Counting the Omer
Week 2
Week Two of the Omer: Gevurah – The Sacred Discipline of the Soul
Week 2 is from April 20th in the evening – 26th in the evening, 2025
Day 8: Chesed of Gevurah
Lovingkindness within Discipline
This day asks: Can I soften my strength without losing it?
Gevurah can become rigid without Chesed. This is the day to examine where you are being too hard on yourself or others. Kindness is not weakness, it is strength expressed with open hands.
Embodiment:
Wrap your arms around your body in an embrace. Whisper:
“I honor the walls I have built, and I offer them my compassion.”
Day 9: Gevurah of Gevurah
The Discipline within Discipline
This is the day of divine clarity. The sword of truth. Where are you being called to step into right alignment, not from fear or punishment, but from holy refinement?
It is the strength to say no. The power to hold the line.
Embodiment:
Stand in mountain pose. Engage your core. Breathe into your spine.
Chant:
“Hineni – Here I am.”
Let your body feel the sacred dignity of being unshakeable.
Day 10: Tiferet of Gevurah
Compassion within Structure
Tiferet brings heart to the sword. Beauty to judgment. This is the Magdalene standing at the Cross, not collapsing, but present.
Ask: Where can I be more gentle and true at once?
Embodiment:
Place your left hand on your womb, right hand on your heart.
Chant softly:
“Lev shel Gevurah – Heart of Strength.”
Then walk slowly in a spiral, holding yourself in grace.
Day 11: Netzach of Gevurah
Endurance in Boundaries
Where do you give up on your sacred “no”? This is the day to restore inner stamina, the ability to hold your truth without apology, over time.
It’s the fierce devotion of the prophet, the pathwalker.
Embodiment:
Dance or step in a slow, steady rhythm.
With each step say:
“My No is holy. My Yes is rooted.”
You are building the muscles of soul-boundaries.
Day 12: Hod of Gevurah
Humility through Sacred Limits
Hod bows. Hod listens. Today, you are asked to feel the limits not as punishments, but as holy invitations to surrender.
The divine design includes mystery. Sometimes, not knowing is the teaching.
Embodiment:
Sit in child’s pose.
Breathe into the back body. Whisper:
“I surrender into what I cannot yet see.”
Day 13: Yesod of Gevurah
Rooting Strength in the Soul’s Foundation
This is where your discipline becomes devotion. Gevurah is not for control, it is for anchoring purpose. Your boundaries hold your sacred work.
Yesod is the generative gateway. What do you want to seed?
Embodiment:
Hold your womb.
Chant:
“Ana Bekhoach – With Your Strength.”
See roots growing from your spine into the earth, holding your soul’s vision firm.
Day 14: Malchut of Gevurah
Manifesting Aligned Action
Now the inner refinement moves into the world. Today is about embodied leadership, about walking your talk, about living your values through your voice, your offerings, your “yes” and “no.”
This is Shekhinah saying: “I choose presence over performance.”
Embodiment:
Stand in stillness. Speak aloud a boundary, a vow, or a soul-truth.
Then step forward and bow.
“I choose to live in truth.”
Wishing you a blessed week of the counting of the Omer.
AHAVA,
Ana Otero
