Inspired by the Jewish new year for trees or Tu B’Shvat, this blog invites you to explore change and growth through the gentle lens of mindfulness. Using the metaphor of planting seeds, it offers a calm and compassionate way to approach change. It includes a short guided practice to support you in setting an intention and nurturing it over time.

We are in the season of looking inward, reflecting on our behavior, and mending our ways. It may seem daunting. How does this work (for the specifics, you can ask your local Rabbi or read the Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuvah) ? What’s the difference between our self- reflection on Rosh Hashanah and the process of mending our w

How Mindfulness Can Help Us in Planting a Seed and Growing New Habits In this week’s Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, we learn about...

In this week's Torah portion,Toldot, we are told that Yitzchak marries Rivkah at age 40. He is comforted from the loss of his mother, Sarah, when he marries her. In last week's Torah portion, we read how much he was comforted by Rivkah's presence. Rashi says that for the entire time that Sarah was alive, there was a constant light illuminating from her tent that was connected to her merit. This light returned when Rivka came into the tent. Yitzchak's darkness lifted. Most o

Mindfully S-T-O-P: Creating a Mindful Space to Choose and Parsaht Re'eh In this week’s Torah portion Re’eh, we are given two paths to...

We all know the feeling of disappointment. Sometimes it is experienced as an emotional blow to the stomach, or in the chest– literally taking your breath away. Other times it might make your throat become tight. Whatever your experience is like for you, disappointment can range from letting go of mild hopes to crushing your deepest life’s dream. No matter what form disappointment may take in any given situation, how you choose to handle an emotional experience makes all

How To Start An Informal Mindfulness Practice Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten what you were looking for? Have you ever done something and then not remembered if you already did it? Have you ever driven somewhere, but not remembered any details of how you got there? In the rush to accomplish everyday tasks, you may find yourself losing your connection with the present moment. Our minds get filled with chatter and our ability to be present is lost. Mindfulness ca