Hitbodedut, from a root meaning to be alone, has meant meditative seclusion in medieval Jewish mysticism. Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav made it a daily practice: to go alone, ideally into fields or woods at night, and speak to God in one’s own words for an hour.
Hitbodedut
Self-seclusion: a Jewish practice of solitary, spontaneous prayer and meditation, taught by Nachman of Bratslav.