Thank you for visiting the Center for Jewish Mindfulness • Chicago

Please visit again soon for a new website at www.jewishmindfulness.net

Thanks for your patience while we get our website up and running!  

Below is information about our upcoming programs.  

blessings,

Jordan

Weekly Chicago Sessions
Come check out our new format which allows for more silent meditation (50-55 minutes of consecutive sitting and walking meditation) in addition to a mindfulness Torah teaching and discussion.  If you have never practiced meditation before, you may want to first come to a Beginners' Meditation (see below for more information).
Our next session: 

            

Beginning Wednesday, January 4, 2012 our Chicago weekly meditation group will be meeting at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Chicago, 7331 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago (Rogers Park). It is easily accessible by CTA (3 blocks from Jarvis Red Line stop).  There is a parking lot at the center that we can use during our meetings.  More information on this move coming soon.

Wednesdays Beginning January 4

7:30-9:00 pm

$10 donations are appreciated

  

Sessions led by either Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell or Rabbi Sam Feinsmith.   

  

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CJM in Highland Park 

Please join Jordan and Carole Caplan for evening sessions of the CJM-North.  At the home of Carole Caplan:

            Wed. Mon. 1/9, and Mon. 2/6  

             7:30-9:00pm
             2595 St. Johns, Highland Park

If you would like to sit on a cushion, please bring one.  There will be chairs available as well.  This session is appropriate for all, and includes mindfulness instructions, Torah teachings, and gentle, mindful stretching/yoga.
Stay tuned for more information on future CJM sessions in the Northern suburbs.  

              $10 donations are appreciated


*** Coming in February to Highland Park: 

Three Part Series on the Mindfulness Practice of Ma'ariv 

at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park

Tuesdays, February 28, March  6, and March 13, 7:45-9:00pm
More details coming soon.

 

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Beginners' Meditation at the CJM (in Chicago) 

             The first session of every month  

The Beginners' Meditation sessions will include detailed and explicit mindfulness meditation instructions, in addition to the typical Torah teachings and discussions.  These sessions are especially appropriate for those who do not have experience with mindfulness meditation.  While these sessions will include more instruction than a typical CJM session, they are still suitable for those with more experience with this practice.  

Upcoming Beginners' Sits:  12/6, 1/4, 2/1 (future dates TBA)

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*** The CJM at local Synagogues--Open to All***

Three Part Series on Mindfulness Practice and Prayer

at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park

Tuesdays: February 28, March 6, and March 13  

7:45-9:00pm

Facing our Darkness: Purim, Catharsis, and Jewish Mindfulness
at Anshe Shalom in Lakeview

Thursday, March 1 

        7:30-9:00pm

More details coming soon.

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For more information, contact Jordan: jbappell@gmail.com. 

Or, visit our blog:

www.centerforjewishmindfulness.blogspot.com.