Nurit

Dear friends💜 In preparation for Passover, the holiday that represents freedom. A journey from bondage to liberation I was thinking what freedom really is. Does freedom mean we get to do whatever we wish, whenever we wish? Is freedom the ultimate goal or just a means to find happiness? In my understanding freedom correlates with […]

Dear friends Almost every morning last week I woke up with a migraine headache. A chronic illness which had faded away, through my spiritual practice, in the last decade. I was trying to understand what has changed in my daily life and the only change I could think of was my new position at a

Dear friends Most of us are here for the third limb of yoga. The asanas – the poses, and so I thought it would be valuable to go though some of the asanas and break them down. Their benefits for body and mind and some modifications we can take. I will examine these postures through traditional books like Hatha

  Dear friends! In the Jewish tradition, this week’s reading of the Torah, was from the book of Genesis 12:1-3: “Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and

Dear friends We are officially in the fall season, which started on September 22nd with the Fall Equinox. A time of balance between light and dark, a time to connect to Earth Consciousness as we witness the shift of energies in nature. As part of nature we are to embrace the changes around us and see how

Dear friends💜 Boaz and I have been seeing a family therapist as part of the rehabilitation process that my son is in. On our last meeting Yael, the therapist gave us an idea of what goes on at the rehab facility. One thing Yael shared that was especially touching, was a big gong placed outside.

Dear friends So many times in my life I allowed myself to be led. I listened to what people thought and believed and I allowed their criticism to influence my steps, my decisions. Here is a success parable, in spite of the negative voices around. The frogs And The Tower “There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged

Dear friends The novel Anna Karenina by Tolstoy has a dramatic opening: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” This line came to mind this morning during meditation. Whenever I sit I am in touch with the suffering in me, at the same time, in touch with the cause

Dear friends💜 It does not seem that summer is just around the corner. It has been raining a lot, with gray skies and a blanket of clouds. When we wish things to be different then what they are, we give rise to pain and suffering. But when we accept and open to the present moment

​Dear friends I often share during practices, the idea that what brings us to our mats, to begin the journey of yoga may be different, but what makes us stay and continue this path ​is the same for us all. This longing of the heart to reach and connect to something that is bigger than