Thursdays, 12:00 – 12:45 PM ET
2025: September 18, October 9, November 13, December 4
2026: January 15, February 12, March 12, April 16, May 14, June 11, July 9, August 13
Join Jes Heppler and guest leaders for a monthly Jewish mindfulness sit offered by and for those who identify as LGBTQ+.
In this affinity group space, you can slow down, become more present, and practice mindfulness in community with others who identify as LGBTQ+. Past guest leaders have included: Jay Michaelson, Jericho Vincent, Toba Spitzer, Joy Ladin, Yiscah Smith, Ari Lev Fornari, Dev Noily, and Corey Dane.
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Please read and familiarize yourself with the “Making Safer Spaces” guidelines. For spiritual practice to be truly transformative, it’s essential to be part of a safe and sacred community of intention, whether in-person or online. These guidelines can help us create this community. As a part of creating Safer Spaces, this community of practice is intended only for members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you are not a member of this community, please sign up for our daily sit and keep an eye out for future sit intensives for an open audience.
Jes Heppler (they/she) is a writer, researcher, and PhD Candidate in Philosophy at UC Berkeley, studying the role of embodied experience in gut feelings and the relationship between the mind, the body, and knowledge. Jes founded and previously led the Queer Sit Collective in Boston, MA, and they regularly teach for the Shevet community at IJS and for RUACH in the Greater Boston area. They’re also a graduate of IJS’s and Or HaLev’s Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training!