We never breathe
in the same body twice.
Meditation is simple but not easy. I can help you to discover a pathway that opens uniquely for you. Let me support your intention, your integration, your journey.
a contemplative prayer circle on the grounds of Birkenau II,
Zen Peacemakers’ Bearing Witness Retreat, Autumn 2019
I have meditated, moved, and made music in places as varied as Bangkok, Brooklyn, and Birkenau (pictured above).
The recordings below are from morning Davennen (prayer chants) offered at the Isabella Freedman Winter Retreat (which I have helped facilitate for over a decade).
Adamah Winter Meditation Retreat 2024
Day One (December 23, 2024)
Modeh Ani (Motl Twersky)
Elohai Neshama (Shefa Gold)
Mah Tovu (Shoshana Cooper)
Kol Haneshama (Shir Meira)
Barchu, Dear One
Ahavah Raba Ahavtanu (arr. Shir Meira)
Shema/Ve'ahavta
Mi Chamocha (Rishikesh) (Shir Meira)
Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Mourner's Kaddish
Day Two (December 24, 2024)
Chatzot Niggun (Ohad Ezrahi)
Modeh Ani (Shir Meira)
Elohai Neshamah (Shir Meira)
Ya’ale Niggun (Chabad)
Ashrei Chant
Shema/Ve'ahavta
Day Four (December 26, 2024)
Modeh Ani (Shir Meira)
Mimale Kol Almin (Josh Laufer)
Elohai Ana Emtzaeka (Shir Meira)
Esa Einai / The World Being Born (Shir Meira)
Ho'oponopono Chant (“I love you, I'm sorry, Please forgive me, I thank you”
Or Chadash (Micha'el Esformes)
The Greatest Love (Zach Mayer)
Shema/Ahavah
Sim Shalom / Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Day Five (December 27, 2024)
Modeh Ani (Shir Meira)
Elohai Neshama (Shefa Gold)
Mah Tovu (Shoshana Cooper)
Ashrei (Shefa Gold)
Halelu (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
Or Chadash (“Every time I go into the darkness I return with fistfuls of jewels”)
The Greatest Love (Zach Mayer)
Shema/Ahavah
Niggun / Sheva Yipol Tzaddik (arr. Baruch Thayler)
Min Hameitzar (Shir Meira)
Oseh-Osah Shalom / Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Spring Meditation Retreat 2022
Day 1 (June 20, 2022)
Mi Zot Hanishkefah
Veahavta Lereiacha Kamocha
Niggun
Mimale Kol Almin
Esa Einai
Kadosh
Be Still and Know
Metta Melody
Day 2 (June 21, 2022)
Chassidic Niggun
Mi Zot Hanishkefah
Modeh Ani
Ana El Na R'fa Na La
Ahavah Raba Ahavtanu
Shhhh Mmmm Ahhhh / Sh'ma
Havayah Sefatai Tiftach
Carlebach Niggun
Not Knowing
Mourner's Kaddish
Announcements
Metta Melody (May You...)
Day 3 (June 22, 2022)
Mah Tovu
I Am Alive (Zeller)
Elohai Neshama
"Baal Shem" Niggun
Shema
Mi Chamocha
Ki Hem Chayyeinu
Lecha Dumiah Tehilah
Yehei Shlama / Mourner's Kaddish
Announcements
Metta Melody (May You...)
Day 4 (June 23, 2022)
Veahavta Lereiacha Kamocha (Love Each One)
Modeh Ani
Elohai Neshama
Nafshi Cholat Ahavatecha
Mimalei Kol Almin
Kol Haneshamah
Barchu Dear One
Kadosh Kadosh Kadoash
Shema Yisrael
Be Still and Know
I Hear You Dear One
Mourner's Kaddish
Lecha Dumiah Tehilah
Adamah Winter Meditation Retreat 2023
Day One (December 25, 2023)
Modeh Ani (Shoshana Cooper)
Elohai Neshama (Shefa Gold)
Mah Tovu (Traditional
Kol Haneshama (Nahar melody, Shir Meira)
Baruchu, Dear One
Shema
Adonai Sefatai
Sim Shalom/Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Mourner's Kaddish
Day Two (December 26, 2023)
Treasures of Darkness (Shir Meira)
Modeh Ani (Twersky Waltz) by Motl Twersky
Elohai Neshamah (Isaiah Niggun) by Shir Meira
Mah Tovu (Unknown composer [major key])
Bobov Chosson's Niggun (with Shruti)
Ahavah Raba (Lila Flood arr. Shir Meira)
Shema (Ahavah Raba melody)
Yehi Shalom (Shlomo Carlebach)
Day Three (December 27, 2023)
Modeh Ani (Motl Twersky)
Elohai Neshama (Shefa Gold)
Nafshi Cholat Ahavatecha (Micha'el Esformes)
Mimalei Kol Almin (Josh Laufer)
Shema/Ve'ahavta
Mi Chamocha (Rishikesh melody, Shir Meira)
Sim Shalom / Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Mourner's Kaddish
Day Four (December 28, 2023)
Adar Niggun
Kavannah on VO/בו, Connecting to the Good
Hinei Mah Tov (Adar Niggun)
Modeh Ani (2018)
Kranzler Niggun
Kavannah on the Breath of Schoolchildren
Love Each One
Sssshhh Mmmmm Aaaaa · ששש מממ עעע
Shema/Ahavah
Esa Einai
Be Still and Know
Sim Shalom / Metta Melody
Min Hameitzar
All original melodies by Shir Meira except the Kranzler Niggun
Day Five (December 29, 2023)
Oseh Shalom Niggun (Shlomo Carlebach with Shruti)
Modeh Ani with Sefirot (Shoshana Cooper)
Elohai Neshama (Shefa Gold)
Ashrei (Shefa Gold)
Kavvanah: Black & White Cookies; Hancock and Coltrane
Halelu (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
Esa Einai / The World Being Born (Shir Meira)
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh (Higale Na melody, Shir Meira)
Ahavah Raba (Lila Flood arr. Shir Meira)
Shema/Ahavah
Sim Shalom / Metta Melody (Shir Meira)
Oseh Shalom (Shlomo Carlebach)