Poet, Author, Teacher, Natural Dreamworker
Learn about finding depth of feeling in waking life, in memory and in dreams in a beautiful rural retreat setting. Stillness, contemplation and deepening– seeing into the life of things with an eye made quiet.
I will be presenting a three part series at Shir Chadash open to the public. In part one on Sunday December 7 I will present teaching from Seeing into the Life of Things about how our dreams can teach us the difference between feeling and reaction and between fantasy and true imagination. Books will be … Read more
Rodger Kamenetz will be featured in two panels during the Miami Book Fair. Sunday, November 23 @ 11 – 11:50 a.m. ET Building 8, Third Floor, Room 8303 WHY POETRY STILL MATTERS During the historic dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama, as told in his international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus, Rodger Kamenetz … Read more
The Dalai Lama asked two questions to the Jewish scholars and rabbis who met with him in Dharamsala in 1990. The first was about Jewish spiritual survival in exile. The second which has become increasingly important is the problem of reactive emotions and how our spiritual practices might “purify” these states of mind. In my … Read more
Drawing on the Counting Blessings practice in his new book Seeing Into the Life of Things, Rodger will teach a practice to cultivate a sense of resilience and joy in difficult times. For more information about the synagogue and event please go HERE.
In this online author presentation, Rodger Kamenetz invites us on an exhilarating journey that weaves together poetry, personal experience, and spiritual exploration. Drawing from his new work Seeing into the Life of Things, Kamenetz reveals how imagination itself can be a natural spiritual path. From the rhythms of his native New Orleans to his friendship … Read more