Through Heartbreak and Renewal: Introducing Sefira Wellness

Dear Ones,

How are you all holding up?

This summer has been busy and wonderful and challenging. I've been crying and praying about the horrors - near and far - and donating money to groups like Standing Together and the Immigrant Defense Project. I've spent a LOT of time with my kids. I spent a few weeks doing some deep Jewish learning with the Shalom Hartman Institute in Berkeley CA, combined with a life-changing, transformative 5-Day retreat on the Buddhist concept of emptiness and dependent co-arising through the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. I've also been busy busy busy working on my book proposal and... the big reveal...

We have re-named and re-branded! Mindfulness Consulting is now Sefira Wellness! A sefira, in the Jewish mystical tradition of Kaballah, is a sacred vessel, or container (a singular element in a larger spiritual map called the sefirot). I've always loved the idea that each of us is here to be a vessel for wisdom that comes from beyond and inside, all at once. I also love that it shares a resonance with the Buddhist word dharma, which are the teachings, but which comes from a root word which means "to support, structurally" - kind of like a container.

My hope is that all our classes, coaching sessions, and workshops are deep containers for wisdom, healing, and growth for all who take part in them, spreading outward to a world that desperately needs us all to be well. Check out our new website (thanks Isabel!) and let me know what you think!

ALSO - I'm offering a mini workshop and a new 5-week class on the magic and power of desire, which will be my theme for the year. Please join me and our wonderful community to set your life aglow!

Sending you all much love,

Yael

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Yael Shy is the CEO and Founder of Sefira Wellness with over two decades of supporting others in uncovering their inherent worth and capacity for deep joy through mindfulness. She is the author of the award-winning book What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017) and teaches at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. Find her on Instagram at @Yaelshy1​

Upcoming Events / Courses

Making Time Matter: A Mini Retreat Join us September 14, 3-5pm ET, for a mini-retreat led by Yael Shy designed to help you renew, reflect, and reclaim your relationship with time as we head into the Jewish High Holidays. ​ Learn More & Register

Aglow: A New Course This 5-week course is an invitation to reignite the spark that makes you feel truly alive. Desire isn’t just about sex—it’s about the inner pull toward connection, creativity, freedom, and vitality. Desire is your compass. It’s the exact signal you need to move your life from greyscale to full color. Learn More & Register

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