Again and again in this parsha, the Torah talks about gathering all the members of your household together to hamakom, to the place where God resides, and being sameach, joyful, there. In this meditation we work on gathering in all parts of ourselves to hamakom, to the place of inner divine spaciousness, inviting in each […]
MEDITATION: Gathering In All Parts of You (Parashat Re’eh) Read More »
In this meditation, we look at the phrase ואכלת ושבעת וברכת, “You shall eat and be satisfied and give thanks,” as a spiritual process of opening, filling up and overflowing with divine love. (Click image to read more)
MEDITATION: Filling Up With Divine Love (Parashat Eikev) Read More »
Holding fast to our lifeline in times of trouble helps us stay afloat. (Click image to read more and to listen. )
MEDITATION: Holding On to the Connection (Parashat Va’etchanan and Tisha B’Av) Read More »
What would it feel like to inhabit such an emotional space, where we really feel that nothing is lacking, that everything we need is right here? (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Not Missing A Thing (Parashat Devarim) Read More »
Parashat Masei begins with a list of the 42 stops on the Israelites’ desert journey. There is a famous midrash which compares this list to the recounting of a father who has taken his ill child on a journey to be healed. Applying this midrash to ourselves, we look at our own life journey, with
MEDITATION: Our Healing Journey (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
Moshe asks God to appoint a leader in his stead before he dies so that the people will not be like sheep without a shepherd. In this meditation, we consider the ways in which our internal systems often feel leaderless and the ways we might learn to be stronger internal leaders for our parts. We
MEDITATION: The Internal Leadership of Spaciousness (Parashat Pinchas) Read More »
In the incident of the rock, Moshe says to the people, before he hits the rock, Shimu na hamorim, “listen up, you rebels” (Numbers 20:10). In this meditation, we explore the ways that such harsh words and negative assessments, both internal and external, hurt us, and we consider the possibility of substituting for such harshness
MEDITATION: On Moshe’s Mistake and Being People of Growth (Parashat Chukat-Balak) Read More »
The menorah lights were lit in a way that they all pointed inwards towards the central shaft, the core of the menorah. In this meditation, we explore what that means for us internally, first finding our own place of centered, stable alignment, and then inviting all the parts of us that are so habitually focused
MEDITATION: Turning Towards Our Own Central Light (Parashat Beha’alotecha) Read More »
We have reached the center, and the center is light. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: The Priestly Blessing (Parashat Naso) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore a midrash that teaches that at Mount Sinai, at each divine utterance, the people’s souls flew out of their bodies and had to be returned, and also that at each utterance, the people ran backwards 12 mil and angels had to be lead them back. We explore our own tendency
MEDITATION: Learning to Return to Stillness at Sinai (Shavu’ot) Read More »