There are moments when the work continues, but the connection to it no longer feels steady. You remain capable, responsible, and engaged, yet something deeper feels distant. The sense of meaning that once guided you has grown quiet, and the path forward feels unclear.

Side Step is a structured creative and spiritual practice designed for this exact moment. It offers a deliberate shift in orientation, creating space to step out of pressure and reconnect with the source of your work. Through conversation, reflection, and guided exploration, this program supports a return to clarity, meaning, and creative aliveness.

Sidestep

The Way Forward Is Sideways

The Sidestep Signature Series

90 days

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Who This Program Is For
Sidestep is for culture leaders, artists, and thoughtful individuals who are navigating a period of transition, reevaluation, or reconstruction. It is for those who feel the weight of disconnection from the deeper purpose behind their work, even as they continue to show up and produce. Many arrive here feeling blocked, creatively stalled, or spiritually depleted after sustained output.

What Becomes Possible
Sidestep restores connection to the deeper forces that sustain meaningful work, allowing creativity to move again with clarity and vitality. As this connection returns, your relationship to your work begins to shift. You reconnect with the why that once grounded your creative life in devotion, play, and purpose, while gaining guidance through complex and uncertain terrain. There is a renewed sense of energy and direction, along with a stronger, more grounded identity as an artist or creator. The process becomes less driven by pressure and more open to curiosity, creating space for ideas, insights, and new forms to emerge naturally. Through small, intentional shifts, you experience how creative momentum can return without requiring disruption to your life.

What You Receive
Sidestep is a supported, ongoing engagement that combines structure with flexibility. Each element is designed to help you stay connected to your work while expanding your creative and emotional capacity.

Within the program, you receive:

  • Monthly one-on-one sessions, held online or in person, each up to one hour

  • Direct access to Rabbi Alon by phone and SMS during designated weekday hours

  • Curated prompts to guide reflection and support creative movement between sessions

  • Ongoing review and engagement with your creative work

  • Access to salons, seminars, and learners’ circles offered during your time in the program

  • Private access to written teachings on spiritual development and creative formation

  • Discounted opportunities to participate in retreats

  • Invitation to a bi-monthly newsletter exploring faith and culture

  • Access to a library of mindfulness practices, including guided meditations and talks

  • Art exhibition in a gallery with visitors viewing photographs displayed on walls, featuring various dark and abstract themes; bright overhead lights and wooden flooring.

    Even a casual conversation with Alon can spark fresh and unexpected insights. Profound intellect, light touch.

    – D., Art Museum Director     

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    I met Alon and started working with him during an extremely low point in my life. I truly was at a spiritual bottom and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to stand back up again. Through Alon’s counsel and guidance I was able to unlock the creative part of me that I thought was gone forever. Reigniting this area of my life was the key towards my self realization and transformation. I am grateful to Alon for his wisdom and ability to affect change in me!

    L., Actor

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    Alon’s spiritual guidance has been incredibly valuable to me in my creative journey as a writer and a thinker. He is kind, engaged and inspiring. With his intelligent, inquisitive support, I feel that I can flourish as an artist.

    F., Prize-winning Poet

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    At the absolute nadir of my faith in both art and humanity I had the honour of getting to know Alon. In our conversations, he offered me a space to renew my connection to the deeper aspects of my creative spirit. There’s no question that without Alon’s wisdom and patience, I’d have sacrificed a part of me that wasn’t ready to die, yet. I continue to be curious about and engaged in art in no small part due to his guidance. . . Working with Alon gave me some much-needed perspective on the expression of my creative spirit – I’m not a just game designer with a writing hobby and a photography habit, I’m an artist who creates art. How that manifests is multifold and it’s all me.

    – A., Award-winning Game Designer

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    Alon is steeped in story, wisdom tradition, mindfulness, and creativity — an excellent guide.

    – J., Award-winning Songwriter

Bespoke Program Offerings to Fit Your Unique Creative Needs

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    Plant the Seed

    (30-Minute Session)

    A focused, introductory session designed to create immediate space for reflection and clarity. Plant the Seed offers a brief but meaningful entry into the sidestep, helping you reconnect with what is asking for attention and begin moving with intention.

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    Cultivate Creativity

    (One-Month Engagement)

    A sustained period of creative support that allows you to deepen your connection to your work. Cultivate Creativity creates the conditions for exploration, reflection, and steady movement, helping new ideas take root and develop.

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    Ignite Inspiration

    (Half-Day Team Workshop)

    An immersive experience designed for teams and creative groups seeking renewed energy and direction. Ignite Inspiration introduces the sidestep as a shared practice, strengthening collaboration while restoring a sense of purpose and creative momentum.

  • Makers’ Mastermind

    (Six-Month Program with Monthly Sessions)

    A longer-term container, structured around a shared game through which you’ll explore the elements of narrative, storytelling and character. Relevant for almost all arts, Makers’ Mastermind brings together a group of committed creators for monthly sessions that foster reflection, accountability, and sustained growth over time.

Begin Your Sidestep Journey


If your work is asking for a different kind of attention, Sidestep offers a way to respond with clarity and intention. This program creates the space to reconnect with your creative life and move forward with renewed purpose.

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