Melinda Ribner is internationally known for her pioneering work in Jewish meditation and meditative Kabbalah, is the founder and director of the Jewish Meditation Circle and Beit Miriam, and is also a licensed psychotherapist in private practice who uses meditation and Kabbalah as part of treatment. She is a student of the legendary Rabbi Shlomo Carebach and received a non-rabbinical s'micha (ordination) to teach Jewish meditation. A teacher of Jewish meditation for more than eighteen years, she offers a teacher-training program, seminars, and experiential workshops at synagogues, national conferences, and New Age centers throughout this country and Canada. Ms. Ribner is the author of best-selling books New Age Judaism and Everyday Kabbalah.