In the Jewish calendar, we are in the midst of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This is a time of reflection and personal assessment. It is a time we can ask ourselves the questions- Where are we? Where have we been? Where are Read more…
In the ‘Eleven Principles of Kabbalah Experience’, we invite gratitude. Accept reality as it is. Live with a deep sense of gratitude. Seek and offer forgiveness in your everyday experiences. Brene Brown, author and speaker, teaches us: These are anxious and fearful times, both of which breed scarcity. We’re afraid Read more…
Guest Blog: Kathleen O’Brien My husband is half-Jewish, so he felt he needed to see it. I didn’t want him to go alone so I went with him. It turns out I needed to see it, too. Munich was a stop on our recent trip overseas that included Rome and Read more…
What would it look like to you, if you found new ways to show up?What would it look like in your life, if you showed up in new ways at Kabbalah Experience?What would it look like, if Kabbalah Experience showed up in new ways in your life? In the spring Read more…
Many of you have heard that Kabbalah Experience is restructuring its staff. Teacher Melanie Gruenwald will be the new Executive Director and our founder, Dr. David Sanders, will assume the position of Spiritual Director. It is an exciting time for them personally and for Kabbalah Experience. David and the KE Read more…
I was met with a blank stare. It was early morning and there wasn’t anyone else in the store. I placed my black boxed eggs on the counter and explained it was for those students completing the Human Narrative class. The eyes told me—if you want to change the way Read more…
Kabbalah Experience was one of many community partners at the Israel Walk and Festival this past Sunday. As we ended a slow walk alongside early morning joggers at Washington Park there was a quiet group of protesters with banners, flags and signs. As I passed them I looked in each Read more…
There are two basic ways to approach the holiday of Passover: External: The Passover reenactment is about what happened to others from another time and place. Internal: The Passover story is a conceit for looking at what enslaves you in your life today. The traditional Passover Seder is an “as Read more…
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat Read more…
My child’s cancer diagnosis abruptly halted reflection on my own post-cancer body and soul. But after he died, it came roaring back. In Kabbalah this semester, we are studying “Masks”. What masks do we wear in our lives? And do we wear our masks or do they wear us…? This Read more…