Soul Trait Studio: Tevet 5783

Practice guide for the Soul Trait Studio mussar practice for Tevet 5783 (01/01/23) focusing on the soul trait of "Sakranut" | Curiosity.

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Each month I host an open session called Soul Trait Studio, a mussar practice session focused on the soul trait of the month. As of 5783, the Monthly Session guides are now stored here on devotaj.substack.com. The current month is available to all and previous months are available to subscribers at the monthly, yearly, or beloved levels.

Come when you can. All registrants for the month will receive the video the following day. The Soul Trait Studio for Tevet 5783 is January 1, 2023 from 3-4:30pm ET on Zoom, registration required - no charge but your time.

I consider your time to be the exchange for this offering, which is why I don’t charge money to register. While it is always an option to attend on your own time, via the recording I send out the next day, these sessions remain free of monetary charge because of those who do commit to attending in real time.

Learn More

• Intro to Mussar and Devotaj Sacred Arts Approach

• Devotaj Sacred Arts: Mussar Practice eBook with guides to each soul trait of the year

• Register for this and upcoming sessions: devotaj.com/soultraitstudio

Monthly Practice

Note: we rarely get through all of this during the 90 minute session, so consider the entirety of it to be an invitation for your personal practice this month. This guide will remain available to all until the end of the month. Previous monthly guides are available to subscribers at the monthly, yearly, or beloved levels.

• Opening Chant

• Introduction to Soul Trait of the Month

• Cheshbon HaNefesh

• Text Study

• Incantations

• Embodied Practice

• Mitzvah

• Journal Prompts

• Closing Chant

Opening Chant

Loosen, loosen baby
You don’t have to carry
The weight of the world in your muscles and bones
Let go, let go, let go
Holy breath, and holy name:
Will you ease, will you ease this pain?

~Aly Halpern

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