Cantor Lisa Levine
Cantor Lisa Levine
LISA LEVINE was born and raised in Bakersfield, California and was a URJ camp song leader and active in the Reform Jewish youth movement. After earning her Bachelors Degree in Music from University California Irvine, she went on to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she completed her Masters Degree in Sacred Music in `89 and served as Cantor / Music Director of Temple Shalom in Dallas, TX until 1996. From 1996 until July 2000, Lisa served as the Cantor / Music Director of Temple B'nai Jeshurun in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a co-founder of the "Des Moines Diversity Chorus," an interfaith community choir dedicated to promoting diversity and understanding. Her CD "Gems of the High Holy Days" was recorded live for Iowa Public Radio at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Des Moines. Lisa’s original musical compositions are published by Transcontinental Music Publications and appear in "The Complete Shireinu", "The Complete Chanukah Songbook,", "Songs of Healing", "Open Door Haggadah," "Sounds of Torah", “K’lei Zemer” and many more. Her original songs are sung in synagogues around the world. Her first solo album is titled "Reaching For Peace” and contains original songs of prayer and justice. Her Friday Evening Service Songbook and CD “Soulful Shabbat” is meant for interfaith and outreach. “My Songs for the Jews of Cuba” was recorded for the Jewish Community of Cuba where she has performed numerous concerts. Her most recent CD “Soulful Shabbat Ruach” is a Friday Evening Service for multi-generational and interfaith choirs and synagogue bands. Lisa is the creator and co-author of “Yoga Shalom” a unique Jewish prayer book and worship embodiment experience for mind, body and spirit that has recently been published by the URJ Press. Lisa serves as Cantor of Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, MD.
Carol Krucoff
Carol Krucoff
Carol Krucoff, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist, fitness expert and award-winning journalist. As a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine - part of the Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina -- she creates individualized yoga practices for people with health challenges. Carol co-directs the Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors teacher training, designed to help yoga instructors work safely and effectively with older adults, and teaches yoga at Duke University's Center for Living.
Her newest book is "Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain," published by New Harbinger (Now Available). She is creator of the audio home practice CD, "Healing Moves Yoga," and is co-author, with her Duke University cardiologist husband, Mitchell Krucoff, MD, of "Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise," now in its third edition.
An award-winning journalist, Carol served as founding editor of the Health Section of The Washington Post, where she worked as a reporter and editor for 10 years, and her syndicated column, "Bodyworks," ran in newspapers around the country from 1988 to 2000. She is a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal, and her articles have appeared in numerous national publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, SELF, and Glamour.
Carol is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance at their highest level (E-RYT500) and is certified as a personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and serves on the peer review board for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In addition to practicing yoga for more than 30 years, Carol spent a decade studying martial arts. As a second-degree black belt in karate and Sensei, she taught martial arts for four years.
Her newest book is "Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain," published by New Harbinger (Now Available). She is creator of the audio home practice CD, "Healing Moves Yoga," and is co-author, with her Duke University cardiologist husband, Mitchell Krucoff, MD, of "Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments with Exercise," now in its third edition.
An award-winning journalist, Carol served as founding editor of the Health Section of The Washington Post, where she worked as a reporter and editor for 10 years, and her syndicated column, "Bodyworks," ran in newspapers around the country from 1988 to 2000. She is a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal, and her articles have appeared in numerous national publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, SELF, and Glamour.
Carol is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance at their highest level (E-RYT500) and is certified as a personal trainer by the American Council on Exercise. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and serves on the peer review board for the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In addition to practicing yoga for more than 30 years, Carol spent a decade studying martial arts. As a second-degree black belt in karate and Sensei, she taught martial arts for four years.
