Sheila Weinberg has worked in the Jewish community in multiple educational capacities for over 40 years, twenty-five years as a rabbi. She is one of the founders of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, where she teaches Torah through the lens of mindfulness practice and yoga. Her writing includes essays on contemporary issues of social justice, poetry, torah and prayer commentaries and her memoir, Surprisingly Happy: An Atypical Religious Memoir. She is currently developing and co-leading the second cohort of the Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training program.