Ben­jamin Shal­va received his rab­bini­cal ordi­na­tion from the Jew­ish The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary in New York City and his yoga teacher cer­ti­fi­ca­tion from the Yog­ic Phys­i­cal Cul­ture Acad­e­my in Los Cabos, Mex­i­co. Rab­bi Shal­va serves on the fac­ul­ty of the Jew­ish Mind­ful­ness Cen­ter of Wash­ing­ton and leads musi­cal prayer ser­vices for the 6th & I His­toric Syn­a­gogue and Bet Mish­pachah in Wash­ing­ton, DC. His writ­ing has been pub­lished in The Wash­ing­ton Post, Ele­phant Jour­nal, and Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty & Health.