Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Every moment of every day invites us to pay attention. We can marvel at what happens within ourselves and the world outside of us. Some of us do this through prayer, others through mindfulness and meditation. No matter what form it takes, noticing and appreciating the wonder of life enhances the act of living.

Latest Rituals

A Prelude to the Aleinu – It Is Upon Us

This new text is a collective recitation of the commitments of the Reconstructionist Reparations Resolution.

Reparations, social justice, tikkun olam

Golden scales of justice in a sunlit forest, surrounded by green leaves and small flying birds.

Family Portrait

” The painting is for grandparents, miles away, / who long for them…”

family, grandparents

A watercolor painting of three smiling children sitting on autumn leaves near a lake.

HaMakom: Vayeitzei

“Feeling the stone rolling off the well, / I welcome / This new day.”

Sunrise over a serene lake surrounded by forested mountains and soft clouds.

Blessing (Brakha) for Using Medical Devices

This new blessing for medical devices, such as insulin pumps and feeding tubes, and focuses on the mitzvah of shmirat haguf, taking care of one’s body.

blessings, chronic illness, diabetes, holiness, insulin pump, medical devices

A person wearing jeans with an insulin pump tucked into a pocket, connected to a charger with braided strings.

Blessing for the Way Ahead

“And may we always draw on joy in the darkness…”

justice, kindness, lekh lekha, resilience

a landscape of gray and brown mountains

Gender-Expansive Tallit/Prayer Shawl Blessing

This Gender-Expansive blessing includes a masculine, feminine and non-binary versions.

blessing, nonbinary, tallit, transgender

a person holds a blue tallit over their head

Additional Amidah Blessings for Leading up to the Election

These new additions to the Amidah add created to recite leading up to the Presidential the election.

Amidah, democracy, freedom, justice

scrabble tile letters spell out freedom

Practicing Judaism With a Ball and Chain

“I strive to generate some forgiveness / for the failures of my growing up life…”

assimilation, childhood, God, Hebrew, prayer

a person walks on a beach alone, towards the ocean

A Kavannah for Psalm 150

“praise Yah in the sunlight that filters through the window..”

God, morning, prayer

a coffee mug sitting on a sunny window

A Revised Angel Bedtime Prayer

Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer shares a new way to invite and connect to angels.

angels, mindfulness, sleep

a woman sits on the ground with legs crossed and eyes closed