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Introduction to Jewish Meditation
5 week course with Seth Wax
Temple Israel
125 Pond Street
Sharon, MA
www.tisharon.org
Are you looking for a way to unwind from daily stresses? Or perhaps you're searching for a deeper spiritual connection? Maybe you've just been curious about meditation? If so, join Seth Wax, Rabbinic Student Hebrew College & Graduate Harvard Divinity School, Buddhist Studies, for an introduction to Jewish meditation. You'll learn accessible and easy-to-use meditation practices while exploring a range of contemplative and mystical techniques found in the Bible, rabbinic literature, prayer books, Kabbalah, and Hasidic writings. Geared for both experienced and beginning students of meditation.
For more info: scetlin@comcast.net
This class is part of the Wellness/Healing Workshop Series.
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Jewish Wisdom for a Sane Life
5 week course with Seth Castleman
Temple Beth Shalom
670 Highland Avenue
Needham
www.templebethshalom.info
Explore meditation's potential to be a gateway to Ruach ha-Kodesh, the spirit of holiness. Torah, Rabbinic, Kabbalistic, Hassidic and contemporary texts will act as guidebooks to learning meditation practices and practical everyday techniques. Contemporary psychology and research in mind-body medicine will be integrated with Jewish teaching and practices. Focus on intention and attention opens the door to infinite possibilities. No previous meditation experience required, yet this course is also appropriate for seasoned meditators interested in Jewish sources and practices.
For further info and to register please contact Nate Karol at nkarol@tbsneedham.org or 781-444-0388.
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A Summer Meditative Journey Towards Renewal: Healing the Places of Darkness and Exile
with Yocheved Sheila Katz
What better time to deepen our spiritual practice than with the Jewish holidays of summertime! Summertime Jewish holidays may sound like an oxymoron but they present a unique space for healing. There are the three weeks of mourning from middle of Tamuz through Tisha b'Av followed by 7 weeks of consolation that prepare us for renewal during the High Holidays. The summer holidays give us the safety and structure to delve into and emerge from the places of darkness and exile in our souls and in the world. Join us for a 4 week course using the contemplative practices of silent meditation and chant to examine the spiritual challenges and blessings offered to us at the intersection between this moment in the Jewish calendar and this moment in our lives.
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Hitbodedut: In Preparation for Life
Day-long retreat with Seth Castleman
There are insights and transformations only possible in the stillness of retreat. Through the Jewish ages, sages and seekers have stepped out of the busyness of their lives and practiced meditation and contemplative prayer. In our tradition this is not an escape from the world, but a training for being an effective, wholesome part of the world.
The day will include silent sitting, walking and eating meditations as well as contemplative prayer. Teachings and instructions will be provided and individual sessions with the teacher will be available. Appropriate for beginner and experienced meditators.
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| What is Jewish Enlightenment? A Shabbat & Tu B'Shevat Afternoon Retreat
Led by Jay Michaelson
The Tu B'Shevat Seder was originated by Kabbalists who sought to experience redemption not as a historical event but as an immediate experience. They believed that it was possible to experience a state of messianic consciousness, and created new rituals and practices to attain it.
This afternoon -- a time of day the Kabbalists said was most favorable to spiritual awakening -- we will work with Kabbalistic contemplation, inquiry into the nature of nonduality, dialogue, and mindfulness meditation to explore and perhaps experience awakened nonduality ourselves.
We will ask the question of "what is Jewish enlightenment" and explore how the answer differs from enlightenment in other traditions.
Who knows, we might meet God...
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Hitbodedut: Rebbe Nachman's Meditation
Taught By Rabbi Ozer Bergman
In this class participants will learn about and participate in Rebbe Nachman's path of Hitbodedut meditation.
Ozer Bergman is an editor for the Breslov Research Institute, a spiritual coach, and author of Where Earth and Heaven Kiss: A Practical Guide to Rebbe Nachman's Path of Meditation.
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Surprisingly Happy: Teaching From an Atypical Religious Memoir
Taught By Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
Learn about becoming happier as we age in this book discussion with author Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg. A light brunch will be served.
Rabbi Weinberg is a senior teacher at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and serves as a spiritual director to several rabbis, cantors and educators. She is the author of Surprisingly Happy: An Atypical Religious Memoir.
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Jewish Mindfulness Retreat:
a day-long meditation Retreat
Led by Seth Castleman
Experience mindfulness meditation in a Jewish context. With a focus on intention and attention we can open the door to sanity and sacredness, cultivating balance and well-being in our lives. Jewish meditation practice becomes the pathway to a wholesome, loving relationship with ourselves, each other & God.
The retreat will include instructions, sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating meditation, guided loving-kindness practice, and Jewish teachings. Individual sessions with the teacher will also be offered.
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