Caryn Roth, at The Blogs

Caryn Roth

Dec 6, 2024, 10:47 AM

A man in prison called my cell. I picked up an unknown number and heard an automated message: an incarcerated individual from a California prison was trying to reach me—would I accept the call? I’ve taken calls like this...

Nov 27, 2024, 6:28 AM

Filling What is Empty, Emptying What is Full

In 2019, I found myself living in a meditation retreat center in Northern California, a tranquil haven nestled amidst Mendocino County’s majestic redwood forests and the winding Navarro River. My days were simple yet deeply fulfilling. I spent my...

Aug 13, 2024, 1:21 AM

Meditation and Sexuality brought me Back Home

I grew up in Berkeley, California, brought up by Israeli immigrant parents – my father an astrophysicist, originally from Poland, and my mother a mathematician, herself also brought up by Polish parents. In fluent Hebrew we spoke about math,...

About Me

Caryn grew up in Berkeley, CA to Israeli parents and has started and run nonprofits her whole life, including founding Challah for Hunger at UCLA, for which she was named the LA Jewish Journal's "Mensch of The Year." Her desire to find meaning and purpose in the world prompted her quest for spirituality and brought her to her current work in the intersection of meditation, women's health and women's power.