compassion

Prayer For Those Not Ready To Forgive

The design of this season compels us to forgive, to open our hearts, and sometimes to re-experience wounds. Some of us have suffered profound trauma, at the hand of parents, partners, or friends, They might be fresh bruises or from many years ago – They bubble below the surface, having been pushed away, but now …

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Love Yourself On The Way To Wholeness

High Holy Day Soul Work, Part 5 As Rosh Hashanah comes closer, our prayers become more urgent, because ready or not, the holy days are upon us. We reflect more deeply on our misdeeds of the past year, and where we have fallen short of being our best selves. Part of the powerful ritual we …

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Lovingkindness Practice for Self & Others

Love is on my mind today. Love of others and love of ourselves. Two issues arise again and again when I teach about lovingkindness and mindfulness: the lack of self-compassion and the lingering hurt in relationships. Luckily, there is a lovingkindness mindfulness practice you can learn that addresses both. Self-Compassion In terms of self-compassion, many of …

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Morning Meditation

If you have a sensitive heart I’m guessing your heart is bruised these days – maybe even broken.   It’s painful these days – stories of degradation, a culture slipped into incivility.   Images of suffering daily, constant, overwhelming. The earth itself cries out with swirling winds, fire and water: don’t forget me.   What …

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Prayer For Those Not Ready To Forgive

We are in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur called the 10 days of Teshuvah/Repentance. It’s the most intense time of the year where we are encouraged to search our souls for where we have gone astray and to ask people for forgiveness. The process of doing teshuvah (repentance, return to our …

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a mindful summer: a soul-soothing approach to jewish spirituality

Bring spiritual awareness to your days as you move through summer.  This 4-session webinar series is about finding ways to imbue every day with gratitude, presence, and lovingkindness.   You will learn simple practices that you can start doing immediately to make this summer a restful place of delight. We will focus on these four …

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Rabbi Jill’s Meditation & Mindfulness Booklist

Jewish Meditation & Mindfulness Books (* most highly recommended) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! *Meditation App: I use Insight Timer (available on the Apple & Android app stores.) See you there! Bloomfield, Diane. Torah Yoga: Experiencing Jewish Wisdom Through Classic Postures. Jossey-Bass, 2004. *Boorstein, Sylvia. That’s …

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Practicing Self-Compassion Daily

We live in a world that can batter our fragile souls. Harsh words, outright violence, destruction, suffering… We all need a safe place to return, to receive kindness, hugs, and comfort. We seek out people who see the best in us, bring compassion to us when we are hurting or ill.  For some of us, it’s easy …

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Lovingkindness (Chesed) Practices and Resources

Judaism holds that the world was built with chesed (lovingkindness) We read in Psalms: Olam Chesed Yibaneh עוֹלָם, חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה (The world is build with chesed*) Psalm 89:3.  Our entire world is not only built with chesed but continually sustained our acts in the world. A few weeks ago, in our Hineni community, I taught …

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