Shalom Meditation

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Shalom Meditation

by Institute for Jewish Spirituality

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Meditation

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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.

Meditation Peace Relaxation Calm Body Relaxation Calming The Mind Breathing Awareness Prayers Spirits

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Transcript

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. Copyright © 2020 Yisra'el All Rights Reserved. No part of this recording may be reproduced