The Voice of Breath

This is My God Workshop Part 2

Join Rav Noam as he discusses bringing more God-consciousness into Modern Orthodoxy and the practice of Hitbodedut as a means of infusing our lives with deeper connection to Hashem

This is my God Workshop 1

In this episode, join Rav Noam as he learns an incredible teaching from the Maggid of Mezritch which will serve as the basis for the discussion of what it means to develop a personal, intimate relationship with Hashem

Due to technical issues, the file for this episode needed to be reuploaded

 

Stepping into the Holy of Holies

On Rosh Hashana, when we blow the shofar, we are taught that it is as if we are stepping into the Holy of Holies. Join Noam for a short meditation which visualizes this journey

Dr. Orna Triguboff and the Healing Power of Angels

(38:48) The Angel Meditation begins

 

Dr. Orna Triguboff has dedicated her life to promote spirituality and wellbeing. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, Australia, specializing in Kabbalah. Her dissertation was about the Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria of 16th Century Tsfat, Galilee. She has been a Hatha Yoga teacher for 20 years and received rabbinic ordination from Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalom and the Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Orna is the founder and spiritual director of Neshama Life, an organization that promotes Kabbalah learning and Jewish mysticism. She leads a 10-day Kabbalah tour of Israel every two years and the next one is in October 2022. Orna offers online Jewish meditation and Kabbalah text study classes.

orna@neshamalife.org

https://www.facebook.com/neshamalife

www.neshamalife.org

 

I haven't felt like meditating, so I meditated

It's been a rough week. I broke my promise to myself to meditate every day. I've been feeling a bit down and out. But I found myself in a place and time where I had no choice but to meditate. Come join me

Repentance meditation of the Rambam

As explored in past episodes, all the rituals and commandments of the Torah are, in a sense, meditations. Focused moments of connection with the Divine. With this in mind, we explore the four elements of Teshuva (Repentance) as taught by the Rambam, and enter into a reflective exercise with the intention of moving forward in life.

Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu + Hitbonenut (Contemplative meditation techniqu)

We sit down with Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu and discuss her journey through Zen meditation to Jewish meditation, her studies on the JuBu phenomenon and the incredible work she does teach Jewish meditation worldwide.

(38:41) Is when the meditation begins

Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu is a Paris -born scholar and teacher of Jewish spirituality and meditation. She received her Doctorate in Sociology of Religion from the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in Oxford.

A former Arts Fellow from the Drisha Institute of Jewish Education and a certified Experiential Jewish Educator from the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies as a Yesod European Leader Fellow, she currently learns Torah as a rabbinic fellow at Beit Midrash Har’El in Jerusalem.

A certified Jewish Mindfulness Teacher from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, she teaches Torah and Jewish meditation for Or HaLev, Applied Jewish Spirituality, Romemu, IJS, Moishe House, and at various institutions in Europe and in the United States.

https://www.miraneshama.com/

www.orhalev.net

https://www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/experiencing-jewish-meditation

https://romemu.org/about/yeshiva/

https://www.jewishspirituality.org/

https://www.friendsofroots.net/

 

The Overview Effect: Visualizations for Ego Transcendence

In 1987, Frank White coined the term "The Overview Effect," describing the experience of astronauts viewing the earth from space as a unified organism. In this episode, we discuss this phenomenon, as well as share a "Visualization for Ego Transcendence," from the book "Visions of a Compassionate World," by Rabbi Menachem Eckstein.

(08:39) The meditation begins

 

Theme music is the song "Breathe" by Feter Hendel

Moshe Hendel Feiglin and the power of the Niggun (wordless melody)

In this interview we sit down with dear friend Moshe Hendel Feiglin, to learn of his journey, his musical expression and the power of the Niggun (wordless melody) to transport an individual and bring them into contact with the Divine. Moshe wrote the song "Breathe," our theme song, and recorded it with his band Feter Hendel.

The episode finishes with Moshe's rendition of the Poltover Niggun

 

Duncan Trussell, the JuBu phenomenon + A Stepping into Nature Meditation

(8:32) is where the Meditation intro begins if you wish to skip over my banter ;) 

In this episode we discuss the phenomenon of the JuBu (Jewish Buddhist) based upon an episode of Duncan Trussel, as well as share a brief Nature-based meditation to help ground and connect (Please note, real actual nature is not required, but certainly beneficial!)