meet your teachers
course facilitators
Shimon Birnbaum
Laughter Yoga Instructor, creator of Joyful Living & the laughter diet
Shimon is a licensed massage therapist, health and fitness coach, RYT-500 Yoga Instructor, and life coach since 2006. He has taught in places such the Omega Institute in New York and Blue Spirit retreat center in Costa Rica. Shimon has shared the gift of laughter yoga in a wide range of settings such as with people in hospice, cancer patients, children living in orphanages, teenagers at summer camp, corporate team building and at yoga studios around the world.
Currently he is a practicing husband and father in Kalamazoo, Michigan, doing massage therapy, facilitating online trainings and finishing his Master’s in Social Work.
Sarah Jean Lawson
Laughter Yoga Instructor, creator of Luna Soul Retreats
check out her website: lunasoulretreats.com
Rabbi Getzel Davis
Rabbi at Zivug, Unorthodox Celebrations, Harvard Hillel, and a Harvard University Chaplin
Rabbi Getzel is trying to answer this question: How do we live meaningful and ethical lives in this post-modern, high-stress, computerized world? While he hasn’t yet resolved the question, many of the clues he has found are in gems of ancient Jewish wisdom. Rabbi Getzel received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brandeis University and his rabbinical ordination from Rabbinical School of Hebrew College where he also received a Masters in Jewish Education. Rabbi Getzel works as a rabbi and educator at Harvard Hillel and also as an Harvard University Chaplain, where much of his work is to engage unobservant students. He is also the adviser for the Conservative Minyan, teaches regular classes, and counsels students, faculty, and community members.
check out his website: zivugtogether.org