About Chaya:
Chaya is a Jerusalem-based spiritual teacher, psychotherapist, writer and performance artist. As co-director of the Shalev Center for Jewish Personal Growth, she also trains and facilitates ongoing women's groups and teaches regular classes in the Jerusalem area and on her annual tours to North America.
Chaya holds an Ivy League BA in Religious & Jewish Studies, and an MA in Clinical Psychology. She also did extensive doctoral work on the theme of “Experiential Torah Learning” at Oxford University in England.
Throughout all of her work, Chaya reveals how ancient Jewish wisdom can be deeply relevant and readily applicable to our 21st-century lives. Synthesizing Jewish wisdom, psychology and the arts, Chaya has sculpted an innovative approach to personal transformation & healing. "Babel's Daughter" is a potent example of this unique synthesis and has been praised as a master-piece by enthusiastic audiences from around the world.
Whether through her counseling, teachings or performance art, Chaya offers a signature form of experiential, creative and compelling learning that focuses on the transformation of the individual & the healing of the collective spirit.
From Ha'Aretz magazine:
"Lester, a poet, therapist and spoken-word performer, has an unusual combination of talents that enable her to carry it all off: the psychological training to enable her to self-reflect and self-reveal, the lyrical flair to put her experiences to verse, and the stage presence to make audiences keen to come along with her for the ride."
Chaya holds an Ivy League BA in Religious & Jewish Studies, and an MA in Clinical Psychology. She also did extensive doctoral work on the theme of “Experiential Torah Learning” at Oxford University in England.
Throughout all of her work, Chaya reveals how ancient Jewish wisdom can be deeply relevant and readily applicable to our 21st-century lives. Synthesizing Jewish wisdom, psychology and the arts, Chaya has sculpted an innovative approach to personal transformation & healing. "Babel's Daughter" is a potent example of this unique synthesis and has been praised as a master-piece by enthusiastic audiences from around the world.
Whether through her counseling, teachings or performance art, Chaya offers a signature form of experiential, creative and compelling learning that focuses on the transformation of the individual & the healing of the collective spirit.
From Ha'Aretz magazine:
"Lester, a poet, therapist and spoken-word performer, has an unusual combination of talents that enable her to carry it all off: the psychological training to enable her to self-reflect and self-reveal, the lyrical flair to put her experiences to verse, and the stage presence to make audiences keen to come along with her for the ride."
