Did you mother survive war? Or your grandfather? Or your spouse? Was there an event that preceded your life that feels removed, and also feels so close? 

This is a workshop engaging tools from trauma therapists, trauma healers, psychoanalytic theorists, rabbis and beyond to explore how, when, where and if trauma can be passed down between generations. Are you doing the healing work for your grandparents? Are you carrying stories on a daily basis that are altering your being that aren't yours to carry? Or is the carrying method needing a revamp? 

Through text study, workshop exercises, conversation and more this series will offer tools to wade through the past, present and future as it relates to war trauma. 

Merissa Nathan Gerson is a freelance writer and educator. She holds an MA in Jewish Studies with a focus on Sex and Sexuality and Intergenerational Trauma from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Her research for many years now has focused on how the Holocaust affects the bodies and psyches of the children and grandchilren of survivors. She is a certified sivananda yoga instructor and trained in the shambalah school of meditation. She has taught classes on sex and or trauma for Jewrotica, Boston 3G, Moishe House, Facing History, Facing Ourselves and others.

Join us for four two-hour sessions on Wednesdays, 3/25, 4/1, 4/15 and 4/29. Participants must register for the full workshop in advance. The total cost is $120. To register, email Merissa at merissag@gmail.com.