Embracing the Bet
As my family and I move from our first High Holiday season without our son Koby,(z”l) into our second, I am keenly aware of the energy that is manifesting around us. Over the past five years, the High Holidays have been an experience of incredible vulnerability, and intimacy with life and death. 2015 (the Jewish […]
Ain’t Just Whistling Dixie
Blog by Dr. David Sanders At the end of the film Titanic, as she lay half-conscious on a makeshift raft, Rose extends her reach to grab a whistle out of the mouth of an already dead shipman. She can barely purse her lips, managing a feeble alert, a high-pitched whistle in the wind to signal, […]
We have 168 hours in each week. How do we want to use them?
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 we going? For Kabbalah Experience, […]
Gratitude
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 to lose what we love […]
I WASN’T GOING TO VISIT DACHAU
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 Berlin. The city has a […]
Showing up, KE Style
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 of 2017, I began taking […]
Kabbalah Experience Evolves
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 Board of Directors wanted to […]
The Stream of Conscious Living
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 we treat animals, chickens in […]
Obtuse Angles
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 person’s eyes and thanked them […]
Pyramid Scheme
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 if” experiment. Participants are asked […]