Jewish Yoga: Morning Gratitude

Greet your day with energy, divine awareness, and trust in the Creator. 

Sources from this class:

“I lift my eyes to the mountains, from where does my help come?” Psalm 121-1

The Gemara says the 18 blessings correspond to the 18 vertebra of the spine beneath the ribs-Berakhot 28b:16-18

“Lev Tahor/ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew within me an upright spirit.” Psalms 51:12

“ I am thankful before You, living and enduring King, for you have mercifully restored my soul within me. Great is Your faithfulness.”

מוֹדֶה אֲנִי האשה אומרת: מודָה לְפָנֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם שֶהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ:

“Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow./אָ֭דָם לַהֶ֣בֶל דָּמָ֑ה יָ֝מָ֗יו כְּצֵ֣ל עוֹבֵֽר׃