Opening the day with mindfulness can change everything, helping us live our lives with more clarity, kindness, and ease. Join us Friday mornings as we open our doors early and practice together.

Each session starts off with a teaching rooted in the Jewish calendar and ends with a chant. The rest is simply guided, silent meditation. No prior meditation experience necessary; everyone is welcome.

Please plan on arriving promptly at 8:30 so that we can start on time.

Stay afterwards to co-work in our space, replete with coffee and snacks (day passes are available for non-members).

This session is free for members. $5 for non-members.

Carrie Watkins is a practitioner, organizer, and teacher of Jewish meditation. A fifth year Rabbinical Student at Hebrew College and Teacher at Or HaLev Jewish Spirituality & Meditation, Carrie has been teaching meditation and mindfulness for startups, on silent retreats, for teenagers on backcountry trips, from her living room, and from other peoples’ living rooms, for the last 8 years. A systems thinker with a Master in City Planning from MIT, Carrie is attentive to the ways meditation and mindfulness can bring healing both our own internal systems and to the communal, societal, and ecological systems of which we’re a part. Carrie has a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and is in her third year of the Gates of Awareness: Jewish Meditation Teacher Training program.

Who are these sessions for?

These sessions are for everyone—whether you’re brand new to meditation or have been engaging with it for years, we encourage participation from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experience levels. Unless otherwise noted, no prior knowledge or experience is needed. Not sure if this is for you? Email us at Learning@Lehr.haus!

Why are there tickets at different prices?

These sessions are being offered complimentarily for our daytime members and $5 for non-members. Non-members are welcome to stay afterwards and enjoy our co-working space, coffee, and snacks by purchasing a day pass for $10.