Bereshit (Genesis)
Yaakov stopped on his journey away from home at Hamakom, “the place.” In this meditation, we intrepret hamakom to mean where he was at that moment, the emotional space he was in, a fearful, lonely space. We imitate Yaakov’s instinct to rest in the place that he was in — in its hard rocks — […]
MEDITATION: Resting in “Hamakom” — This Place (Parashat Vayetze) Read More »
Who are your inner twins, the parts of you that are in conflict, constantly pulling you in different directions? (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: Rivka’s (and Our) Emotional Journey, in Three Parts (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
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.
MEDITATION: Rivka’s (And Our) Emotional Journey, In Three Parts (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
Eliekh, she said. I will go. Without the fanfare of a burning furnace or an elaborate divine call. (Click image to read full poem)
POEM: Elekh: “I will Go” (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
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
MEDITATION: Your Power of “Elekh” — I will Go (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
Surely the first visitor who arrived and was welcomed in was the pain itself. (Click image to read more)
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 »
What we are being asked to do is move from the starting place of our small, situated human selves toward a self that is a part of the vast groundless blessedness of the divine. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: The Journey toward our own Vastness (Parashat Lekh Lekha 2020) 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 »
In the face of a physical flood, God instructs Noah to build an ark. Perhaps this is what we need to do for our emotional flooding as well, to create a space of safety inside us where we can ride out the storm. (Click image to read more)
SHORT ESSAY: A Shelter in the Flood (Parashat Noah) Read More »