To support you in your practice, we offer this page of resources. We hope you will find it helpful in cultivating a grounded and resilient inner life that helps you to wisely and lovingly in ways that are most aligned with your core values.
- R. Nachman of Breslov on Disagreement and Creation (Likkutei Mohoran, 64:4)
- Connecting Inner and Outer Worlds: Torah, Mindfulness, and Social Justice
(Webinar with Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg) - Shmirat HaLashon: Meditation on Mindful Speech (Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Mindful Activism in Action (Essay by Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg)
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Mindful Tochacha (Webinar with Rabbi Amy Eilberg)
- The Origins of the Mournful Omer: Unchanneled Anger (Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Parashat Matot-Masei: The Breath and Breadth of Anger (Text Study with Rabbi Pamela Wax)
- Warrior and Star Flow for Anger (Yoga Practice with Rabbi Myriam Klotz)
- Letting Anger Go: on Chesed/Lovingkindness (Meditation with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Mindful Moral Outrage (Webinar with Rabbi Josh Lesser)
- God’s Love is Our Refuge (Tallit Practice with Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Chesed Meditation (Guided Meditation with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Kindness/Chesed: Jewish Food for Thought (Educational Video by Hanan Harchol)
- Mishna Peah 1:1 (Study Text for Chesed prepared by Rabbi David Jaffe for the Tikkun Middot Project Curriculum)
- The Centrality of Love in the Pursuit of Social Justice (Webinar with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Truth as a Spiritual Practice (Webinar with Rabbi David Jaffe)
- Escaping Egypt and Cultivating Emet (Middot Practice with Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Be Your Awakened Heart (a poem for recognizing your true self, by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Cedar and Reed: Different Types of Strength (Talmud Study with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Cedar and Reed: Holding a Pose of Patience (20 minute guided meditation with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Meditation on Savlanut: Patience and Forbearance (Embodied practice with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Savlanut Focus Chant (recorded by Cantor Richard Cohn)
- Kavvanot for Shabbat (Guided meditations for Candle Lighting and Sitting Practice on Shabbat by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Shabbat: a Shelter from the Storm (Text Study with Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Chants for Shabbat (composed by Rabbi Miriam Margles)
- Shabbat as a Mindfulness Practice (collection of texts for study, compiled by Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- How We Make for Safety (Guidelines for Creating Safe Spaces in Groups and on Retreat, by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality)
- A Moment of Mindfulness is a Moment of Compassion — Either Way, a Blessing (Kavvanah and poem by Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Cultivating Resilience as Mindful Social Activism Practice (webinar with Rabbi Francine Green Roston)
- Waters of Repose: Restorative Yoga for Stressful Times (Guided Yoga Practice with Rabbi Myriam Klotz, download or stream)
- Birchot HaShachar in Movement (Embodied Practice for checking in and being with your body, by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- The Spiritual Life Begins in Gratitude and Culminates in Compassion (text study by Rabbi Shai Held)
- Building Empathy: Questions for Guiding Study and Growth (Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Disagreeing with Empathy and Compassion: Mindful Tochacha (webinar with Rabbi Amy Eilberg)
- Ahavah Rabbah (interpretive poem by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Communicating with Awareness (guided reflection by Tara Brach)
- Cultivating Equanimity (meditation on equanimity by Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Equanimity Text Study: Psalm 16:8 (study by Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Guided Practice for Hishtavut (Yoga Practice with Rabbi Myriam Klotz, download or stream)
- Focus Phrases for Equanimity
- Focus Chant for Equanimity (composed and recorded by Cantor Richard Cohn, download or stream)
- Joy as Resistance (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- The Roots of Joy (text study based on Rabbi Nachman, written by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Meditation for Igniting Joy
- Four Worlds Practice (journaling prompts and awareness practice by Julie Emden)
- Blessings for Joyous Experiences (opportunities for daily prayer practice)
- The Courage to Be Resilient (guided meditation by Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- To What are We Faithful? (text study with Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Cultivating Ometz lev / Heart-strength (tikkun middot practices by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Gevurah: Embodied Practice for Standing Strong (guided yoga flow with Rabbi Myriam Klotz)
- Guided Practice for Humility (15-minute audio meditation with Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Panim Yafot on Humility (text study by Rabbis Nancy Flam and Jonathan Slater)
- Cultivating Anavah/Humility (tikkun middot practices by Rabbi David Jaffe)
- Meditation for Balancing Kavod and Avodah (meditative poem by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Act Kindly, Demand Justice (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- “Equitable Justice”: Uniting Shekhinah and the Holy One (text study by Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Yes, I am Mindful of Their Pain: Compassionate Social Justice Work (guided meditation by Rabbi Sam Feinsmith)
- Mindfulness and Social Justice (brief essay by Josh Weisman, JMMTT alum)
- Transformation, One Observation at a Time (teaching on social justice work with guided questions for discussion and reflection by Amanda Silver, JMMTT alumna and IJS board member)
- Mindfulness & Middot Practices for Zerizut/Zeal (middot work by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Meditation on Alacrity (reading and text study by Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Focus Chant for Zerizut (chant by Cantor Richard Cohn)
- Niggun: A Practice for Zeal (practice by Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Honoring Our Teachers (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- On Being: Podcast on Wisdom (podcast ft. Frances Kipping)
- Wiser (poem by Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Wisdom on Wisdom (webinar with Dr. Linda Thal)
- Chochmah Meditation (guided meditation with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Hitlamdut: Don’t Know (guided meditation with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Hitlamdut: Integrated Study (text and reflection questions with Rabbis David Jaffe and Lisa Goldstein)
- Hitlamdut from a Mindfulness Perspective (brief essay by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Cultivating Non-Judgmental Awareness of the Truth of this Moment (meditative study by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Resting as Spiritual Practice (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Embodied Practice for Menucha (guided practice with Rabbi Myriam Klotz)
- The Ba’al Shem Tov on Rest (text practice with Rabbi Jonathan Slater
- The Practice of Rest (guided meditation & text practice with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Mindful Hashkiveinu (written practice with Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz)
- Closing the Distance (text study on kavannah/intention by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Who Do I Want to Be? (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Psalm 27: an Interpretive Translation (with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- Guided Practice for Intention (guided audio meditation with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Getting Stuck in Jewish Spirituality (article by Rabbi Aryeh Ben David, courtesy of Ayekah: Center for Soulful Education)
- Rachel’s Legacy of Connection (tribute to Rabbi Rachel Cowan by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Tefillah (prayer) = Davenen = Connection! (text study by Rabbi Jonathan Slater
- Meditation on Connection (practice with Rabbi Sam Feinsmith)
- Connector of Heaven and Earth (text practice with discussion/reflection questions by Rabbi Nancy Flam, written in memory of Rabbi Rachel Cowan)
- Connected to Everything by Ahavah/Love (middot practice with Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- The Middah of Zerizut (middot practice with Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- The Threefold Path of Action (meditative essay with Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Mindful Jewish Leadership (webinar with Or Mars, Vice President of the Wexner Foundation and alumnus of the Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program)
- Showing Up for Our Fellow Beings, and Ourselves (adapted text study and practice by Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg)
- Mindful Action: the Result of Our Practice (guided video teaching with Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell)
- Loved, Clear, Courageous (brief essay by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- The God of What Is (text study by Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Embodied Practice for Gevurah (yoga practice with Rabbi Myriam Klotz)
- Azut D’Kedushah: Practicing Mindful “Holy Boldness” (middot practice with Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Sitting at the Root of the Tree of Life (sitting practice by Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Knowing Our Roots (meditative essay by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- Rooting Ourselves in Spiritual Lineage (guided meditation with Rabbi Sam Feinsmith)
- What is Your Attitude? (meditative poem by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg)
- A New Tree Will Grow (text study with Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- Where It All Begins (an exploration of IJS Values by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Rededicating Ourselves to Practice: 20 Years of IJS (kavannah and journaling practice by IJS staff)
- Humility, Honesty, Reserve (text study with Rabbi Nancy Flam)
- Rededication: Returning Again to What Is (guided meditation with Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- A Simple Walk in the Woods (explorative essay by Barbara Stock)
- Our Spiritual Legs (embodied practice by Shelly Nelson-Shore)
- Two Pockets: Netzach & Hod (guided teaching and practice by Rabbi Sam Feinsmith)
- A Year of Learning (reflective meditation by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- The Paradox of Netzach & Hod (teaching and guided meditation by Rabbi Jonathan Slater)
- More and Enough (text study by Rabbi Marc Margolius)
- I am Not My Thoughts: the Mind as an Inn (guided meditation by Rabbi Sam Feinsmith)
- Noticing Thoughts: Breaking the Habits of the Mind (text study by Shelly Nelson-Shore)
- Unruly Thoughts (brief teaching by Rabbi Lisa Goldstein)
- Big Mind, Big Sky: Non-Identification (teaching and guided meditation by Rabbi Nancy Flam)
