Meditation
MINDFULNESS PROGRAMS & RESOURCES
Mindful Mornings
Monday and Thursday mornings, 8:30am-9:10am
via Zoom
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering twice-weekly virtual gatherings combining guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. Rabbi Toba and experienced CDT members will be leading each session. Please click on the relevant day in the menu to the right to get the Zoom information for each session.
All are welcome, whether experienced in meditation or not. For more information, please email mindful-mornings@dorsheitzedek.org
Check the current calendar for session dates.
Meditation Resources related to Covid-19
Daily self-compassion mediations from the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion are available via this signup page.
A daily live meditation is being offered on the Insight Meditation Society's Facebook page.
A daily live meditation (3 pm M-F), and other resources, are available at tenpercent.com.
A daily live mediation (10:30-11:15am) from the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Gil Fronsdal and other teachers are giving regular dharma talks and meditations geared to help people during this time.
Many other dharma teachers are giving related talks and meditations at the Dharma Seed website.
The Be Here Now podcast network is offering resources to help with fear and anxiety.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center is offering on-line drop-in programs, including a beginners program and a group for those 35 and under.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center has various online offerings, including daily mediations and multi-day online retreats.
East Bay Meditation Center has online offerings.
Free resources from Sounds True.
Nishmat Hayyim is having live virtual meditations on Friday mornings. They can be reached at: nishmathayyim@tbzbrookline.org. They are sending out emails with the Zoom info.
Move from Stressed to Calm Exercise
InsightLA Meditation has online classes.
Meditation by Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey
RECORDED MEDITATIONS by Rabbi Toba Spitzer:
Sitting with Fear : A Meditation
audio (15 minutes)
Quieting Practice
A Practice to Quiet the Mind & Bolster the Spirit - with audio and directions
Other Resources
Jewish Meditation
http://awakenedheartproject.org
http://jewishspirituality.org
http://www.tbzbrookline.org/shabbat-and-holidays/nishmat-hayyim/
General Meditation
http://self-compassion.org/guided-self-compassion-meditations-mp3-2/
http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/meditations_downloads.php
http://www.headspace.com
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/encountering-grief-guided-meditation/4983
Meditation resources related to the November 2016 election
http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/election-season-resources/
http://www.10percenthappier.com/elections/
http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/1/ — Gil Fronsdal talk “Response to Election” on this page
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/305/talk/37993/ — Talk and guided meditation by Kate Munding; songs by Betsy Rose
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/85/talk/38043/ — Talk by Jack Kornfield
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/543/talk/38027/ — “Understanding the Dance Between Seclusion and Engagement,” Mark Nunberg
Tue, September 29 2020
11 Tishrei 5781
Upcoming Events
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Wednesday ,
SepSeptember 30 , 2020Zoom Funeral For Betsy Gertz, sister of Nancy Gertz
Wednesday, Sep 30th 5:00p to 6:30p
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 1 , 2020Environmental Voter Project: Voter Texting Action
Thursday, Oct 1st 5:00p to 6:00p
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 1 , 2020Phone banking for Reclaim Our Vote
Thursday, Oct 1st 7:30p to 8:30p
Join us to make calls to get out the vote. We’ll train all participants who have not previously done phone banking and answer your questions at the beginning. ROV has a calling platform that is easy to use. Questions? Contact Cindy Shulak-Rome at cshulakrome@gmail.com. -
Thursday ,
OctOctober 1 , 2020Zoom Shiva for Betsy Gertz
Thursday, Oct 1st 7:30p to 9:00p
Betsy Gertz, sister of CDT member Nancy Gertz, aunt of Stefan and Julian, passed away over Rosh Hashanah, at the age of 61 -
Friday ,
OctOctober 2 , 2020Erev Sukkot All-Ages Service
Friday, Oct 2nd 6:00p to 6:45p
All are welcome to join Rabbi Toba for this Zoom service (hopefully broadcasting from her sukkah!) as we welcome the Sukkot holiday with Shabbat blessings, songs, and a Sukkot story. -
Saturday ,
OctOctober 3 , 2020Sukkot Morning Service
Shabbat, Oct 3rd 10:00a
Sukkot is the “Festival of the Ingathering,” the Biblical harvest holiday where we celebrate the abundance in our lives while remembering the precariousness of our ancestors’ journey through the wilderness. Grab your lulav and etrog as we sing Hallel and celebrate the holiday! -
Saturday ,
OctOctober 3 , 2020CDT Outdoor Shabbat Afternoon Family Program: Sukkot in the Park!
Shabbat, Oct 3rd 4:30p to 5:30p
We are so excited to invite our CDT families with kids in preschool - 7th grade to join us for three outdoor gatherings this fall at Auburndale Cove. Masks and social distancing required. 4:30-5:15pm: Kids will split into three age based cohorts with a teacher and madrichim for outdoor games. Parents are invited to shmooze with friends or take a moment alone in the park. 5:15-5:30pm: Everyone comes back together for a closing circle. During the sessions in October and November, when it is dark enough, we will do havdalah (ceremony to mark the end of Shabbat). -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 4 , 2020Milk With Dignity: Stand with Dairy Workers
Sunday, Oct 4th 2:00p to 3:00p
Socially distanced National Day of Action outside with masks in support of dairy workers. Despite repeated invitations, Hannaford has still not responded to Migrant Justice. Contact Stacey Chacker for more information. -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 4 , 2020Shiva minyan Betsy Gertz
Sunday, Oct 4th 3:00p to 4:30p
Betsy Gertz, sister of Nancy Gertz, died on Saturday, September 19. -
Monday ,
OctOctober 5 , 2020Sukkat Shalom: Poetry of Peace and Reconciliation
Monday, Oct 5th 7:30p to 8:30p
Please join the IPPeace group for a special hour-long program of poetry in honor of Israel and peace. In observance of Sukkot, hearing the words and poetry of those who have longed for Israel, expressed love for Israel, as well as those who have called for peace in the land of Israel and Palestine, will fill our souls and spirits in a unique way for the holiday and the start of a New Year.