JEWISH YOGA MEDITATION AND MYSTICISM. The great spiritual traditions of both East and West have throughout the ages promoted various forms of meditation as important practices to foster spiritual awakening and development. As an independent practice, to supplement other spiritual or religious practices, for stress management and relaxation, or all of the above, this course will provide the theoretical framework and practical technique for a traditional yoga-based practice derived from an ancient and time-honored Himalayan tradition. Included will be basic breathing and stress reduction techniques. They lay the foundation for access to avenues leading to the stillness within. Connections will also be made throughout to similar principles found in Jewish mysticism. The final session will cover Jewish meditation utilizing Hebrew phrases in place of yoga mantras and a Jewish healing meditation practice called Ruach El Shaddai/Breath of Balance, employing the practical application of Hebrew Kabalistic concepts in an advanced healing meditation. Depending upon the pace and amount of material covered in each session, the class will consist of five to ten 90 minute sessions meeting once a week.
Steven J. Gold, BA Antioch College, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of the Yoga and Judaism Center in Atlanta, GA and the author of Yoga and Judaism (2007) Ivri: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality (2010), Torah Portion Summaries; With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi (2010), and Basic Spiritual Principles (2011). He has been an initiate, student, practitioner and teacher in a Himalayan meditation tradition for over 30 years and a student of Kabala and Jewish Spirituality for several years. He developed a hybrid Jewish Yoga Meditation and Healing Meditation which is the focus of these sessions.
Date Series Begins: January 22, 2012, and will continue on successive Sunday afternoons thereafter, until completed
Time: 12:15 PM to 1:45 PM.
Location: Vedanta Center of Atlanta; 2331 Brocket Road, Tucker, GA 30084; 770-938-6673. (Corner of Adrian and Brockett, one block from LaVista.)
Cost: Free. Donations accepted, no reservations needed. Open to the public.
Note: These sessions are cumulative, and there is benefit to taking all or most in the series, but drop-ins are welcome
PLEASE NOTE: NO CLASS ON FEBRUARY 26. SESSIONS WILL RESUME MARCH 4.
Spiritual Workshop. Basic Spiritual Principles and The Mechanics of Creation in Genesis.
Dates and Time: Four 90 minute sessions on Wednesday evenings: February 22, 29 and March 14 and 21; 7 PM to 8:30 PM. (Please note no session on March 7 due to Purim activities).
Location: Temple Sinai, 5645 Dupree Drive, Atlanta, GA 30327. Please call or email to pre-register: Judy Thomas, 404-252-3073 x 330; jthomas@templesinaiatlanta.org.
Cost: $60.00 for the series of four sessions, which class fee includes a copy of the book Basic Spiritual Principles ($20.00 retail)
Description:
This workshop will have as its focus the text of my latest book, Basic Spiritual Principles. The idea of this book and workshop, as encompassed in the title, is to present in simple and straightforward terms some basic principles related to spirituality and spiritual processes and revelations without getting too complex, involved or abstruse. It provides a framework to help address life’s essential existential questions: Why am I here? Where did I come from? How did I get here? How did ‘here’ get here? Where am I going? What is the purpose of my life? What is life and this thing we call existence? What is it all about? Please note that it doesn’t claim to answer these questions, it only claims to provide a framework, a perspective, an orientation that may be helpful in addressing these questions. The “answers” are a matter for individual self-discovery.
In addition, we will examine an analysis of the opening sentences of Genesis within this framework. Perhaps Genesis is not just a description of the workings of the external universe, but also of the internal universe that exists within each of us. Genesis like you’ve never seen it before!
Included in the class fee is a copy of my new book, Basic Spiritual Principles.
The Wisdom Tradition of Torah Commentary
With the assistance of Brother Shankara, Steve Gold will discuss and dialogue about the aspect of jnana practice within the Jewish tradition and his own personal study process of Torah.
Date: March 4, 2012
Time: 11 AM (preceded by 30 minutes of chanting starting at 10:30 AM)
Location: Vedanta Center of Atlanta; 2331 Brocket Road, Tucker, GA 30084; 770-938-6673. (Corner of Adrian and Brockett, one block from LaVista.)
Cost: Free. Donations accepted, no reservations needed. Open to the public.
About the Presenter
Steven J. Gold, BA Antioch College, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of the Yoga and Judaism Center in Atlanta, GA. He has been a student, practitioner and teacher of spiritual self-realization and its related philosophy and psychology for over forty years, including yoga, Vedanta, kabala and eastern and western mysticism. He is an initiate and practitioner in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters, as propagated in the West by the late Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. He is the author of Yoga and Judaism, Explorations of a Jewish Yogi; IVRI, The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality, 21st Century Perspectives on an Ancient Tradition; Torah Portion Summaries, With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi; and his latest book, Basic Spiritual Principles.
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