Meditations

MEDITATION: Rivka’s (And Our) Emotional Journey, In Three Parts (Parashat Toldot)

/ Meditations, Toldot, תּוֹלְדֹת

Rivka, now pregnant with twins, feels them struggling inside her, pulling in different directions. In this meditation, we follow her emotional journey from this sense of inner conflict to collapse to seeking God. We work to feel each difficult step, and then the unifying, calming energy of focusing on our deepest desire for divine connection. […]

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MEDITATION: Your Power of “Elekh” — I will Go (Parashat Chayei Sarah)

/ Chayei Sarah, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה, Meditations

Rivka said one word which changed her life and the world forever: Elekh — “I will go.” I will go to Canaan to marry Yitzhak. In this meditation, we explore the strength and power of this word and how we can inhabit that strength. If you would like to join our Wednesday parsha meditation group

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MEDITATION: Welcoming Our Inner Guests (Parashat Vayera)

/ Vayera, וַיֵּרָא, Meditations

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)

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MEDITATION: Adding the “Heh” of Spaciousness (Parashat Lekh Lekha)

/ Lech-Lecha, לֶךְ-לְךָ, Meditations

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.

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MEDITATION: A Shelter in the Flood (Parashat Noah)

/ Noah, נֹחַ, Meditations

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)

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MEDITATION: For With You is Forgiveness (Ps 130:4)

/ Yom Kippur, Meditations, Prayer

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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MEDITATION: The City of Refuge Inside Us (Parashat Matot-Masei)

/ Meditations, Matot, מַּטּוֹת, Masei, מַסְעֵי

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.

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MEDITATION: Mah Tovu — Entering the Sanctury of goodness (Parashat Balak)

/ Meditations, Balak, בָּלָק

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.  

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MEDITATION: Act Like a Levi! (Parashat Korach)

/ Korach, קֹרַח, Meditations

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

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