BeWell Jewish Meditation Summer Series

BeWell Jewish Meditation Summer Series

Reflect, restore, and uplift with BeWell’s Jewish Meditation Summer Series. Honor your spiritual wellbeing alongside your BeWell community of Jewish youth-serving professionals. Invest in yourself this summer with a foundational Jewish meditation practice and emerge with clarity and energy for the school year ahead. Guided by experienced meditation teacher Alison Laichter, get grounded in Jewish meditation, access tools to sustain your practice, learn best practices for setting sacred spaces and guiding meditations for teens and young adults. This is a four-part virtual series, taking place on zoom, with the option to come to one or all.

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Session 1: Introduction to Jewish Meditation - Tuesday, 7/23 at 11am PT / 2pm ET
Join us for an interactive, inspiring, and accessible exploration of Jewish meditation. Open to all levels of experience and backgrounds, this class is designed to offer a broad introduction to Jewish meditation and mindfulness. With instruction, discussion, and time to practice, we’ll set the foundation for using Jewish meditation as a tool for personal wellbeing, both in your own self-care and with the teens and young adults in your work and lives.Session 2: Sustaining Your Own Practice - Wednesday, 7/31 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET
This class will focus on creating a sustainable and joyful daily personal Jewish meditation practice in order to be able to support others. So often, meditation practices fall apart when life gets busy or difficult, which is exactly when we could really use it! Learn how to solidify your practice so that you can rest, recharge, and use your meditation practice as a tool for self-care when you need it, personal development when you want it, and co-regulation to teach others.Session 3: Setting Sacred Spaces - Friday, 8/9 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
Learn the best practices of getting ready, both internally and externally, to guide yourself and others in Jewish meditation. We’ll learn and workshop how to best use your physical space (whether it’s a classroom, office, corner of your home, or Zoom room), as well as your inner landscape to promote wellness, balance, and a sense of place. We’ll also share facilitation tips and best practices to create spaces for practice that feel safe and inspiring, including how to introduce meditation, discuss spiritual practice, and answer questions.Session 4: Guiding Meditation for Teens & Young Adults - Wednesday, 8/14 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET
This last workshop will connect using Jewish meditation as a tool for personal wellbeing, getting centered, managing stress and being fully present with guiding teens and young adults in these practices. We’ll explore possibilities and examples for facilitating Jewish meditation and mindfulness exercises, and Alison will offer troubleshooting, recommendations, and advice for furthering personal practices and leading meditation individually and in groups.

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