Sidesteps

Want less. Simplify. Repeat.

Practice Liberation Theology through meditation: free yourself, your loved ones, and the world!

Consider all of the circles of trust in which you exist. Meditate on the support you give and receive from your body, your family, your community, and your world. Then, go forward in the deep sense of connection that you visualize. 

Looking for inspiration? Start from an empty canvas. Step back. What will you find?!

For the Jewish new year of trees (Tu Bishvat), let's celebrate our bodies for their roots, trunk, branches, and blossoms.

Start a good night's sleep with this ritual, borrowed from the Jewish tradition of prayers before bed. I'll translate the prayer-book (bedtime Sh'ma), and transform it into an embodied ritual and visualization that anyone can use for rest. Get comfy, listen in, and sleep well, friend!

Creating is a kind of metabolization of chaos, in the way a marsh serves as the kidneys of an ecosystem. "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." - Friedrich Nietzsche

based in the Israelites crossing the Reed Sea, this meditation allows us to experience fear safely, through the imagery of rising water

Put on your jammies, cuddle up under the covers and get comfy! Join me as I translate the Jewish ritual before bed - the Bedtime Sh'ma - and sleep well, my friend!

In this meditation, we can surpass the bonds of self, oppression, anxiety, and lowliness.