Kohenet Shamirah
Ritualist.
Poet.
Gardener.
Sarah Chandler, aka Kohenet Shamirah, is the founder and CEO of Shamir Collective, which works to renew the Jewish relationship with the earth through creative ritual, mindfulness, and transformative experiential learning. Kohenet Shamirah is is a Brooklyn-based Jewish educator, ritualist, artist, activist, and poet. Currently, she serves as the program director of Romemu Yeshiva and a garden educator with Grow Torah. A trainer with Taamod, she supports Jewish nonprofits in harassment prevention, through designing and maintaining respectful workplaces. She teaches, writes, and consults on issues related to Jewish earth-based spiritual practice, farming, and mindfulness. She studies as a shamanic healer apprentice at the Wisdom School of S.O.P.H.I.A., and additionally, studies Kabbalistic imaginal dream work at the School of Images.
Ask me about:
Earth-based spiritual practice in Jewish life
Jewish meditation & mindfulness
Praying in Hebrew to the Divine Feminine/addressing G-d with multiple genders