mindfulness

That Kind of Day

There’s one line that always has me gasp in recognition.   In the excerpt from “Snake Talk” from the Traveling Jewish Theater the author details the many difficulties of one day: “The ground opens up, the wind blows, a branch hits you in the head, you trip on stones, you twist your ankle, your heart breaks, …

Siri and I: We’ve Been Friends…(evidently…)

  True story: I was talking to my husband Ely the other day about the candidates for the November election. We were sitting at the dining room table, my Iphone next to me. All of a sudden Siri (the Iphone “assistant”) just started answering me! She said “I don’t understand” and then she repeated the …

“On What Disturbs, Then Nourishes” A guest post by Dani Shapiro

One of my very favorite authors and people – Dani Shapiro, writes about her frequent traveling, coming home and a poem (YES by David Whyte!!) that inspired wisdom within the constancy of change.  Thank you Dani for allowing us to share this.  Check out Dani’s blog – link at the bottom.  And check out her …

Standing Up and Sitting Down For Our Lives (and for Shabbat)

By Rabbi Cindy Enger Rabbi Cindy Enger participated in our “Mindful Journey Through Shabbat” a few weeks ago.  She wrote this upon returning home to Chicago.  Her beautiful insights are not only about the total’s day experience and what it takes to “clear the space” to spend a day on retreat, but also about Rabbi …

Mindfulness, Poetry, Prayer and Song to Open Hearts

At our beautiful all-day retreat last Shabbat, “A Mindful Journey Through Shabbat” we did a morning of chant/kavannah/music/silence.  As leaders, we chose several key prayers (only a few) from the morning Shabbat service and went deeper into each one.  For example, we started with Modah/Modeh Ani, which means “Grateful/Thankful am I” and offered a brief …

Take A Snow Day (or even a Snow Moment)

There’s something about really bad weather (like blizzards) that are so freeing.  No matter what your plans are, your meetings and appointments, if you can’t get out of the driveway, you have to stay put.  You are forced to “stay.”  You can’t will yourself forward when the Big Snow says, “I don’t think so.”  (I …

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This Doesn’t Feel Like Holy Ground

  I don’t know how you are doing lately – but an awful lot of people I know are feeling overwhelmed, too busy, burdened by the energy of the season and many are struggling to walk through family illnesses and loss and economic difficulties.  The end of the year often tends to be like this.  Perhaps we …

A Mindful Journey Through Shabbat: One-day retreat

Saturday January 18, 2014  9:30 am – 6:30 pm at Leo Baeck Temple, West Los Angeles $125/person including lunch   (special price for Leo Baeck Temple members – see registration link) Please join us for an all-day retreat that will open your heart and feed your soul. Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg and Rabbi Myriam Klotz are inspiring teachers …

Endings #BlogElul Day 24

Endings are difficult. When we were at the last retreat of our Institute for Jewish Spirituality rabbinic cohort – 2 years of study, practice, and deep friendships, Rabbi Nancy Flam taught, in the name of Rachael Kessler (z”l) to really pay attention to what we do when we are at the end of something: do we …

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