From Daydream to Dream Job: Our Story
How Mitsui Collective grew from a day dream to a new Jewish organization working at the intersection of embodied spiritual practice and racial equity.
Resilient Together at The Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest
As we approach the end of January and the middle of the Hebrew month of Shvat, not to mention the beginning of a new presidential…
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Establishing an Organizational Black & Indigenous Reparations Fund
On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day Mitsui Collective is committing to a 2020 Black and Indigenous Reparations Fund to be distributed in approximately equal amounts to Black- and Indigenous-led organizations and efforts.
Save the Date! Tu b’Av Self-Love & Liberation Festival!
Building on the theme of Self-Love & Liberation, the key questions guiding this year's online Tu b'Av festival are: How do we experience Judaism through our bodies? And how is our experience of Judaism affected by the bodies we’re in?
Day 49: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — Preparing for Ascension
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 49: in preparation for the journey that is Shavuot, we’ll mirror the motions of preparing for an expedition.
Day 48: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — Tending the Garden
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 48: for today’s practice of Yesod within Malkhut — foundation within the sovereign material world — SooJi Min-Maranda guides us through a mindfulness practice utilizing the four-worlds framework to help work through all the stages needed for a bountiful harvest.
Day 47: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — A Story Towards Sovereignty
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 47: In this practice, you’ll be asked to envision this sovereign self, and then tell the story of how that came to be. For some, that may be a quite literal version of yourself as royalty. For others, royalty may be the farthest possible vision from where you see yourself ever becoming. In either case, it’s less the external vestments of this personage that matter. It’s the qualities that we embody, and the journey we’ve undergone in this process of becoming.
Day 46: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — Mapping Your Patronages
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 46: a practice encouraging us to assess how the priorities in our lives map out to the patronage that's actually happening from day to day.
Day 45: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — Compassionate Sovereignty
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 45: For today’s practice of Tiferet within Malkhut — compassion within sovereignty — we tap into the archetype of the compassionate, forgiving monarch who gives pardon and shows mercy.
Day 44: Daily Omer Wellness Practice — Strength in Sacred Space
Daily Omer Wellness Practice 5780 Day 44: To tap into our own sovereign selves, we need to be able to create boundary and distinction in ways that allow us to center and root ourselves, to feel strong and safe within ourselves. For today’s practice of Gevurah within Malkhut — strength within sovereignty — we utilize physical objects of the material world that hold meaning for us to help create sacred space paralleling the sacred time carved out by the practice of Shabbat.