Mitsui Collective

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.

03/03/2026

Part two from last week’s Mitsui Movement session at Studio Mitsui! Partner guided improv / integrating B’reish*t forms and embodying the waxing and waning cycles of the Hebrew calendar as we approached the full moon of Adar and the Purim holiday.

Embodied chevruta (partnership) learning is a core element of our practice and deeply shapes our embodied learning and experience. We’re not only practicing technique, we’re also practicing being in partnership — asking and exploring what it looks and feels like to be a good partner in whichever practice we’re doing.

Join us! Wednesday evenings at studios on Larchmere with an expanded schedule coming soon!

03/02/2026

Segments from last week’s Mitsui Movement session at Studio Mitsui! As the full moon of Adar and the holiday of Purim approaches, we’ve been using some of our B’reish*t forms based on the seven days of creation to practice our own creative embodiment, with an additional focus on embodying cycles of waxing and waning with the moon cycle.

Here’s part one, practicing the forms in both standing and walking positions. Part two partner guided improv video coming shortly!

02/10/2026

Cleveland movers and shakers! Join us at our new location in residing with Sha’Ran Studios in Larchmere! Wednesday evenings we’ve got Mitsui Movement sessions to nourish you in mind, body, and soul, plus more offerings on the way soon.

Classes open to all background, levels, abilities, and identities.

Your first class is on us! Register at the link in bio or send us a message.

02/05/2026

Embodiment in Jewish mystical practice happens across space, time, and soul.

Here’s a little clip from last night’s warm up practice in our Mitsui Movement class at Studio Mitsui Cleveland. We began with some classic ball drop partner games and then added a prompt to move in rhythm with the music as well — adding a fun and challenging layer of complexity to move not just in coordination through space but also in coordination with time.

Rhythm is so often completely ignored in non-dance movement practice but it’s fundamental!

(While we’re not completely “not dancing” here, this also isn’t meant to be exclusively a dance practice - we blur the lines on purpose!)

And it’s all so good and necessary for the soul. Especially right now.

We were also so excited and grateful to have our first session at the gorgeous Sha’Ran Studios () in the vibrant and historic Larchmere neighborhood where we’ve taken up residency for our Winter and Spring classes moving forward!

Mitsui Movement sessions are currently on Wednesday evenings and we’ve got several more Studio Mitsui Cleveland class types and times we’re excited to be adding soon.

Your first session is free! Come check us out and be in touch with questions or requests.

11/20/2025

Little deep dive from a great q&a during a recent Studio Mitsui community connection session! We got into some technical details regarding the B’reish*t forms from that day’s practice. The answers have lots of crossover into various movement practices.

We got into:

🤔 Are we working with a similar concept to the “box” or “cube” sometimes referred to in martial arts practice?

📏 How far from center am I extending in different forms? When might I reach further out and am I still maintaining balance?

📐 What angles am I thinking about in the hips, pelvis, torso etc?

👀 Where do my head and eyes move for different forms? Where am I looking and to what ends? How does that impact my balance and orientation?

What do you think? Any similarities or differences that come to mind in other practices and disciplines?

Check it out and save this post to come back to later ✅

And head to our Studio Mitsui webpage for more info on how to get into practice with us — don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions!

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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As the Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot quickly approaches, we're delighted to announce a very exciting lineup of l...
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!

Cleveland! Join us for this seven week introduction to Jewish embodiment to deepen your connection to body and soul thro...
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

A real honor to lead an embodied Jewish resilience workshop today in tandem with the incredibly powerful Broken Seder ar...
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.

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