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Yali Szulanski

Core Semikha, Class of 2025

Szulanski

Yali Szulanski is an educational wellness consultant, a trauma-informed emotions specialist, a teacher, a writer, and founder of The "I Am" Project, through which she integrates emotional wellness practices in classrooms, camps, and community organizations. Yali works with people to increase their emotional literacy and expression, especially when managing challenging situations. Yali works with children, parents, teachers, and families on how to create environments that promote emotional and spiritual wellness for all. She received her Masters in Psychology and Education from Teachers’ College, Columbia University, where she completed The Spirituality-Mind-Body Intensive program, and has been a teacher for over a decade. Yali is also a certified rescue diver, Zumba instructor, meditation teacher, energy healer, and lends her talents to various organizations as a teacher and consultant. Yali is the Youth Director at The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, where she lives with her family.

publications and media

Title
Type
Category
Topic
Year
Finding the Courage to See and the Strength to Heal
Dvar Torah
Bereishit
Vayigash
5783/2022
Eight Days of Light - Day 3
Dvar Torah
Holidays
Chanukah
5783/2022
#maharat10daysoftorah Pesach 2022, Day 2
Dvar Torah; Multimedia
Holidays; Video Dvar Torah
Pesach; #maharat10daysoftorah
2022/5782
Surfing with Hope and Faith in Perpetual Impurity
Dvar Torah
Vayikra
Metzora
2022/5782
The Quiet Inflection Point
Dvar Torah
Bereishit
Lech Lecha
2021/5782

mentions

Title
Publication
Published
How Taking a Few Breaths Can Improve Life in the Classroom
The Jewish Chronicle
December 16, 2021

books

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