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Where does your mind end and your body begin?In this Mindful Munch session, we explore the connection between the mind, body and breath — and how becoming more aware of physical sensations can help us recognise stress, emotions and relaxation as they happen.Through gentle movement, breath awareness and meditation, we practise coming out of the thinking mind and reconnecting with the wisdom and sensations of the body.**In this session:*** Exploring the mind–body connection* A simple lemon exercise to experience how the mind affects the body* Connecting movement with the breath* Gentle hand and finger practices* A body-awareness meditation* Using the breath as a bridge between mind and bodyWhat do you notice in your body when you slow down and pay attention?If you enjoyed this practice, **please like, subscribe and share it with someone who might benefit from a few quiet minutes of mindfulness.**And if you’d like to continue practising together, you're welcome to join the **Mindful Munch WhatsApp community**:[https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_t)May this practice bring a little more presence and love into your day.Simon and Gilad#MindfulMunch #Mindfulness #MindBodyConnection #Breathwork #Meditation #BodyAwareness #MindfulnessPractice

What if Sukkot holds a **code for how to be happy**? As we leave the intensity of the High Holidays and enter the fragile, joyful space of the sukkah, we explore **Ashrei yoshvei veitecha — happy are those who dwell in Your house**, through a teaching from Rabbi Yaakov Varshevski. **Sukkot Sameach.**If this speaks to you, please like, subscribe, and share what you’re grateful for in the comments.With love,Gilad

**What happens when you stop trying to follow every voice inside you?**This 18-minute meditation takes us through one of the most central declarations in Judaism:**שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל****ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ****ה' אֶחָד**Shema means “listen.”In this practice, we move from the many voices — thoughts, feelings, worries and possibilities — toward something quieter and more unified.From many… to One.A meditation for Yom Kippur, or simply for any moment when you need to slow down, listen, breathe and remember what is underneath the noise.After your practice, I'd love to hear from you: **What did you notice? What was your experience of moving from many to One?**If this practice speaks to you, please **like, share and subscribe**. Sharing your experience in the comments can also help create a space for others to reflect and practice alongside you.You’re also warmly invited to join the **free AusLev WhatsApp group** for live practices, Torah & Stillness sessions and updates:https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_tand to subscribe to the youtube channel : https://www.youtube.com/@AusLevTorah **AusLev — Where Torah moves from the min** With Love, Gilad

What does it mean to truly listen? Ha’azinu begins with Moshe calling upon heaven and earth to hear his final song. From there, we explore the noise of the many voices within us — thoughts, fears, desires, expectations and possibilities — and the deeper question of how to hear without allowing every voice to lead us. Drawing on a teaching from Rabbi Yaakov Varshevski and a beautiful Zohar teaching about the Hebrew letters, we move from the many voices of the bet toward the unity of the aleph — and eventually to the central declaration of Yom Kippur: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵלה' אֱלֹהֵינוּה' אֶחָד Hear, Israel. God is One. This is Torah & Stillness — where Torah moves from the mind into the heart. Here is the link for the practice: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PeVPjtPfEGROrRPA8fWyY?si=vxeeg6fiSIajR6CnIKw99g After your practice, I'd love to hear from you: What did you notice? What was your experience of moving from many to One?If this practice speaks to you, please **like, share and subscribe**. Sharing your experience in the comments can also help create a space for others to reflect and practice alongside you.You’re also warmly invited to join the **free AusLev WhatsApp group** for live practices, Torah & Stillness sessions and updates:https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_t and subscribe to the youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AusLevTorah With Love, Gilad

What are you serving with the way you meet life? Fear? Control? The need to be right?Or love, compassion, truth and life? In this Mindful Munch session, we create a little space between what happens and how we respond: 🌿 Notice — what is happening within me🌬️ Breathe — making space for not knowing❤️ Allow — what if life is not against me?🕊️ Choose — what do I want to serve? Through mindfulness, gentle breathwork and meditation, we explore the possibility that we don't have to control everything that happens in life. We can pause, become aware, and choose how we want to meet it. 🌿 Mindful Munch is a weekly space for mindfulness, breath, and coming back to ourselves. You are welcome to join our WhatsApp group to get links for the free live session: Join the Mindful Munch WhatsApp group Also, you are welcome to check out my other YouTube channel where I teach mindfulness and breathwork connected to Jewish wisdom — bringing the Torah to the heart. AusLev – Torah & Stillness Blessing of compassionate awareness. #MindfulMunch #Mindfulness #Breathwork #Meditation #Compassion #Presence #SelfAwareness #Fear #Love #WhatAmIServing

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, this meditation invites us to pause, breathe, and loosen our grip on the things we cannot control.**Ribono Shel Olam — Master of the Universe** — is a simple way of turning toward something greater than ourselves.To stop.Breathe.Come as you are.And listen.May this meditation offer you a little more space, trust, and presence as you enter the New Year.🌿 **Take a few minutes to sit with this practice and allow the teaching to move from the mind into the heart.**If this meditation speaks to you, please **like, comment, and share it** with someone who may need it.And if you'd like to continue exploring Torah through stillness, reflection and practice, **subscribe to Torah & Stillness** and join me for the next teaching.Join our whatapp community group here:https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz0R9Yv8Jc86x2GPdk4kky?mode=gi_tLots of love ! Gilad

What do we do when one chapter of life is ending, but we don't yet know what comes next?Vayeilech brings us to the end of Moses' journey — and, as Rosh Hashanah approaches, invites us to consider our own transitions, what we are ready to release, what we want to carry with us, and what is asking to awaken.A few minutes of Torah, stillness, and reflection.At the end of the video, you'll find a link to a guided meditation to help you sit with and embody this teaching in your own life.If something in this teaching speaks to you, I'd love to hear from you. **Leave a comment, like the video, and share it with someone who might need it.**And if you'd like to continue exploring Torah through stillness and practice, **subscribe to the channel** and join me for the next teaching.**Torah & Stillness**Where Torah moves from the mind into the heart.With loveGilad

How does hatred become normal? It rarely begins with hatred. It can begin with a story.A repeated accusation.An image we see again and again.A simple division between good and bad. In this episode of Mindful Munch, we explore Antizionism, propaganda, conditioning, and the ways our own minds can become caught in us versus them. This isn't about telling you what to think. It's an invitation to slow down and ask: What am I actually seeing?What am I being influenced by?And what happens inside me when I encounter something I strongly disagree with? We'll also explore the uncomfortable possibility that even while fighting hatred, we can become part of its cycle. And then we'll practise. A short mindfulness practice for meeting anger, fear and division — without becoming what we oppose. May we see clearly.May we respond rather than react. you can learn more about the MAAZhttps://www.movementagainstantizionism.org/ This is Mindful Munch. #Mindfulness #AntiZionism #MindfulMunch #JewishMindfulness #Meditation

A guided practice for the threshold of the New Year.This practice pairs with Parashat Nitzavim Torah teaching (link below). You don't need to watch the teaching first — but it deepens the practice if you do.We move through four elements — air, earth, water, fire — drawn from the teaching of the Mei HaShiloach on Parashat Nitzavim. Each element can heal and direct us, or hurt and pull us off course. This practice helps you feel which way each one is moving in your life right now, as you stand at the threshold of year 5787.Suitable for beginners. No experience needed. Just bring yourself.🌿 Join the AusLev community on WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz0R9Yv8Jc86x2GPdk4kky?mode=gi_tWatch the Torah teaching first: https://youtu.be/i1jF-gdZZxUIf this practice touched you, if you want to share you light - please leave a comment how you felt after the practice, like, share and subscribe. With love, Gilad

What if we could pause and notice the different qualities that are alive within us? In this Mindful Munch session, we explore the four elements as a simple way of understanding our inner experience: 🌍 Earth — grounding, stability and support🌊 Water — feeling, softness and flow🔥 Fire — energy, passion and aliveness🌬️ Air — breath, space and perspective Through mindfulness, gentle breathwork and meditation, we’ll connect with each element in the body and notice what is present right now — and what we might need a little more of. Rather than trying to be balanced all the time, we practice listening to ourselves with curiosity and compassion. 🌿 Mindful Munch is a weekly space for mindfulness, breath, and coming back to ourselves. You are welcome to join our WhatsApp group to get links for the free live session: Join the Mindful Munch WhatsApp group You are also welcome to check out my other YouTube channel, where I teach mindfulness and breathwork connected to Jewish wisdom — bringing the Torah to the heart. AusLev – Torah & Stillness Blessing of compassionate awareness. 🌿 #MindfulMunch #Mindfulness #Meditation #Breathwork #FourElements #EarthWaterFireAir #Presence #MindfulBreathing #SelfAwareness #InnerBalance

🌿 What has grown in you that you haven’t stopped to notice?Our minds are wonderful time travellers. They can take us into the future, replay the past, imagine what might happen, or remind us of what we wish we had said.But in the middle of all this travelling, we can miss what is happening right here.In this Mindful Munch practice, we pause and gently notice the growth that has already happened — even when it’s small, quiet, or easy to overlook.🌱 Reflect on something that has changed or grown in you🌱 Notice where that growth lives in the body🌱 Explore what you may have overlooked while focusing on what is still missing🌱 Make space to recognise that you are already a work in progressAs we enter the month of Elul, this becomes a beautiful invitation to reflect on the past year — not only on what we want to change, but also on what has already grown.**You don’t have to become anything right now.****You can pause and notice what has already grown.**💛 Join the Mindful Munch WhatsApp group for free live session links: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIhKkHPHIJlB1gKpm96Wgg?mode=gi_t)🌿 Explore more mindfulness, breathwork and Jewish wisdom on the AusLev channel — *bringing Torah from the mind into the heart.**like share comment and subscribe *#MindfulMunch #Mindfulness #Breathwork #Elul #JewishMindfulness #SelfReflection

How do you find your path when there is no map?This week's parasha, Nitzavim, is always read the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana. That's not a coincidence. Standing at the threshold of a new year, the Torah opens with: Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem — You are standing today. All of you.In this teaching I bring a passage from the Mei HaShiloach — Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Izbica — as I have learned it through my teacher Rabbi Yaakov Varshevski and his book Etzot MiMei HaShiloach. Four mysterious images from Proverbs: the eagle, the serpent, the ship, and the fire between two people. Four elements — air, earth, water, fire — each one can heal you and direct you, or hurt you and pull you off course.As we stand at the threshold of 5787, the question is: which forces are carrying you forward — and which ones need your attention before the year turns?The guided practice for this teaching is in the next video. Link below.🌿 Join the AusLev community on WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz0R9Yv8Jc86x2GPdk4kky?mode=gi_tIf this touched you, share it with someone who might need it before Rosh Hashana. Subscribe for weekly Torah & Stillness teachings.

What does wind have to do with your breath, your mood, spirituality... and making space? In Hebrew, רוּחַ — Ruach can mean wind, breath, and spirit. And the word opens the door to a beautiful family of ideas: רוחני — Ruchani — spiritualמצב רוח — Matsav Ruach — mood, literally the state of one's spiritרווח — Revach — space, room, relief Perhaps our inner world needs space too. Space to breathe.Space to feel.Space between what happens and how we respond. Maybe this is what the breath gives us: A little Ruach.A little Revach.A little more room to be. Where in your life could you use a little more room to breathe? 🌿 Want to explore Jewish mindfulness, breathwork, Torah and spiritual practice with us? Join the AusLev WhatsApp community. Join the AusLev WhatsApp group Subscribe to Letters of Light for more Hebrew words, hidden connections, and new ways of seeing life. #LettersOfLight #Ruach #רוח #HebrewWisdom #JewishMindfulness #JewishSpirituality #Breathwork #Mindfulness #AusLev

Ki Tavo — The Story Behind the Fruit | Torah & Stillness What if gratitude isn't only about appreciating what we have — but remembering the journey that brought us here? At the beginning of Parashat Ki Tavo, the Torah describes the beautiful ritual of Bikkurim, the first fruits. When a farmer brings the first fruits to the Temple, they don't simply say, “Thank you for the fruit.” They tell a story. They remember where they came from, what they went through, who helped them, the struggles they faced — and how they arrived at this moment. “V’higiyanu lazman hazeh” — You have brought us to this moment. In this Torah & Stillness practice, we explore the story behind our own “fruit” — the relationships, achievements, people, lessons and moments we have received along the way. Through gentle reflection and breath, we ask: What is the story behind what I have today?Who and what brought me here?What did the journey cost me?And what will I do with the fruit I've been given? This practice isn't about being grateful for everything that happened to us. Some things were painful. Some things were difficult. Rather, it's an invitation to acknowledge the whole story — and to recognise that, after everything we've been through, we are here. We also reflect on the blessing: Shehecheyanu, v’kiyimanu, v’higiyanu lazman hazeh. For the life we've been given.For everything that has sustained us.For bringing us to this moment. And perhaps gratitude doesn't end with receiving. The farmer brings the fruit and gives it away. So we ask: What can I pass on from the fruit I've been given? A kindness.A word.A skill.Attention.Love.Simply being there for someone. Maybe this is how gratitude becomes a blessing. I remember the story.I receive what is here.And I allow some of this fruit to move through me to someone else. 🌿 Torah & StillnessWhere Torah moves from the mind into the heart. If this practice touched something in you, shine your compassionate light — share it with someone who might benefit from it, and subscribe for more Torah & Stillness. #KiTavo #TorahAndStillness #Bikkurim #Shehecheyanu #JewishMindfulness #JewishMeditation #Torah #Mindfulness #Gratitude #ParashatKiTavo

Lette of Light – שלום (Shalom) What if **Shalom** isn't simply about ending conflict...but about becoming whole?The Hebrew word **שלום — Shalom** comes from the root **שלם — Shalem**, meaning whole, complete, or whole-hearted.In this episode of **Letters of Light**, we explore a different way of understanding peace — not only as something that happens between people, but as something we can cultivate within ourselves.When body, mind, heart and soul can all be heard.Even the parts of ourselves we struggle with.Making space for these parts doesn't mean acting on them. It means learning to see them, listen to them, and hold them with awareness — without causing harm.Perhaps this is why we say **Shalom** both when we greet someone and when we say goodbye.**May you be whole.May we meet in wholeness.**And perhaps peace begins here.**Where in your life is there a calling for a little more wholeness?**🌿 **Join the AusLev WhatsApp community** for Jewish mindfulness, breathwork, Torah reflections, upcoming sessions, and more.Subscribe to **Letters of Light** and join us as we explore the wisdom hidden within Hebrew words — one word at a time.#LettersOfLight #Shalom #שלום #JewishWisdom #HebrewWisdom #JewishMindfulness #Mindfulness #JewishSpirituality #Breathwork #AusLev