Kabbalah: The Study of Parallels and Holding Opposites, Seen and Unseen, Light in Darkness, Masks and Humanity with Melanie Gruenwald (Episode #90)

Melanie GruenwaldDr. Lynn Hellerstein of Vision Beyond Sight speaks with Melanie Gruenwald, Executive Director of Kabbalah Experience, to talk about Kabbalah and its mystical and philosophical study of parallels and holding opposites: the seen and unseen, finding light in darkness and finite within the infinite, the different masks of our identities, and crossing the borders of humanity. Melanie teaches how Kabbalah is not about religion, but the spiritual pursuit of living with greater awareness and connection to the people and world around us.

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  • Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism
  • The seen and unseen reality
  • Finding light in darkness
  • Holding opposites
  • Manifesting what we create
  • The masks of our identities
  • Crossing the borders of humanity
  • Kabbalah Experience and its courses

About Melanie Gruenwald:

Melanie Gruenwald, Executive Director of Kabbalah Experience, brings over 25 years of non-profit leadership and community-organizing to her position. Engaged with senior citizens, families, college students, and teens, Melanie has extensive professional experience with communal leadership and in-formal Jewish education.

Melanie is energized by building relationships, understanding people’s needs and finding ways to con-nect them to one another. She loves the balance of organizational leadership and teaching which she engages on a daily basis at Kabbalah Experience.

She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Binghamton University (S.U.N.Y), and Masters in Social Work and Certificate in Jewish Communal Service from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Ye-shiva University. Melanie has pursued additional Judaic and spiritual studies at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, the Conservative Yeshiva, and most recently, Kabbalah Experience.

Melanie is married to Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald, Senior Rabbi at the Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver, and is mom to three children, Koby (z”l), Hannah, and Micah.

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“Whatever our narrative is, there’s that one light energy that connects us all. Borders are man-made. Birds fly over borders. They don’t know that they’re crossing from one city or state or country to another. It just is. So how do we look beyond the borders and boundaries that separate us? Whether it’s race, class, gender, geography, religion. And I started a new class on A New Human Narrative and we started with Inuit Myths and looking at them compared to the mythology of the Bible. We have similarities and differences in all our stories but we’re all just trying to answer the same essential question of ‘Where did we come from and how did this all began?’” - Melanie Gruenwald

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Dr. Lynn Hellerstein, Developmental Optometrist, co-owner of Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, P.C., award-winning author and international speaker, holds powerful and inspiring conversations with her guests in the areas of health, wellness, education, sports and psychology. They share their inspirational stories of healing and transformation through their vision expansion. Vision Beyond Sight Podcast will help you see with clarity, gain courage and confidence. Welcome to Vision Beyond Sight!

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About Dr. Lynn

A pioneer in vision therapy and developmental optometry, for more than 30 years, Dr. Lynn Hellerstein has helped thousands of children and adults improve their vision and transform their lives — at home, in the classroom, and most recently on the playing field. Her breakthrough methods unlock barriers to learning and “rewire” around brain injuries, and vision perception or processing deficits. But you don’t have to have a vision problem to benefit: her brain training strategies may be the missing magic if you’re an athlete trying to nail a tricky shot or stay cool in competition. If it’s a skill you can visualize, Dr. Hellerstein can help train your eyes — and mind’s eye — on success.

Award-winning and #1 bestselling author, Dr. Lynn has published numerous professional peer reviewed articles, chapters and four books.

See It. Say It. Do It! (2009) - How to see/recognize your goal, declare your intention, and taking action to achieve your vision.

See It. Say It. Do It! Organize It! (2011) - How to create a step by step process to make achieving your goal a reality.

50 Tips To Improve Your Sports Performance (2013) - How to improve your sports performance today by enhancing eye-mind-body coordination skills, achieving the mental edge, and preventing injuries.

Expand Your Vision (2021) - Discover the power of the seeing brain…the creator of your true vision. Gain Clarity, Courage, and Confidence. In this #1 Amazon best-selling innovative newest book, the power of visualizing and believing in the process to break through internal barriers and create new possibilities for achieving your goal is explored. Visualization can be used to increase creativity, to reduce stress and anxiety, and to build confidence in all of the things that they do.