In this meditation, we bring Avraham’s spirit of hospitality inside and explore what it means to really open to and welcome any emotional visitors that stand at our doorway. (Click image to listen)
MEDITATION: Welcoming Our Inner Guests (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
We are so much larger than we think! We contain the whole universe inside us. In this meditation, we work on opening up some space around our contracted parts by breathing in the extra letter “Heh” from Avraham’s new name along with the vastness of the earth and the stars in his divinely granted vision.
MEDITATION: Adding the “Heh” of Spaciousness (Parashat Lekh Lekha) Read More »
We are all at times flooded emotionally. — by overwhelm, anxiety, fear, distress. In this meditation, we work on constructing an inner ark to weather the storms. (Click image to listen)
MEDITATION: A Shelter in the Flood (Parashat Noah) Read More »
In this meditation from my Psalms group, we work with the phrase: כי עמך הסליחה, “For with You is forgiveness” (Ps 130:4), finding the parts inside of us that hold shame and regret and remorse for harm we have caused others and ourselves, and providing them with a sense of the soft bed of forgiveness
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Relax and cultivate the city of refuge inside you, as a place to go where we are held in all our imperfections. Click here to listen.
MEDITATION: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
On the verse: מה טובו אהליך יעקב משכנותיך ישראל How good are your tents, O Yaakov, your dwelling places, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). Come relax into the goodness of the divine sanctuary. To listen to the meditation, click here.
MEDITATION: Mah Tovu — Entering the Sanctury of goodness (Parashat Balak) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore what it means to be a Levi, to keep company, to provide accompaniment to ourselves. You can access it here. If you have trouble, click the image and then try clicking the word “here” again. iPhoto by Noelle Otto at Pexels
MEDITATION: Act Like a Levi! (Parashat Korach) Read More »
For a 12 minute meditation on Parashat Shelach, click here. (Or click on image and then click here). Photo by Any Lane of Pexels
MEDITATION: We Have All 12 Spies Inside Us (Parashat Shelach) Read More »
This meditation (7 minutes) is based on verses 3-6 of Psalm 24, which are cited below. I have highlighted the phrases that are key to the meditation. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? (mi ya’aleh behar Hashem) Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart (bar levav), who
MEDITATION: Reaching Up for Connection and Blessing (first half of Ps 24) Read More »
Try this meditation to relax you and help you bring a sense of divine presence inside you (7 minutes). The meditation is based on the words כי אתה עמדי, “For You are with me” from Mizmor LeDavid (Ps 23:4).
Meditation: Ki Atah Imadi — For You are With Me (Ps 23:4) Read More »