Welcome to JMIJ – the Jewish Meditation Institute Jerusalem.

What is "meditation"? What are its benefits? How can you meditate effectively? You are invited to join us in an experience of Jewish Meditation for inner harmony, awareness andhealth. Please contact us to receive your CD with guidedpractice using the meditative techniques of the Rambam, R. Hayyim Vital, Rav Kook and the Admor of Piaseczno. Forintroductory videos please seeYouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/JewishMeditation21. For ourEnglish website please see http://jmeditation.brinkster.net. Please contact us in Jerusalem at 02-5636093, 072-2326630, 052-2408822.

Workshops are offeredat Meorot, 21 Beitar st.Jerusalem andelswherein Israel as well as long distance by Skype.

JMIJworkshops utilize insights from neurology, psychology, and right hemisphere training to develop inner joy and serenity. We teach the meditative techniques of the Rambam, Rav Kook, Spanish and Tzefat kabbalists.
Special attention is given to the Quieting Technique of the Admor of Piaseczno, a 'user friendly' meditative method of transforming a "cluttered" mind into a peaceful inner state of awareness, thereby creating "space" to sense Divine Inspiration. Classes include group meditation, source analysis and interactive feedback.

Instructor: Rabbi Dr. Natan Ophir (Offenbacher)
Dr. Ophir received his MA (1988) and PhD (1993) in Jewish Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he served as Rabbi for 16 years. Natan was born in Philadelphia, graduated the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia and completed his BA at Yeshiva University in New York summa cum laude in 1974. He then came on aliyah, spending 7 years at Yeshivat Mercaz Harav Kook where he received Rabbinical ordination, and later completed his teacher's degree at the Herzog College in Alon Shevut. Natan began practicing meditation and yoga in 1975 and teaching Jewish Meditation in 1994. The current courses are an ongoing product of research, development and practice for over 30 years.