Shalem: Jewish Wellness at the PJCC

The PJCC is committed to both Wellness and vibrant Jewish living. SHALEM: The Jewish Wellness Initiative melds these two core missions by offering wellness programs infused with Jewish wisdom and practice.

About Shalem

Shalem means wholeness, and Jewish wisdom has a great deal to offer anyone who seeks to live a healthy, resilient life with a joyful sense of balance and well-being.

From ancient teachings to modern-day practices, Jewish wisdom encourages us to cultivate qualities—such as gratitude, joy, compassion, and mindfulness, as well as physical wellness.

When we engage in practices to enhance our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being we are shalem: whole in body, heart mind and spirit.

Shalem was created as a collaboration between the PJCC and Embodied Jewish Learning. The Addison-Penzak JCC and the Oshman Family JCC are now partners in this initiative and are joining together to promote wellness and well-being infused with Jewish wisdom to help support the entire community in times when these tools are greatly needed.

Nourish  •  Move •  Engage

Jewish Wellness offerings are organized around the PJCC’s integrated approach to wellness focusing on Nourish, Move and Engage activities.

Nourish your body and mind with wholesome foods and with practices that promote healing, energy, improved concentration and stress relief.

Move your body for greater physical strength, flexibility, stamina, balance, and resilience.

Engage your body, mind, heart and spirit for increased joy, wholeness, gratitude, intellectual and spiritual understanding, wisdom, community connection, and meaningful relationships.

Explore our Jewish Wellness offerings below!

Featured Events

Yoga for Renewal with Julie Emden
Fridays, September 25 and October 2 • 9:30-10:30 am
Join us for this series of Iyengar-based yoga classes, a journey through the Hebrew month of Elul (beginning August 21) into the High Holiday season. Each class is infused with Jewish Wisdom teachings to cultivate balance and wholeness.

Upcoming Class Dates and Themes:
September 25: Embodying Unity for Yom Kippur (Day of At-one-ment)
October 2: Embodying Inner Spaciousness for Sukkot (Festival of Temporary-ness)

Registration required. Zoom link and password will be provided just before the event start time.

Multiple payment levels are offered to make this workshop accessible to those for whom payment is difficult or prohibitive at this time. Please select your ticket level at check-out. Please contact Julie if you’d like to attend but are unable to pay at this time.

Offered by Shalem, the Jewish Wellness Initiative of the Peninsula JCC, Embodied JewishLearning, the Addison-Penzak JCC, and the Oshman Family JCC.

Shalem: Meditation and Yoga for Well-being

Join Rabbi Lavey Derby and Julie Emden as we explore how to experience and support Middot, personal and spiritual qualities, through these 10-minute meditation and yoga practices infused with Jewish Wisdom. Listen to our podcasts today.

Please consider a donation to the PJCC’s Jewish Life programs to support our Shalem programming.

Program Cancellation Notification
Your health and safety is the PJCC’s highest priority.

Due to San Mateo County Department of Health order, we have cancelled in-person programs for the current time.

Thank you for your understanding during this evolving situation.

We are currently in Stage One of our reopening plan. To learn more about this and future stages, please visit https://pjcc.org/reopen/