A Life Rooted in Transformation
Raised in the Reform movement, I sensed early on that something essential was missing. As a wife and mother, I became a Ba’al Teshuvah, weaving holistic and spiritual practices into family life. When my husband was incarcerated in 2005, it marked the beginning of the end of our twenty-year marriage and initiated a profound period of reckoning. In the years that followed, I completed Kundalini Yoga teacher training and, three years later, was ordained as a rabbi. Both milestones occurred on Mother’s Day and Israel’s Independence Day—echoing a life shaped by devotion, healing, and spiritual evolution.
I’ve walked the path of sacred integration, bridging the wisdom of many traditions that have nourished me over time. Each has been a portal to profound healing. From childhood to parenting to the unraveling of marriage, my life has moved through seasons of deep transformation. I’ve met alchemy in the teachings of Kabbalah and Kundalini Yoga. I’ve tasted sovereignty through Freedom Dance, Taoism, Buddhism, and Sacred Sexuality. Earth and plant medicine, Ayurveda, Mystical Qigong, Quantum Inquiry, somatic practices, inner child healing, trauma release, and holistic healing have all shaped my becoming.
A Unique Approach to Judaism & Healing
My spiritual approach is anchored in:
• Consciousness of the Heart — cultivating compassion, attunement, and relational presence
• Passion of the Soul — awakening purpose, courage, and spiritual vitality
• Delight of the Body — honoring health, embodiment, and lived balance
I meet people where they are and walk with them toward what is possible.
Underneath the Titles
A fibromyalgia diagnosis after a steroid injection in the 1980s opened my path to resilience through biohacking and holistic healing. Years later, a tick bite while living in Northern California (2012–2015) quietly deepened my health challenges. In 2015, I returned to Florida to care for my ailing father, and from that point through 2024, I served hundreds with weddings, funerals and baby naming's, premarital counseling while begin a devoted caregiver to my mother.
Twenty twenty five was the year everything changed. Putting myself first allowed me space to enjoy my soul path, to offer guided meditations on Insight Timer, and to embrace the rhythm of being myself.
Professionally Rooted
My work is grounded in rabbinic ordination (2009), decades of ceremonial service, and embodied training in Kundalini Yoga, Jewish energy healing, Mystical Qigong, and heart-centered facilitation. I bring a background in finance and systems thinking alongside somatic and trauma-informed practice, allowing me to hold both the sacred and the practical with care and discernment.
Personally Nourished By:
I'm a proud mother to two radiant souls, a blessed mother-in-law to one and a grandmother of four; two boys and two girls. I teach and cherish depth, truth, honor, and soul-centered intimacy. My life is focused on personal redemption. You are welcome to click here to read more if curious.
Wishing you peaceful blessings,
Melinda
Raised in the Reform movement, I sensed early on that something essential was missing. As a wife and mother, I became a Ba’al Teshuvah, weaving holistic and spiritual practices into family life. When my husband was incarcerated in 2005, it marked the beginning of the end of our twenty-year marriage and initiated a profound period of reckoning. In the years that followed, I completed Kundalini Yoga teacher training and, three years later, was ordained as a rabbi. Both milestones occurred on Mother’s Day and Israel’s Independence Day—echoing a life shaped by devotion, healing, and spiritual evolution.
I’ve walked the path of sacred integration, bridging the wisdom of many traditions that have nourished me over time. Each has been a portal to profound healing. From childhood to parenting to the unraveling of marriage, my life has moved through seasons of deep transformation. I’ve met alchemy in the teachings of Kabbalah and Kundalini Yoga. I’ve tasted sovereignty through Freedom Dance, Taoism, Buddhism, and Sacred Sexuality. Earth and plant medicine, Ayurveda, Mystical Qigong, Quantum Inquiry, somatic practices, inner child healing, trauma release, and holistic healing have all shaped my becoming.
A Unique Approach to Judaism & Healing
My spiritual approach is anchored in:
• Consciousness of the Heart — cultivating compassion, attunement, and relational presence
• Passion of the Soul — awakening purpose, courage, and spiritual vitality
• Delight of the Body — honoring health, embodiment, and lived balance
I meet people where they are and walk with them toward what is possible.
Underneath the Titles
A fibromyalgia diagnosis after a steroid injection in the 1980s opened my path to resilience through biohacking and holistic healing. Years later, a tick bite while living in Northern California (2012–2015) quietly deepened my health challenges. In 2015, I returned to Florida to care for my ailing father, and from that point through 2024, I served hundreds with weddings, funerals and baby naming's, premarital counseling while begin a devoted caregiver to my mother.
Twenty twenty five was the year everything changed. Putting myself first allowed me space to enjoy my soul path, to offer guided meditations on Insight Timer, and to embrace the rhythm of being myself.
Professionally Rooted
My work is grounded in rabbinic ordination (2009), decades of ceremonial service, and embodied training in Kundalini Yoga, Jewish energy healing, Mystical Qigong, and heart-centered facilitation. I bring a background in finance and systems thinking alongside somatic and trauma-informed practice, allowing me to hold both the sacred and the practical with care and discernment.
Personally Nourished By:
I'm a proud mother to two radiant souls, a blessed mother-in-law to one and a grandmother of four; two boys and two girls. I teach and cherish depth, truth, honor, and soul-centered intimacy. My life is focused on personal redemption. You are welcome to click here to read more if curious.
Wishing you peaceful blessings,
Melinda