Preparing to Let Go: A Creative Practice for the New Year | Jewish High Holiday Gathering | DC — the Den Collective

What are you ready to stop carrying into the year ahead?

Jewish tradition gives us powerful physical rituals for the inner work of the High Holy Days: casting away through Tashlich, immersing in the waters of the mikvah, fasting, and other practices that invite us to mark change not only in our minds, but with our bodies. Drawing inspiration from these traditions, we’ll explore what it can mean to intentionally let go.

Join Rabbi Anna for a creative and experiential evening of reflection, release, and renewal. This gathering takes place during the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, the Ten Days of Repentance, a sacred stretch of time that begins with Rosh Hashanah and leads us toward Yom Kippur. These days invite us to turn inward, take stock, and consider what we are ready to change, release, and carry forward.

Through writing, drawing, personal reflection, and small-group conversation, we’ll consider the stories, expectations, habits, and narratives we may be ready to release. We’ll close with a shared ritual moment, giving physical expression to the inner work of making room for what comes next.

There is nothing you need to create perfectly, solve, or arrive already knowing. Come as you are, with whatever you are ready to examine, and perhaps whatever you are finally ready to put down.

This gathering will take place outdoors in Northwest DC. The specific location and additional details will be shared with participants after the registration deadline.