Sylvia Boorstein — Sylvia Boorstein is a Buddhist teacher, an observant Jew, and a practicing psychotherapist. She is also a cofounder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Massachusetts. She leads retreats throughout the United States. |  |
Morning Chants, day two (part one)
The first part of a morning chant service from the March 2006, Discovering the Divine retreat, Sylvia Boorstein introduces Modeh Ani, speaking of the power unleashed by gratitude.
Saying thank you is the affirmation that one is able to hold the whole of experience in the awareness that everything, a desired thing or an undesired thing, is amazing just because it’s happening.
Understanding the Practice
In this talk given in March of 2006 at Discovering the Divine: a week-long Jewish meditation retreat, Sylvia Boorestein speaks of the merits of a meditation practice and the ways that this practice improves the quality of our relationships and our lives.