Mindfulness

Mindfulness: Is freeing yourself harder than parting the Red Sea?

Mindfulness involves releasing attachment to our thoughts and emotions, rather than becoming entangled in them and seeing them as personal traits. 

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People, including Israeli leaders, have difficulty making decisions, taking responsibility - study

 Displaced children taking part in KKL-JNF activities.

Nitzanim launching emergency initiatives to support Israel amid war with Hamas

 A TABLE styled by Liat Nachmani. We don’t intend to eat that box of cookies or those tempting desserts after a stressful day, says the writer.

Yom Kippur: Mindfulness and self-compassion on the Day of Atonement - opinion


Heading mindfully into the High Holy Days

Perhaps, if you haven’t already begun, this too can be your time to begin in earnest to focus on yourself, your values, and your needs.

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Can practicing mindfulness support daily emotional processing? – study

“Mindfulness benefits individuals’ present experience, and might directly promote higher-level processing of emotions," the researchers wrote in their study.

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Understanding human nature

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Rabbi Pinto: “Thoughts create reality. Think good things; good things will happen”

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A common mistake: What really causes us to do good deeds?

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Watch: How can we guarantee a better life for ourselves

How can we guarantee a better life for ourselves? The method: Balancing the heart and the mind. How can one do that? Watch what Rabbi Pinto has to say.

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Mindfulness instruction: Watching the wife at work - opinion

Mindfulness aims to keep you in the present. No, I’m not mindful at all, which is interesting considering I am married to someone who very much is.

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Amazing! The Jewish Method for Success in Life

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You’d be amazed - the grass isn’t greener!

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Candle meditation: Using mindfulness to cope with darkness

Below is a mindfulness meditation using a candle as the focus of the meditation. You can observe your hanukkiah after you light it.

 Using mindfulness to cope with the darkness through candle meditation (Illustrative).

How to use mindfulness to reduce stress around Jewish holidays

While mindfulness can be a formal meditation practice, there are also informal ways to practice being more aware and accepting. Here are a few mindful tips for the holidays.

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