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For the 27th day of the Omer: Yesod within Netzach

Count on the way to clarity. Intention for Day 27 of the Omer. Grounding in endurance – double connection (Yesod within Netzach). In the morning, stand and imagine roots growing from the bottom of your feet, deep into the earth. Feel yourself planted. Tuck your tailbone and stand straight as you can so that you …

For the 26th Day of the Omer: Gratitude within Endurance

Count! How enduring is my gratitude? Can I sustain an awareness of thankfulness even when times are hard? When people disappoint, can I still see the bigger picture of who they are and might be? Today (April 21) is day 26 of the Omer: Gratitude within Endurance (Hod within Netzach)

Counting the Omer: Tiferet within Netzach (Day 24 April 19)

Tiferet of Netzach Beauty and balance within endurance. While we are moving forward with our vision, our eyes set in the direction of where we want to go – can we also stop and observe the beauty that is around us? How can we develop deep endurance in a balanced way, pacing ourselves? It’s easy …

Counting the Omer: Gevurah within Netzach (Day 23)

The focus of this week, as we count our way to receiving wisdom, is the quality of Netzach. In Hebrew, netzach means eternity, victory and endurance. Each day this week, we look at this quality through the lens of another aspect of the Tree of Life. Today, Thursday April 18 is Gevurah within Netzach, …

Poem for Erev (the eve of) Tax Day and the NaPoWriMo 2013

April 14 poem Such anxiety gripped in the stomach trying to slow it down this feeling of how am i ever going to wrap my head around the complexity? my brain does not compute doesn’t work this way is allergic to 1B, see form 1083, except if you are an X, in which …

Counting the Omer: Hod within Tiferet (Day 19)

Counting the days, refining our souls. Day 19 – Sunday April 14 Hod within Tiferet. Hod is about gratitude, and also splendor (what an amazing word!) Words that come from Hod are: Todah (thank you) and Modah Ani (I am grateful). Today, let me be grateful for the beauty that is everywhere if I just …

Counting the Omer: Netzach within Tiferet (Day 18)

For Shabbat, April 13 Each day counts. Day 18 of the Omer Saturday (Shabbat) April 13 Netzach within tiferet. Netzach can be translated as “victory” and it also has the meaning of confidence. Tiferet is balance and harmony. In the narrow places we often find ourselves in, we are not always confident that balance will …

Counting the Omer Tiferet within Tiferet (Day 17)

for April 12 Tiferet – radiance, balance, truth, harmony, beauty What does it mean to have radiance within radiance? Harmony within harmony? Alignment, integrity….Do my actions match what I say or feel? Do I act one way at work and differently at home? Do I speak to my family with the same love and compassion …

Soul Shining

poem for day 11 a day of soul shining connecting on purpose for the good of this generation and the next – paving a way that can honor who and what has come before and discard the misplaced steps, the wrong turns, the hurts unspoken. a day committed to healing, to making things …

A story for strength within beauty: day 16, counting the days of the Omer

Counting the days, preparing our souls. Tonight and tomorrow (day 16 – april 11) we explore Strength/Discipline within the quality of Beauty/Balance (gevurah within tiferet) A story: I remember discovering this wonderful book by Alexandra Stoddard called “Living a Beautiful Life.” Here I was, a young mom with a messy, busy house, and I was …

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