audio / video
Aviva's teaching on Parashat Bo, The Hardened Heart
32 minutes – audio only
Aviva's teaching on Parshat Noach, Being Animal
30 minutes – audio only
Aviva's teaching on Parashat Vayer, Making Space and Welcoming In
31 minutes – audio only
A Sea of Compassion
Daily Mindfulness Meditation
January 18, 2022, for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
43 minutes
Resting into Foundation
In this teaching during the period of the counting of the Omer, Aviva invites us to explore the foundations felt in the body with the breath as a companion for this grounding. This invitation expands to include that which is beyond our bodies, a vastness of life into which we can rest.
May 7th, 2021, for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
44 minutes
The attribute of strength and wise boundary making partnered with a good sigh
In this teaching during the period of the counting of the Omer, Aviva cycles through each of the week's companion attributes to gevurah/strength and wise boundary making, landing with the Divine emanation of hod/release from striving and a rest into what is. She teaches hod, as the potency of 'the sigh,' just as her voice teacher Fides Krucker has taught her these many years.
April 9th, 2021, for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
43 minutes
Kissing the Mezuzah Opening the Door to Prayer
Who doesn’t like to kiss? But, how many extend that to kissing the mezuzah? Aviva Chernick has — as a practice when she comes home and leaves the house, and as a prompt to cultivate the love invoked in the central Jewish prayer of oneness...the Shema. This is a podcast through the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
20 minutes – audio only
Turning to death, an invitation to life
This teaching was offered to 300+ people from around the world who gather daily to sit with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. It was inspired by the verse from Psalm 23, gam ki eylech..."Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me." It includes a melody written by Aviva for this text, a meditation practice centered on the breath, and a period of silence.
30 minutes
Softening the heart
Practicing with the words Bilvavi mishkan evneh — In my heart I will build an indwelling place. Softening the heart, noticing what is arising, and turning towards it lovingly.
16 minutes
Guided blessing practice
Cultivating the attributes of safety, kindness, and peace.
25 minutes – audio only
