Rebecca is a meditation teacher, artist, writer, and student rabbi.
A devoted student of contemplative practices for over a decade, Rebecca has sat numerous intensive Jewish, Buddhist and secular retreats in the US, India and Israel. She serves as a full-time core faculty member at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and is on the teaching faculty of Or Ha Lev: Center for Jewish Spirituality & Meditation. Rebecca taught mindfulness in low-income California schools with Mindful Life Project, and co-authored the Mahloket Matters Schools curriculum integrating social/emotional learning and skills for constructive conflict with the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators in Jerusalem, Israel. She currently lectures on meditation and mindfulness at Stanford School of Medicine, and previously directed the SHEFA Initiative for Health & Well-being at Stanford University’s Hillel.
Dedicated to the centrality of the body and the natural world in evolutionary processes, Rebecca teaches yoga and is certified as a Somasource Practitioner with visionary educator Melissa Michaels in Boulder, Colarado. She has trained in women's initiatory arts and guided adolescents through nature-based rites-of-passage as a lead facilitator with Wilderness Torah in California. A rabbinical student at ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Rebecca teaches Jewish spirituality as an embodied, holistic, and accessible path, with relevant and timely wisdom for all.
As a fine artist, Rebecca has facilitated large-scale community mural projects in California, India, Peru and Jerusalem. She maintains a painting practice in her home studio. You can see her paintings here.
Hailing from a colorful home in a small town outside of Dallas, TX, Rebecca has traipsed the globe on her journeys at the intersections of arts, healing, justice, and spirituality. A bridge-builder and peace-maker at heart, she is dedicated to creating unity within division through the power of creative and heart-centered expression. She believes that life is a precious gift, and her great passion is helping others transform suffering into nourishing soil from which healing, inspiration, and wisdom can bloom forth and illuminate the world.