Meira Alper, Montreal

Meira Alper is a transformational educator and healer whose mission in the world is to help people to connect with their highest purpose. She is a Registered Nurse, Integrative Wellness Coach, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Trauma Informed Educator. She uses storytelling, chanting, meditation, sacred movement and Somatic Experiencing as a way to calm the body and mind, remove blocks and connect with our highest potential.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.