I am a Jewish contemplative practitioner, a student of mysticism, a seeker of wisdom, and a teacher of inner transformation. I draw deeply from the wellsprings of interspirituality, in that I take an interfaith approach to spirituality and religious exploration. I believe that the universal truths of love, compassion, mindfulness and inner transformation underlie all of the world's major spiritual and religious traditions, and that it is those truths that connect us and enable us to transcend our individual egoic boundaries and find true communion in Divine unity.

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While I teach from within a Jewish frame of reference, everything that I practice and teach is shaped by the perspective of the Wisdom Tradition. Sometimes known as The Perennial Philosophy or Sophia Perennis, the Wisdom Tradition is a philosophy that has been taught throughout all ages and all cultures and is at the headwaters of all of the world’s great religious traditions. Consequently, I draw from Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Shintoism, Sikhism, the spiritual practices of Indigenous peoples, folk tales, mythology, mysticism, movies, music, opera, literature and art to create the curriculums for my classes and circles. 

At the foundation of the Wisdom Tradition is the concern for the transformation of the whole human being from egocentricity into love and compassion, from a judgmental and dualistic worldview into one of nondual acceptance, and from a false perception of separateness into the realization of one’s inner divine spark, or True Self (know as Atman in Indian mysticism), which leads to the understanding that the divinity within ourselves is one and the same in all people, all creatures, and all life. The goal of my teaching and practice is to help us free ourselves to move beyond our egos and into a journey towards deeper relationship with our own souls and with each other, our communities, our planet, and God (however we understand God).

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