Jewish Mindfulness

Directing the Heart

Weekly Mindfulness Teachings and Practices from the Torah

With short teachings and mindfulness practices for every Torah portion, Rabbi Yael guides us through the year, exploring how Jewish tradition, rituals and practices can help us navigate the blessings and challenges of life.

How can you live fully with the awareness that life will end?

How can you love, even as you experience loss?

How can you embrace joy, gratitude and beauty?

How can you live with disappointments, sadness and pain?

How can you live with impermanence while deepening and caring for your relationships?

These are some of the questions Rabbi Yael addresses while exploring each portion. The book begins with the Torah portion, Parshat Beresheet, the first in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Purchase the book to follow along in 5781.

Watch Rabbi Yael’s presentation of the book in the video below. Check the A Way In Teachings page for other videos with teachings from the Books of the Torah.

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Journey Through the Wilderness

A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer

In this book, Rabbi Yael Levy gathers wisdom from Psalms and the Jewish mystical tradition into a unique Mindfulness approach to the ancient Jewish practice of Counting the Omer during the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. This 100-page, full-color guide includes the Omer blessings in Hebrew and English, daily teachings and intentions, pages for reflections and photographs to inspire meditation. Daily suggestions for action deepen the experience of counting each day and making each day count.

Using insights gained from more than a decade of her own spiritual exploration with the Omer, Rabbi Levy has created a guide for spiritual growth for beginners and those who have experience with this practice. Purchase the book to follow along in 5784.

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Two Months of Adar

Time to Align

The Months of Adar signal transformation, possibility —and extra time. This chapbook (available as a Kindle ebook) guides us week by week through the two months of Adar, offering teachings and practices to help us ride the waves of these times.