Episodes

  • Choosing Mindfully, on Election Day and Beyond

    Choosing Mindfully, on Election Day and Beyond
    Nov 7 2024
    Rabbi Angela Buchdahl offers a simple meditation and practice for meeting the stresses of the election season, by settling our nervous system, by discerning the aspects of the situation we cannot control, and by remembering our capacity to choose our response in the areas within our control. Not only can we make a choice on Election Day, but even afterwards we can continue to choose a wise response as events unfold.
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    28 mins
  • To You, Silence is Praise

    To You, Silence is Praise
    Oct 31 2024
    According to the Psalmist, "lecha dumiyah tehillah — to You, silence is praise" (Psalm 65:2). But is silence really a part of Jewish spiritual practice? Isn't Judaism a practice of words? In this episode, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl offers a teaching and short practice on the deep benefits of being in silence and stillness. She explores how we might notice, meet, and move through our habitual discomfort with silence, and notice the "waterfalls" of thoughts and feelings within us without being driven by them.
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    27 mins