Steven J. Gold spends some time with The Jewish Yogi

<p><strong>This episode of The Jewish Yogi is Part 1 of my interview with Steven J. Gold. &nbsp;Steven J. Gold, BA, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of Torah-Veda (formerly Yoga and Judaism Center) in Atlanta, GA. He is an initiate and practitioner for more than 40 years in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters, as propagated in the West by the late Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. He is a graduate of the Karin Kabalah Center course on Kabalah: A Process of Awakening. &nbsp;He has studied with Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, Rabbi Yoel Glick, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Rabbi Marcia Prager, Rabbi Gedalia Fleer, Rabbi Elyahu Schusterman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Phyliss Berman, and Zev ben Shinon Halevi.</strong></p> <p><strong>Steven is the author of several books, including </strong><u><strong>Om Shalom: Yoga and Judaism</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>IVRI: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>Torah Portion Summaries: With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>Dimensions: Navigating the Spiritual Spectrum</strong></u><strong>, &nbsp;</strong><u><strong>Basic Spiritual Principles</strong></u><strong>,</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>Contributor and Editor of </strong><u><strong>Breaking the Silence: Poems of Spiritual Luminescence</strong></u><em><strong>, </strong></em><strong>&nbsp;and </strong><u><strong>The Book About Always Being at Home</strong></u><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>(a Children’s book). He has been teaching meditation and related classes on Indian and Jewish mysticism for many years and is an administrator and facilitator of an ongoing Interspiritual Contemplative Group. He is on the Board of Directors of Zeigest/The Spirit of Now, an Atlanta-based Interspiritual Organization providing training for Spiritual Directors and other course offerings.</strong></p> <p><strong>In this episode, Steven J. Gold shares about his background and learning in the Jewish t