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Mitsui Collective

Cultivating pathways to Jewish embodiment to catalyze a better future for all. Home of The Mitsui Institute for Jewish Embodiment & Studio Mitsui.

Mitsui Collective builds resilient community through embodied Jewish practice and somatic antiracism. We envision vibrant, resilient, and diverse Jewish communities that model personal, social, and environmental well-being through embodied spiritual practice based in liberatory anti-oppression theory and praxis. Mitsui (מיצוי - Aramaic): Activation of Potential

Mitsui Collective is a place-based community of practice centered around collective needs for physical and spiritual wellness, social connection, and nature connection. Grounded in Jewish ethics, traditions, and embodied practices, it is fundamentally open to any and all spiritual seekers. Mitsui strongly prioritizes centering community around those historically placed at the margins of North American Jewish life, including but not limited to Jews of Color and other non-Ashkenormative Jews, LGBTQ, interfaith / intergroup families, and those of varied socioeconomic status. We view diversity and representation not just as a checkbox but as a vital building block for vibrant, resilient community.

10/17/2025

Additional Studio Mitsui practice working on speed, coordination, reaction, and timing — elements of embodiment that fall into the movement modalities within Mother Letter Shin -ש- in Mitsui Method as we map and integrate frameworks from ancient Jewish mystical tradition with modern studies in human movement science.
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10/14/2025

Working on the “Shin” (ש) Hashamayim (the skies / heavens) modality of our movement practice — one of the three Mother Letters from Jewish mystical tradition applied through our embodiment practice in Mitsui Method — while staying rooted in the Mem (מ) or Adamah (earth) connection.

Located in the Cleveland area? Join our Free Intro on Wednesday Oct 15th!
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10/03/2025

As the Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot quickly approaches, we're delighted to announce a very exciting lineup of local Fall programming here in our hometown of Cleveland!!

Registration info coming soon to the website. Save the dates in the meantime!

04/15/2025

Cleveland! Join us for this seven week introduction to Jewish embodiment to deepen your connection to body and soul through movement, breathwork, and other embodied practices rooted in the mystical Jewish wisdom of the Omer — the seven-week period from Passover to Shavuot — that enable us to move through these challenging times with greater purpose, meaning, and connection.

Link to register in comments!

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04/07/2025

Join this interactive presentation from Mitsui Collective on recent research on the intersectional i

04/06/2025

A real honor to lead an embodied Jewish resilience workshop today in tandem with the incredibly powerful Broken Seder art installation experience at the — kol hakavod to all involved for creating this profoundly moving multi sensory experience, and gratitude for the opportunity for us to be involved!

And all the more so a real treat to collaborate and get into practice with some dear friends and colleagues.

Yoshi is in the Bay Area through Tuesday - be sure to check out our Interwoven Oppressions antisemitism x racism research presentation with Tuesday evening!

04/01/2025

In case you hadn't noticed, antisemitism is a big problem.

Most approaches to combatting antisemitism emphasize teaching *other people* how to not be antisemitic — which is obviously important, but doesn't help those of us on the receiving end of antisemitism to navigate its harmful impacts *right now*

That's where we come in.

Our approach to embodiment builds the skills and internal capacity to be more resilient, effective, and capable *in response* to antisemitism, whether we're encountering it on the street, in our news feeds, or in our broader community spaces.

Sound helpful?

If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, you're in luck!**

We're coming your way with two special pre-Passover programs to build our skills and resourcing for stronger and more resilient Jewish communities in the face of antisemitism and other vectors of oppression:

1 — Embodied Jewish resilience workshop with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco — April 6th, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (sliding scale reg fee, additional support available)

2 — Interactive presentation of our Interwoven Oppressions research on the embodied impacts of racism and antisemitism on Jews of Color at Urban Adamah — April 8th, 7-9 pm (free to attend!)

[registration links to both events in comments]

We also have a couple spots still available to present our research or run a Jewish embodiment program for staff and/or stakeholder specific groups if your org or community would be interested. Get in touch!

**Not located in the Bay but interested in what we offer? Let's talk.

01/09/2025

Ready to try out Mitsui Method??
As we prepare to beta launch our online studio, we're hosting this **free** intro session on Thursday, January 16th!

This one hour intro will get your body moving and learning through our signature Mitsui Method practices for Jewish embodiment. You can expect a combination of balance, strengthwork, coordination, and flow with a touch of breathwork and stillness — all rooted in Jewish wisdom and spirit.

Class will include a variety of low- to moderate-intensity physical movement practices, all of which can be modified and adjusted to a range of personal accessibility needs.

Free to join. Register at the link in comments for the zoom info.
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http://www.mitsuicollective.org/

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Mitsui Collective builds resilient community through embodied Jewish practice. Core program areas include movement, wellness, and nature connection with an emphasis on equity-based multiracial community building and select programming specific to Jews of Color.

We are in a time of global uncertainty with climate change and ecological devastation layered upon ongoing systemic racism and the resurgence of fascism and anti-semitism. Social turmoil and injustice — symptoms of these root conflicts — are rising, and without counterbalance will lead to further isolationism, xenophobia, violence, and resource guarding.

Within the social sphere, people are experiencing greater feelings of personal isolation and fear of an unknown future. We have a sense that our communities have lost something, that they’re incomplete. On the personal level many of us feel a constant pressure towards self-improvement yet can’t help but feel like “self-care” is yet one more item on a to-do list that’s already too long. Similarly, we may “know” that spirituality is important but we lack the frameworks for activating and expressing that spirituality.

Jewish individuals and communities are hardly immune. Institutional affiliation continues to decline, while those who consider themselves “Jews of no religion” increase, as do the number of Jews exploring “alternative” spiritual practices. Whether explicitly or implicitly spiritual in nature, we are building community at places like CrossFit gyms, Yoga and SoulCycle studios, activist and social justice spaces, and through shared experiences of food and nature connection.