Feeling the sense of “I can’t do it anymore” and letting some other power come in to take over for a moment. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Hod: The Humility That Opens Us To Divine Splendor (Sefirat HaOmer) Read More »
This fifth week of the Omer is associated with the divine attribute of Hod, which is understood as both “splendor” and “humility” and is represented by the left leg in the human body schema. In this meditation, we consider how leaning in to our weaker leg — acknowledging our limitations — opens us up to
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Netzach is the steady upbeat song we sing on a long hike . . . (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Netzach: The Endurance To Keep Going (Sefirat HaOmer) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the divine attribute associated with this fourth week of the Omer, Netzach, which means eternity or endurance. We look at it as the capacity to put one foot in front of the other on our journeys, neither harried in urgency nor collapsed in despair, but, with God’s unflagging support, staying
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Can you hold both sorrow and joy at once? (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Tiferet And Our Both/And Capacity (Sefirat HaOmer) Read More »
This meditation focuses on the divine attribute associated with this third week of the Omer, תפארת, Tiferet, which means Beauty or Harmony. Tiferet lies at our center as a capacity to hold, include and integrate polarized and contrasting energies on our right and our left. We practice making this motion flexibly, learning to move freely
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You are not your feelings. You are the leader who tends to them. (Click image to read more)
This week, the second week of the Omer, is traditionally associated with the divine attribute of Gevurah, strength. In this meditation, we look at this attribute as our internal capacity for strong self leadership, taking back — from forces like the inner critic — the power to choose our own direction and live into our
God’s “gevurah,” God’s restraint, is an expression of God’s belief in your “gevurah,” in your power. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Step Into Your Power with Gevurah (Sefirat HaOmer) Read More »
In this second week of counting the Omer, we are working on the quality of gevurah. In this meditation, we explore two sides of gevurah — a) power, strength, might and courage, and b) restraint and holding back. We feel into our own core strength in our bodies and also sense the way that God’s
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