Meiketz: Remembering Oneself

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This week’s Torah portion is Meiketz: Remembering Oneself.

For Joseph to heal, for him to be able to forgive his brothers, he must first remember who he is. He must return home to himself. 

Bassel van der Kolk, psychologist, researcher, and trauma expert, explains that trauma victims who dissociate leave their body to avoid getting re-triggered by stimuli that places them, physiologically, back in the terrifying situation.

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About the Author

Special thanks to Yael Shy and our friends at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for joining us in creating weekly Shabbat moments for your Friday nights.

Yael Shy is the CEO of Mindfulness Consulting, LLC, where she teaches and consults on mindfulness for universities, corporations, and private clients around the world. She is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017), and the founder of Mindful NYU, the largest campus-based mindfulness initiative in the US. Yael is a graduate of the IJS Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification.