Rebecca Schisler is an artist, mindfulness teacher, and Jewish educator. She directs the SHEFA Initiative for Health & Well-being at Stanford University's Hillel, and recently co-authored the Mahloket Matters Schools curriculum, integrating Social/Emotional Learning and skills for constructive conflict with the Pardes Center for Jewish educators. A devoted mindfulness practitioner, Rebecca has sat numerous retreats in the US and abroad over the past decade, and leads sits, classes and retreats with Or HaLev, Awakened Heart Project, Pardes, and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. A rabbinical student at ALEPH Ordination Programs, Rebecca is passionate about integrating ancestral wisdom traditions with innovative approaches to individual and collective liberation. She offers mindfulness coaching and mentoring to individuals, youth & families, and organizations. Find out more at www.rebeccaschisler.com.

Sheila H. Katz, PhD, (aka “Yocheved”) loves finding teachings of meditation in Hebrew texts and traditions. She got hooked on exploring the roots of suffering and awakening consciousness from reading Buber’s I and Thou at age 14. As a Berklee Professor of Contemplative Studies, her courses explore non-dual strands of religious wisdom traditions in global history. Her work with Palestinians and Israelis (Connecting with the Enemy: a Century of Palestinian-Israeli Joint Nonviolence) illuminate how attending to suffering can open paths to compassionate action. She is a co-founding teacher of Nishmat Hayyim ("Breath of Life”) meditation community. Her doctorate is from Harvard University in Middle East History which she taught for 36 years. She co-leads the annual 3-week retreat of the Awakened Heart Project.  Sheilahannahkatz.com