand.
Add a bit of color and everything comes to life.
Stone painting is a silent world… full of inspiration…
I invite you to simply give it a try.
This workshop will focus on the most sacred place in creation – the woman’s womb – our well of wishes. We will explore the possibilities inherent in working with the womb, practice, and experience together. Discover how the womb can help us find our true desires, create reality from there, and nurture the seeds of hidden dreams.
Your freedom lies in your voice, seeking your surrender into the mystery – to reveal the beauty and strength within you. You don’t need to know how to sing! Just surrender to the moment and express through your voice and movement. In this experiential deep workshop, I invite you to connect with your authentic voice and movement, to sing and move freely, playfully, lightly, and with groove. Connect with improvisation, harmony, and musical communication. 🩵 You can express everything with your voice 🩵
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – a piece of fabric (scarf/shawl)
A writing workshop inspired by nature to connect with the elemental nature of the woman within us. A woman is a force of nature; she is earth, fire, and water. She embodies all the elements. However, due to numerous tasks, roles, and long-standing suppression, we have distanced ourselves and lost touch with these foundational aspects of our existence. Nature provides a wonderful space to reconnect with these parts and re-align with our inner rhythm. In the first part of the workshop, we will write about the aspects that have dimmed under the weight of life. In the second part, we will venture into the beautiful Fairy Forest to gain inspiration and resonance and write about what awakens within us.
*Required equipment – writing tools
It’s real! (I didn’t believe it once either) There is someone out there who is perfect for you. He exists. This isn’t just another romantic fairy tale; there is a man who is searching for you, wanting you just as much as you want him. If both despair and longing burn within you, if you’re tired of entering vague relationships and settling for scraps of love, come join us. In this workshop, we will examine our patterns that close the door to love. We will hold the longing together, receive gentle reflections, share, and maybe even shed a few tears. Most importantly, we will leave with new tools and renewed hope towards finding our true love.
*Required equipment – writing tools
The word “womb” might evoke a multitude of emotions, experiences, or memories. We feel it every month, and perhaps throughout the month. Is pain the only thing associated with the womb? I hear your answer. I invite you to a workshop where we will learn to listen, heart to heart, and listen to our bodies from one heart to the other – the womb. In this workshop, we will listen, talk, connect, and move together.
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – writing tools
In ancient times, communities in South America would visit emotional expression centers scattered throughout their villages at various times of the day to express and release emotional burdens, and then continue with their day. This practice allowed them to move through the day with precision and balance, calming internal drama and managing close relationships. This was just the beginning. These people lived their lives closer to their happiness and truth, experiencing ease and joy. In this workshop, we will practice emotional release, similar to the methods used in those emotional expression centers, leaving with a deep sense of cleansing in both body and soul.
Voice, movement, and creativity in connection with earth and sky.
A workshop on weaving wheat sheaves – the harvest blessing. In ancient times, women would go out during the harvest to gather sheaves and weave them into blessings, which they would hang at the entrance of their homes. These blessings held their prayers and desires, serving as protection and safeguarding for the home. Join us to connect with your prayers and desires, and learn to weave a harvest blessing from sheaves.
We will read together excerpts from the book “The Red Tent” and share how the text resonates with us and our lives today.
*Required equipment – flashlight
In the embracing forest space, while lying comfortably, we will allow our bodies to relax and be washed by healing sounds and frequencies. The melody of the forest will blend harmoniously with the sounds of Tibetan bowls, bells, a shamanic drum, and both ancient and modern instruments, combined with my healing singing. Breath and heart will gradually expand, allowing a close and compassionate encounter with yourself. Come, give yourself time to rest and renew your strength.
*Required equipment – Anything that will make lying down comfortable: a sheet, pillow, blanket.
A gentle and powerful women’s circle where we will experience tools and exercises that connect us to the feminine pleasure that resides within us.
We will connect to Shabbat,
to the Shechina,
and learn from her how to rest
and dwell softly in this very moment.
*Optional touch
*Shabbat observant
Saturday, June 29, 2024
Designed for every woman, at any stage of life. This session expands the ability to embrace the changing femininity throughout the menstrual cycle and different life stages. It enhances the connection to the womb, menstruation, menopause, and the wise woman within.
At the center of the feminine circle of life pulses the energy of fertility. Like Mother Earth, we renew, break down, change, and create. We understand fertility and motherhood in various expressions of creating reality and fulfillment.
We will open ourselves to the qualities of fertility, nourishment, and creation that exist within us. We will acknowledge the connection between the earth and the womb, and also give space to our fears.
All this through singing, drumming, meditation, ritual, sharing, and listening in a nurturing women’s circle.
“Healing through Color” is a therapeutic experience that interacts between words and sounds, emotions and colors. It is a fascinating journey from color to form and imagery that are created in the moment, rather than the other way around.
*Optional touch
I learned the medicine of incense through my dialogue with plants and the medicines of Mother Earth. Every plant holds healing for us, every flower can tell us a whole world… How do we connect? How do we communicate with the plants and learn the healing they offer us?
Come and discover a movement language that connects East and West, ancient and modern, personal and tribal. Practice presence through movement, turn dance into prayer, and connect to the greater pulse. Meet yourself and awaken the dancer within you. Come as you are.
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – yoga mat
An experiential, fun, and valuable workshop where we will fall in love with our feet and learn techniques relevant to each of us to support our health through self-massage of our feet according to our body’s challenges.
*Optional touch
*Required equipment – towel
What do the words menopause, aging, old woman evoke in you? Fear? Curiosity? Anticipation? In our anti-aging culture, where women are expected to remain estrogenic throughout their adult lives, how can we create an inner reality where the end of fertility and aging are empowering and beneficial experiences? The answer lies within each of us, in the remarkable mechanism of female cyclicity. Join us to explore, ask questions, or share your experiences on how aging as a woman can be envisioned.
This workshop invites you to dive into the world of the pelvis as a source of life, movement, and emotion. We will conduct a deep exploration of our internal rhythm by releasing and playing with hip movement. We will explore the expansion, contraction, and resonance of our pelvis. How deeply can we feel within our pelvis? Join me on this fascinating journey.
The Inuit legend “The Skeleton Woman” from Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ book “Women Who Run With the Wolves” presents a journey of initiation between masculine and feminine energy and the healing movement between them. In this workshop, we will delve into the legend and explore it using constellational tools in a personal way – each participant into her own journey.
We’ve been taught to take a painkiller and use a tampon during our menstruation and carry on with our day as if nothing is happening in our bodies. But what happens in our bodies is just one aspect. During this time, something amazing occurs in our consciousness, granting us direct access to profound insights. A talisman is an object believed to bring good luck and is attributed with supernatural powers.
In this workshop, we will connect to the personal intentions of spirit, soul, womb, and consciousness. We will create a personal talisman to help us connect during our menstrual days to the wisdom that naturally comes to us during this time.
נתעגל ונעמיק יחד ברחם הפיזית והאנרגית, נלמד עיסוי רחם עצמי, נקבל מסרים, ויז’נים, סודות שמבקשים להישמע ואז זמן יצירה ושיתוף.
*מגע לבחירה
*ציוד נדרש – כלי כתיבה
A personal story with added value for everyone. Surrender to difficulty, go all the way, shatter into pieces, and get a second chance. Choose life, then walk here, choosing to be, with the general direction and goal of being joyful and light. How is this done? A journey story.
After the weekend we’ve spent together in the Red Tent, what do we want to take from here into our lives and communities? The creators of the Red Tent in Tivon will share how the Red Tent is interwoven into their lives and what it brings to their lives and community. Together, we will create a talisman to gather the qualities we’ve experienced and wish to carry forward. We’ll sit in a circle, share, listen, and sing together before parting until next time.
In this workshop, we will explore the following questions: What is feminine power? How do I connect with it? What are the changes in my life as a woman? What is the significance of solidarity among women? How can I remain strong amidst the changes around me? How can I use my power to serve myself, others, and the world? The session will include group work, dance, meditation, and other tools.
*Required equipment – writing tools
If you’ve ever asked yourself,
Why does this keep happening to me?
Again and again and again…
Come to the session and let’s talk about it.
A story,
and a ritual for definitive answers.
Vision boards – what reality are we creating for ourselves? We have the ability to create our reality, and by looking inward and taking outward steps toward our desired goals, we can change, fulfill, and actualize ourselves. The workshop will include writing and guided questions, discussion and sharing, and creation – making vision boards.
*Required equipment – notebook and pen
In this workshop, we will discuss how to strengthen intimacy in our relationships through loving emotional work.