Meditation: Creating a Sacred Space
Join us for Summer 2021
Jewish mindfulness adds the teachings of our tradition and the seasons of the Jewish calendar to deepen the meditative experience. By practicing together, we’ll enhance our ability to listen to the voice within and expand our sense of interconnectedness.
Please join us on Sundays, at 5:00pm:
- May 9, 16, 23
- June 6, 13, 27
- July 11, 25
- August 1, 15, 22, 29
- September 12, 19, 26
Meditation: Winter Series
The Winter Meditation Series ended in March, 2021.
While Rabbi George was on Sabbatical (January-March 2021), we were excited to welcome guest leaders.
- Rabbi Lavey Derby: Lavey Yitzchak Derby is a rabbi and teacher whose passion is learning and teaching the Zohar, Hasidism and contemporary Jewish spirituality.
- Alissa Hirshfeld: CST member Alissa Hirshfeld studied meditation and mindfulness at the California Institute of Integral Studies
- Adele Pickar and Judith Richlin-Klonsky: Friends and longtime Shomrei Torah members Adele and Judithe will team up to lead a session of relaxation, brief study and meditation.
- Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro: Kerith Spencer-Shapiro will be joining us from Los Angeles, where she is the Cantor at University Synagogue
Creating Sacred Space: Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
Are we happy? Are we living the life we want to live?
Mindfulness Meditation is the practice of cultivating our attention to the present moment. As we learn to quiet our minds, we see our truth more clearly, and open a path to living a fuller, happier, healthier life.
Wed, August 4 2021
26 Av 5781
Jewish Mindfulness adds the teachings of our tradition to deepen the meditative experience.
These courses, led by Rabbi George Gittleman and occasional guest leaders, will include teaching, meditation instruction, and periods of silence.
By practicing together, we’ll enhance our ability to listen to the voice within and expand our sense of interconnectedness.
The seasons of the Jewish calendar serve as a guiding theme, to deepen the meditative experience. No previous experience is necessary.
Meditation is Live-Streamed Here.
The Zoom link is available in the weekly email or by request: zoom@cstsr.org.
If you missed a session, you can watch our previously streamed classes HERE.
A graduate of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality's Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program, Rabbi George has developed both Buddhist and Jewish meditative practices over the past two decades.
Resources
COUNTING THE OMER: Resources for counting the Omer.
WALKING MEDITATION: Resources for meditation while walking.
BODY SCAN: Follow these recorded instructions by Rabbi George to relax and prepare for meditation or sleep.
SOUND-BASED Meditation: Listen to this guided meditation from Rabbi George, "Hearing the Voice of the Holy One: A Sound-Based Guided Meditation."
SHALOM CHANT: Follow Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield in chanting “Shalom,” as we do during our sessions.
To view more resources for Jewish meditation, CLICK HERE.