Podcasts
Joy in the Moment That Is
Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, adjunct faculty with IJS, recorded this podcast November 3rd at his Mindfulness Mussar group at his shul - Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living. …Read the rest of this entry →
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Waters of Repose (Psalm 23): Restorative Yoga for Stressful Times
Join Rabbi Myriam Klotz for a relaxing period of embodied spiritual practice. Experience restorative yoga – a kind of yoga that involves gentle, passive stretching, allowing the nervous system to quiet down and experience deep rest. Explore how, in stressful times, we can find our ways to the waters of quiet and repose, restoring the soul to a place of ease and well being. Find renewal in slowing down, letting the body rest in stillness and quiet – experience a deep place of rest in the body and the breath. (12:05)
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Walking as Practice
Join us in listening to Rabbi Sheila Weinberg as she gives walking meditation instructions on retreat. She describes walking practice as a way of paying attention to the sensations in the body, gathering our attention …Read the rest of this entry →
The Spiritual Journey of Divine Compassion
Join Rabbi Marc Margolius for a podcast on the period of S’firat HaOmer – counting the Omer – a period marking our spiritual journey from Egypt to Sinai – moving from breaking the bonds of slavery on Pessach to developing our capacity to open ourselves to the divine on Shavuot. …Read the rest of this entry →
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Mindfulness: Training the Attention
Listen to Rabbi Sheila Weinberg as she gives an overview introduction to mindfulness practice on an IJS retreat this January; looking at understanding the nature of the mind and developing a quality of alert, stable attention again and again.You can also listen to Sheila teaching at a Jewish Mindfulness retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (6/25/09) [http://dharmaseed.org/retreats/836].
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