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Shalom Meditation

by Institute for Jewish Spirituality

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Join Rabbi Sheila Weinberg for this meditation on shalom/peace. Shalom is vast and open, receptive, spacious, it does not grab; it holds everything.

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Oh Oh Shalom meditation every day is a good day to pray for Shalom Our most important prayers are sealed with the prayer for Shalom Birkat Hamazon after each meal The Amidah recited three times a day the Priestly blessing by a sem lehash Shalom May peace be upon you This is also how we bless our children after candle lighting on Erev Shabbat with Shalom Every day we face the fact that the world is filled with conflict Wars abound fear of war threatens Violence is all around us We make our best efforts to work for peace as we understand it For the next few minutes you are invited to welcome peace Shalom to enter your body heart and mind This is a meditation for Shalom a prayer for Shalom It moves from the inside to the outside Come to a comfortable seated position Allow your hips and legs to be heavy Undo the lower half of your body Invite rest peace Shalom in the lower part of your body Peace Shalom in the lower part of your body Now feel your spine reaching upward light buoyant all the way to the crown of your head Soften your skin Shalom is receptive spacious non-clutching it does not grab Allow your skin to be soft and sensitive Allow your belly to release and be soft Shalom is here it fills the inner spaces It is part of this moment Feel the peacefulness in a soft belly Allow your shoulders to relax and soften Allow your shoulders to relax and soften With a great sense of ease and Shalom receive your own breath Shalom is vast and open You can contain the coming and the going of breath sensation sound even thoughts Nothing to grab hold of Shalom Shalom is a vast openness that holds everything Shalom is wholeness Shalom is completeness Allow a full breath to complete itself Allow a full breath to complete itself In breath Out breath Receive Be in Shalom Rest in Shalom Let Shalom rest in you Let Shalom be in you Notice any place in your body that is struggling make space for that Notice any place in your mind that is tense Make space for that as well Make space Shalom Shalom even when there is nothing to do you can be at peace Shalom Go with Shalom Go toward Shalom Go into Shalom Open to Shalom inside of you In your inner body Allow breath to expand the sense of Shalom Sitting in this open space Feel the harmony Peace Non-contention Non-struggle Non-striving Let us sit until the bell rings Let us sit until the bell rings Shalom Shalom Let us sit until the bell rings Shalom Shalom Shalom Be againondo Shalom Be againondo Shalom Many thank you Many thank you On Along OnДoo We are called Yisra'el.

We are called Yoshvei Tevyeh.

V'imru.

Amen.

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Recent Reviews

MS

April 27, 2024

Thank you for this powerful prayer meditation. I saw colours, light and art and even heard עושה שלום before you sung it. Thank you 🙏🏽✨

אליאל

October 25, 2019

I love the sense of calmness a inner tranquility I came away with in this session.

Phyllis

August 12, 2019

I really enjoyed this meditation thank you very much

Noah

August 11, 2019

Toda rabbah.💙✡️🏳️‍🌈 Thank you, Rabbi. Please post more.

Yerushalayim

March 24, 2019

Shalom Alechem 💗👂🏽💗💗💙💗💗💗🙌🏾🙌🏾💗🙌🏾💗🙌🏾💗💗🙌🏾💗🙌🏾💗🙌🏾💗✡🤟🏽!

Fernando

January 23, 2019

Lovely meditation

Davinica

December 10, 2018

Because it’s the first word we all learn in Hebrew, it’s so easy to forget the power that Shalom holds. Toda rabah!

Andy

October 26, 2018

Thank you and shalom.

Todd

September 13, 2017

Wonderful, Shalom

Sherri

August 13, 2017

So loved this B'shalom

Katie

May 22, 2017

Beautiful and centering. Thank you!!!

Ronit

March 3, 2017

Todah Rabah for your teaching.

Duncan

May 28, 2016

A lovely meditation

Ryan

May 14, 2016

Great meditation on Shalom. Perfectly timed intervals of speaking and silence.

Betsy

May 13, 2016

Shalom...peace but more than peace. Cosmic openness to Source of all being. I enjoyed the meditation very much.

Cantor

May 10, 2016

Yasher Koach, Rabbi Weinberg!

Laura

May 10, 2016

Shalom is welcoming and peaceful. Thank you.

Eka

May 9, 2016

Thank you for suggesting us to receive our breath..

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