This episode of our podcast features a teaching by Rebecca Schisler of the IJS Core Faculty. It's one of five daily meditations she led this week on the theme of "Practicing with the Elements: Earth-Based Jewish Wisdom for Tu B'shvat." The holiday of Tu B'shvat, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is the "New Year of the Trees." And in Jewish tradition, human beings are likened to the trees of the field. Just like the trees, we are of the earth. In this meditation, Rebecca guides us to deeply inhabit our earthly nature — our bodies, our physicality, our senses — and to notice how the physical aspects of ourselves actually are teeming with sacred energy.
The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 23, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.
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