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Ebb & Flow inspires persistence and determination during the rhythmical patterns of decline and regrowth in life. Each episode, I bring on inspiring and influential voices who are here to help us stand strong and walk through the ebb moments of life and propel us to the peak of our health - physical…

Solomon Ezra Berezin


    • Oct 9, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    98: Journey to Oneness: Merging Torah, Chassidus, and New-Age Spiritual Teachings | Moshe Gersht

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 56:24


    Topics of Discussion Background and what led to where he is now Religious Growth and affiliation, Chabad Learning Torah but far from Truth Learning Chassidus and going to therapy Finding the right therapist Jewish Chassidic teachings and New-age Spiritual thought leaders Day job Torah, side hustle Spiritual self-help When he knew it was time to do more than studying in yeshiva Letting go of fear Do all spiritual paths lead to the same end-goal? Does it mean I can choose a different place and get to the same place? As far as spirit is concerned, G-d is found in all places. So everywhere is the path to G-d. Torah is not about this is the only way to find an enlightened perspective because it can be found in many places. What is the uniqueness of Torah? Judaism begins where Buddhism leaves off Believing in the Mount Sinai experience of receiving the Torah Other practices may have some filter keeping someone from the Unified Truth - Ohr Ein Sof His deepest spiritual experiences were in Torah The Oneness is available to everyone and for everyone If you're looking for relaxation or co-create and manifest things there are modalities. But if you're looking to return to Self, that's the placeless The goal of all is to reach Source consciousness and then internalize it and reflect It in this world The path to G-d is for everybody, but Torah is not necessarily for everybody “Your incarnation is the blueprint for your liberation” - Ram Das. Why Ram Das didn't find enlightenment in Judaism. He said no one put Kabbalah and Chassidus in front of him You don't need to look somewhere else to find the enlightenment space Your life is not a mistake. Everything that led to where you are now is for a higher purpose The Lubavitcher Rebbe's push for mivtzoim (helping a fellow Jew with Mitzvahs). Putting on tefillin is water for your thirsty soul One mitzvah. One thing at a time. The Hebrew month of Elul and Tishrei "It's all the same to Me" "The Three Conditions" G-d is not found in the noise If you really want to know G-d you have to come to know yourself. How? Do one of three things: meditate, get outside of a world-view of taking and give instead, change your priority of doing to just being - quiet, service, being --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    97: A Path Forward: Wisdom and Guidance for Today from the Lubavitcher Rebbe | Nechama Shusterman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 65:20


    Show Notes: Nechama's background and getting into the podcast Main Ideas and Models the Rebbe taught in these last years Tools the Rebbe taught us - Learning from Shabbos Getting in the Flow The donkey of Bilaam like our bodies - we beat it up. Feeling this so much being in yeshiva. If your body is saying No, Hashem is saying No What is it you're seeing body that I don't see? What is it you're telling me? Listen to Nechama Shusterman of A Path Forward podcast about Rebbe's sichos 1991/92 https://www.listennotes.com/da/podcasts/a-path-forward-nechama-schusterman-hPsrDdqibcj/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    96: Breath, Prayer, and Chassidus: Elevating Your Life with Rabbi Chay Amar

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 69:52


    Show Notes: Rabbi Aamr's background and how he got into meditative prayer and breathwork Purpose of breath-work and meditation Difference between Davenen (prayer) and meditation Thinking Chassidus means to ask: What you learned, how does it relate to your personal life? Mittler Rebbe Derech Chayim - you should not stray after your hearts and then your eyes? Not eyes then heart? A person only sees with his eyes what he desires with his heart. “The world was created with 10 maamarim, or sayings.” Why not 1 maamar? Lehibarot (to create) comes from the word briut (health). A chassidic explanation: With one maamar you can be healthy. Types of meditation Chassidic Discourses that change the way you look at things Living with a chassidic discourse and not just reading it Whats the best hochlata, or resolution you can take? Just do it. Elevating your self with Chassidus A person only sees with his eyes what his heart desires What he teaches today with breathwork and meditation Preparing the keli, the vessel to receive, then bringing in ideas of chassidus that will attach you to G-d's unity Why does meditation have to be before davenen? Why not in the middle of the day? The Friedeker Rebbe says that once one contemplates, he taps into and unveils one's emotions, having unveiled emotions without something to keep a person focused, like prayer, or something practical, it can leave it open, which then can lead to a not-positive place. All the growth in human potential and performance is a direct result of chassidus being introduced in the world Chakras - sounds like the hebrew word sheker (lie), Reiki from the hebrew word reik (emptiness) Experiment to see the aura around a person - seeing an aura around a person with tefillin, and a woman after a mikveh, spiritual bath The depths of the highest level and the depths of the abyss, where a person gets energy from unholy forces Some things might seem wonderful but who says it's from a kedusha, holiness What is the source of it from? Rebbe to a Jew: G-d is what He needs to be to other people, but to the Jew it's the attachment through Torah and mitzvahs His personal experience with transformational breath in Israel with a elderly man Using the healing work as a temporary passageway to something higher Sharpening your Saw Learning the Rebbe's sichas, or short talk like chassidic discourses Take your time and learn to know Being in the Zone means my inside and my outside are in balance, it comes from Chassidus Breathing deeply frees a person's mind Spirit of Moshiach is the breath of air Transformational breathwork that forces a person to reach deeper areas in the body where oxygen did not get Writing your vision on paper and watching it unfold Getting out in order to return better I'm running from You to You What 12/13 Tammuz is and Rabbi Amar's personal experience with the Rebbe mesirat nefesh, self sacrifice. Authenticity of Torah continuing Freedom is not a place on the map, it is a state of mind. Wealth is about giving. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    95: From Hoops to Healing: A Journey of Resilience, Spirituality, and Balance with Doron Sheffer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 48:53


    background growing up and bball regimen Being the tall guy in school Mental performance tips The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Journey to South America and India during and after playing Soul searching, from Buddhism to Shamanism to Judaism Coming back to Judaism and Torah All to find balance way to live life in body, mind, and soul. Bottomline to be a Mensch - work on our values and good deeds Struggles through recovering from Cancer Growing up in a “secular” Judaism family Why young Israeli's travel to far east, 2 reasons: The Torah can help you or it can do the opposite depending what you do with it. Sam Chayiim Sam Mavet What led him to re-explore Torah Judaism? Difference between Mitzvahs between Man and G-d, and Mitzvahs between Man and Man Mitzvahs between Man and G-d are very individual. Playing alongside Ray Allen and the quote: Some people want it to happen, others wish it would happen, but only a few make it happen Mensch.V.P Book: Making it happen without trying to force an outcome When to act and when to let go An indication of being balance is our physical and mental situation - he's happy and healthy The Torah is everything but black and white “Not to climb so high on the tree, and not to run from taking responsibility” Connection with October 7 Putting basketball in a healthy and balanced way Coming back after cancer to the same ball but a different ball game. Playing in a natural and free way Heaven and Hell are mainly in the head. When he changed himself, the game changed with him Greif to Growth project: https://www.doronsheffer.com/from-grief Hyuli Healing center Website: https://www.doronsheffer.com/about Becoming the Most Valuable Player in the Game of Life Win-Win businesses Playing ball without score We lose ourselves when we compare ourselves with others. Finding one's center and the special talents Basketball in Messianic Times The Ball is in Our Hands --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    Opening Our Eyes to Health and Unity, and Embracing the Future Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 25:30


    Class given on the topics: The Rebbe often said, "the messiah is here we just have to open our eyes," Preventative medicine Unity consciousness Health in Messianic times Listening to the body Eyes open and eyes closed is one Living as if our future is here now --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    94: The Jewish Path to Self-Transcendence | Rabbi Moshe Genuth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 75:33


    - Rabbi Genuth's background - Meeting Rav Ginsburg - Rav Ginsburg's teachings - The meaning of Bittul (self transcendence) - Shiflus (lowliness) - Drawing G-d more into the picture and myself to the side - Admitting one's shortcomings is really a strength - What your wife is telling you is a metaphor for what HaShem is telling you - Egomania - where all problems start from - Story of a student of the Alter Rebbe on a merry go round - Importance of meditation - Alef Bet Gimmel (ABC) from Rav Ginsburg - Know thy self - or not? - Messiah comes when you have “when our attention is diverted - Praising the work, not the result - What is the true satisfaction of doing something? The Simcha of doing it! - Chassidic approach to meditating to break a habit - Fingernails represent residual emotions - Who is the world about? Who's in the center? - Can you feel that gam Zu letova - this too is good? - The time you're ready to get married is when you're ready to invest in others - It's not that I want. It's that HaShem commands me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    93: Breath of the Soul | Adam Klasner

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 54:16


    Show Notes: Background and how Adam got into breathwork and leading Anochi Workshops Background with personal development, Tony Robbins retreats The Call of the Shofar Concern of idol worship with these events? Is it real or a fear? Aseh Lecha Rav - make for yourself a mentor Giving tough decisions over to someone who is taking accountability for your spiritual health Acquire for yourself a friend to hold you accountable Everything good in those places comes from Torah - Friedeker (Previous) Rebbe Discerning if the resistance is the body resisting change, or if it's actually a nudge from your soul to do something else? Emotions are the mirror of the soul. It does not have words. The soul is not limited to words, it nudges you. Become in touch with that communication. Song is connected to the soul. Meditation, breath-work, and prayer Talking through breathwork and discomforts that may arise The tool of breathwork and what it's used for Tools vs mitzvahs (commandments) A spiritual practice can only be G-d given Life calls us into different experiences. Finding G-d even in the places we think He is less available. Thinker of the thoughts Recognize the inner chatter around what you're doing A person should always be soft like a reed, and he should not be stiff like a cedar — Gemara Taanis 20 Response flexibility Find the truth of every situation --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    92 : The Mind Controls the Heart | Reuvan Flamer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 56:07


    Show Notes: Reuven's background with nutrition, going to yeshiva, and with Meditation and hisbonenus (contemplation) Learning the Rebbe's discourses and talks Meditation in a conventional way and meditating after learning His experience with Tony Robbins events Moach Shalet al HaLev - The Mind controls the Heart “If you think the world has Torah, this is wrong. If you don't think they have wisdom, this is also wrong.” Change your beliefs and perceptions, you'll change what you want The mind enlightens you to want in a different way Natural Food Certifiers and discussing nutrition What's your identity --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    91: The Love Rabbi: Navigating the Path to Your Soulmate | Rabbi Bernath

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 42:04


    Rabbi Bernath's background growing up and becoming a Rabbi Meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, that inspires him till today How he assumed the title “Love Rabbi” Secrets of Matchmaking The hardest job in the world — dating Who am I and what do I bring to the relationship Practical element of being together and of where you're headed Specific is Terrific Fixed or Flexed - Fixed on and Flexible with For everything non-negotiable, there must be many negotiable 3 I can live with, 3 things I cannot live without Cast a specific not, not a wide net Specific vs narrow-minded Feeling that something is missing in your life 3 Parts of Matchmaking: Introducing, Coaching, Closing 3 types of people: I people, You people, We people Importance of a Mashpia (mentor) Be you and understand you and wherever you are in that moment you will find someone Gemara about searching for your wife like searching for a lost object: it's the man's job to search for the wife How much work internally and how much externally The critical person is the mashpia Hashem will give the right words for the Mashpia to say Faith and Trust What to look for in a mashpia (mentor) Kabbalah and Chassidus meditation class he gives You can only have one thought at a time --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    Intro Season 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 5:59


    Welcome back to the ebb & flow podcast! In this episode is a intro for this season, as well as the intros from the previous seasons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    The Heart's Wisdom: Grasping Beyond Thought

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 25:18


    Class on Women & Messianic Insights, celebrating before redemption, Wisdom of the heart, and anniversary of passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, as well as guided meditation of a yechidus (private audience) with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    Finding the Answers — Inside yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2024 27:02


    Class delivered at yeshiva about empowerment in the Messianic era. Learning chassidus and following its ways leads a person to realize that at his core is really G-d Himself. Watch/ listen to this class for 3 steps on looking inward and sitting with discomfort to discover the answers you're looking for. Previous class on the Messianic era: Messiah will come when we least expect it    • Messiah will come when we least expect it --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    The Messiah will come when we Least Expect it

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 27:09


    In honor of completing a full year studying at Hadar HaTorah yeshiva, I gave a class on meditation, Davenen (prayer), the teaching of our Sages (Gemara Sanhedrin 97a), that, “Moshiach will come B'hesech hadaas” (lit. when we aren't expecting him), and then guided a meditation. • Additionally, this week's Torah portion is Vayeitze, which was the portion of my bar mitzvah 14 years ago. • May we internalize and open our eyes to being in Jerusalem with Moshiach in a way better than we can imagine. Subscribe & Share! Related Blogs: Are we (T)here yet? : https://www.solomonezra.com/post/are-... 2nd bar mitzvah: https://www.solomonezra.com/post/2nd-... #chassidus #jewishhealthcoach #ebbandflow #unity #podcastclips #jewishholidays #vayeitze #hisbonenus #meditation #visualization #messiah #moshiach --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    90: The Goal of Chassidus | Rabbi Naftoli Hertz Pewzner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 40:14


    Show Notes for Part 2 of Interview with Rabbi Pewzner: Goal of chassidus Struggle of the body and the soul What is the Messiah and Who is Messiah? The role of Moshiach, the days of Moshiach What will Moshiach do? The Yechida Effect The Torah was given for Peace (Shalom) Dirah Bitachtonim Who is G-d? We won't be teaching others because “all with know Me” - 14 minutes The best thing is to be yourself The mission of chassidus is for us to be truly who we are and be at peace with who we are in a way that we can be super active - 16:20 Tools to apply what we learn - Avodas Hashem (how to serve G-d) How can a person really internalize this? — 20 min Chassidic Meditation — 21 m What do you invite in your consciousness once you achieved presence? How to experience the neshama? Neshama (soul) Frequency and ChaBaD approach to uncalm complexities (29:30). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    89: The Basics of Chassidus Part 1 | Rabbi Naftoli Hertz Pewzner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 41:54


    Show Notes: Story and background what is Chassidus Chabad Experiencing *The Pintele Yid - “*The Jewish Dot” Start off with questions Viewing life not from motivations but based on your identity, which can become your key motivator Chassidus is not to create another denomination. Jewish People are divided enough. Appreciate what it means to be a Jew - 29 min Layers of the soul - the highest being the yechida Rather than it be abstract, chassidus embraces it as something relevant and relatable The Basics of Chassidus --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    88: Health Series 6: Clarity in Knowing Who You Are | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2022 53:49


    Show Notes Mentioning a discourse I learned in Guatemala and a personal lesson from it The tool of Meditation Recap of previous 5 episodes 3 kinds of commandments - orientations towards mitzvahs 4 kingdoms - inanimate (mineral), vegetable, animal, and human Yesod - foundation, fundamental The 10 commandments were engraved on a stone How to do a mitzvah like a mineral The word for decree without a reason also means engraved 24:30 What's the difference between engraved and writing? Become the mitzvah, engraved in your heart Doing mitzvot in the way like a mineral is a great unifier What did the Baal Shemtov love about the simple Jew? 28:55 How to apply this into your daily life? Doing something as you learn, not only doing it once you understand it Unconditional love Is something natural a virtue? Don't make conditions No need to justify real love Sincere it is what it is vs insincere it is what it is 41:44 There's nothing more real than what doesn't need justification Difference between Married and not married Concluding this series 45:30 Life is about intimacy with G-d 50:00 What do purpose of tools become?  At first they were helping you get where you need to be. After the fact, you have gotten them where they need to be. They started off as secular personal stuff, now you've turned them into support for mitzvahs. They've become part of your Godly life so you've elevated them. They need you more than you need them. The essence of Shavuot There's nothing more comfortable and satisfying when you can just be yourself --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    87: Health Series 5: The Dance between the Mind and the Heart | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 61:50


    Show Notes: the greater the darkness, the closer to transformation relationship between mind and heart by nature the mind controls everything getting the heart to obey the mind is being healthy how does the heart do its own thing without consulting the mind? It's like sleepwalking How do we bring back the healthy relationship between mind and heart? animal soul and G-dly soul dynamic each soul has its own mind and emotions you didn't lose control, you gave yourself permission rationally governed by intelligence and not by emotions dance between mind and heart, the mind must lead “don't get mystical, don't get spiritual, just get healthy. A healthy person is the master of his ship.” getting body to neurologically change its behavior changing the animal soul's mind nothing more powerful than the will to get the body to behave transformation is partly in the mind and partly in the soul when a person feels stuck is when there's trauma thorough lasting change Getting the mind back in charge if emotions get very inflexible, it is the heart not the mind nothing changes you more than discovering the purpose for which you exist how does the mind affect the heart? What kind of control does it have? it can make the heart a little more flexible the heart can't think, but it let go. loosening up the emotion emotion is not the final outcome don't believe everything you feel --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    86: Health Series 4: Living a Fluid, not Rigid, Jewish Lifestyle | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 67:13


    Show notes: introducing today's topic what's a stronger motivator - personal benefit or serving a larger cause? Intention or kavana to serve the importance of self-love … healthy or not? don't confuse the validity of being healthy with the obsession of being healthy Does it make sense to say, “the more you love yourself, the more you'll love others?” Everyday do something you hate? — Mark Twain Feels right or feels familiar? When Hillel went to eat he said he's going to feed a healthy body Rigidity comes from self Which is less forgiving? Christianity or Judaism? Not judging you, but measuring what you accomplish for G-d Awkward or Rigid Mussar and religion Can you spread some of your love to others? Human nature is such that you love yourself. The mitzvah is to give some of that love to others What does tzedaka mean? Turn your (self) love outward Don't assume people don't love themselves The two most significant days in your life - the day you're born and th e day you figure out why — Mark Twain Why was I born? Live your life knowing why you were born. feeding others is a pleasure, feeding myself is a chore Have a sense of humor about yourself What's a good self-image? What's the best response to how are you? What does Baruch Hashem mean? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    85: Health Series 3: The Foundation of Mindful Eating | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 57:13


    Show Notes: relating our episode to Yitzchak digging wells of his father Avraham what are the servants of Yitzchak? Thoughts, speech, action observing and thinking The servants must know their master Who is your master? Know where you're going to be healthy what it means to be “in alignment with Hashem?” Less about me Beyond my “self” Affirmations and Positive thinking Miracle of affirmation is: I say I am okay even though I think I am not Power of positive words and act of smiling 14:30 - Dig to the living waters (neshama) through the servants, which can move the soul to a better place 16:30 - Don't stop doing The amazing effect of song 18:15 Never wait until something is right before you let your servants do their work 20:00 intermittent fasting Cause and Effect with eating Is food giving you life or are you putting the food to its use? Who's the recipient or the actor? 28:40 Eat by conviction, not by taste buds 31:00 Story of Reb Shmuel Munkus Every now and then break the habit of what you're eating 36:00 Practicing a little self respect Awareness helps... even if not immediately Having what to eat is a blessing and a reward 38:40 What did I do to deserve this meal? 46:20- 47:05 Joke about an atheist Foundation of mindfulness when it comes to food G-d said to eat Never be a servant to a servant --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    84: Health Series 2: Healthy Thinking for Healthy Eating | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 54:29


    How do we get healthy? Mindset aspect of health Attitude towards [seeming] problems Nisah means to elevate There is a cause and effect to everything Relationship with food It's not by bread alone that man lives- don't become subservient to the food. Mindset #1: You're the master. eating for a purpose Tools to help notice if hungry or feeling stressed When you're feeling down, you eat which means you're begging the food to give you life - It's unhealthy to eat when you're needy Food cannot give you life, it can maintain the life you have You cannot sit by the table with a sour face - Rabbi Friedman's mother why do we eat in the first place? Mindset #2: I am Healthy Healthy Mindsets are most important than health [25 min] The question is not about how healthy is the food, rather it's how healthy are you? Food can be Healthful, but food itself is not healthy Be a healthy person - one attracted to food most healthful Eat for a Heavenly purpose - you are Heaven compared to the food. You are what you eat. What you eat becomes what you are. The objective is for the food to become you, not the other way Spiritual side of Anorexia Eat until you're not hungry, not until you have no appetite. The hunger has to be satisfied, not the capacity Mindset 3: Approach it with enthusiasm Eat less and don't be picky Healthy attachments Mindset 4: Flexibility What's my purpose? Power of words and describing situations --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    83: Health Series 1: Master your food, Don't let it master you | Rabbi Manis Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 53:40


    Show Notes: How we can live in harmony physically, mentally, and spiritually how do you define health for yourself don't get too serious about your health - making health your focus is not healthy, similar to making happiness your focus is almost guaranteed to make you unhappy1:40-2:40 it's a necessary condition, but it's not life. What do you want to be healthy for? The question you'll have to ask sooner or later3 - 7:50 One's Personal Beliefs about health - Be enthusiastic about life Fear should not be what drives - what is your life governed by?7:50 - 12:40 How can one make this simple and specific? Journal activities12:41 - 17:30 Who should be conscious of their health?17:30 - 19:00 The best attitudes towards health19:00 - 22:00 Not just what we eat, but how we eat it22:15 - 24:00 Eat like a Mensch: Master your eating, don't let eating master you24:12 - 30:35 What to ask when you sit down to eat?30:35 - 31:20 Go to sleep hungry31:20 - 32:13 Rabbi Friedman's approach with health32:13 - 35:00 Don't be particular with foods35:01 - 38:24 Food is not an event, it's just a tool38:45 - 41:45 A good Relationship with the food41:50 - 42:40 Eat in response to Hunger vs in response to Appetite42:41 - 45:00 Always have dessert45:05 - 46:30 Why eat at all?46:31 - 49:00 Conclusion49:01 - --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    82: How to Look at things and Be a Master Problem Solver | Danny Gavin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 48:30


    Show Notes: background and growing up; how it led into business how did his yeshiva education benefit or make challenging when getting into business Learning in yeshiva - Talmud, Gemara, etc and how it helps broaden intellect trains your mind to look at something from multiple angles and perspectives Do you need to kosher a retainer for your teeth before Passover?! how should you look at things and be a master problem solver what yeshiva students do on Friday during the day How it all translated into marketing 2 ways to approach things: 1. ego 2. look at end consumer It's not about you, but about the people interacting with you What are the problems people have and how can I solve them Think less about you and more about the consumer Focusing on what's important and not getting distracted What can I do that no one else can do? learning how to delegate. differentiating between delegating and dismissing: what will that free up for you to do? ROI on what you're doing Start and then you'll know what you don't want, then what you do want Advice to someone growing a business and growing in orthodox Jewish practices Divine Providence You have all the tools within you, you just got to pull them out and use them! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    81: Deep Listening & Asking the Right Questions | Ipek Williamson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 46:42


    Show Notes: background and her meditations on Insight Timer App Children's book she wrote: Little Fawna is loved and Never Alone Teacher on Insight timer appPersonalized meditations 4 week meditation masterclass mindset default to health It's just a matter of getting out of your own way Insight Coaching practice Deep Listening and Asking the right questions not to give advice, shares experiences and asks deep questions so the clients can bring out the insights they have within them. The answers are within you. She's just a vessel to help. Listening with all senses Our body has a way to express everything to our attention. It's all about being mindful and noticing it. Everything has a reason. Body language never lies Sit with the emotions. Accept and allow it. If you don't let yourself go through the emotion, it will come back and bite you. Honor emotions. Give time to go through it. Permission to go through it for as long as it takes. Just don't judge yourself. Our body is our temple savoring in life — do what gives joy. Listen to other's voice echoing in your head. Ipek Williamson: https://ipekwilliamsoncoaching.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    80: Using the Body in Service of G-d | Ari Enkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 29:21


    Show Notes: How I came across his book Health and Wellness Halachic Perspectives background and his own ignition to go on a health journey what is Halakha and Hashkafa:While halakha is a rigid legal system that ****generally does not afford much variation re major-practice, hashkafa provides a more flexible framework Using the body in service of G-d To Your Health - The Torah Way to a Healthy Life in Modern Times

    79: Laughter Breaks All Barriers | Menachem Silverstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 54:04


    Show Notes: background and what led to comedy Morning routines Comedy and Mental Health Just start Smiling! Smiling and laughter breaks down barriers Showing that Orthodox Jews are normal Menachem asks me about my life Meditation - my practice and his practice to get centered You need the journey! Is this a journey I want to take? Meditation for creativity, to slow down brain waves Jokes from antisemitism Washing dishes and clean to get beyond stress What are the lens of a comedian? How does he look at life? “When I push for it it doesn't come, when I let it happen it does” Menachem's favorite jokes. What were the jokes the great sages had. Power of humor Laughing and Listening Story on laughter from Power of choice by Rav Dov Ber Pinson Through laughter we can connect to the infinite light of G-d --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    78: Open to Receive | Jackie Glaser

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 52:46


    Show Notes: Jackie's background and story leading to Psychology, Education and Leadership Development. Exploring her own heritage. When you reject apart of yourself internally or just don't know about it or don't embrace it, you're limited Intense meditation retreats and background in psychology before realizing that all this knowledge is there in the Torah When you do something for a higher purpose, it only comes back as blessing Olami organization and Olami Connect course The meditation inside herself that led her to get in touch with essence revealed clarity to explore her Judaism Prayer and Meditation Relationship with G-d hitbodedut - from boded which means isolation Tzaddikim used to meditate an hour before prayer and after prayer Being Present and Visualization on subconscious level G-d is manifesting, we are co-creators with Him. How do I become open to receive what G-d wants to give me? "Fulfill His will as you would your own will, so that He may fulfill your will as though it were His will…." (Avot 2:4) Be Active with G-d, don't sit passively. He wants our contribution. Abracadabra - Ani bara - I create - c'dabra - as I speak from dibur, to speak It's all in Your Mind book It's all a system and really G-d is doing everything - I am part of a bigger picture Let go of the outcome. State of Surrender not submission. Practice Letting Go. Her coaching work and the tools you use to help clients - meditation, hypnosis, somatic psychotherapy and bodywork Dating Advice — lead with the head. 4 Things: Central values are Torah and growth oriented, good character traits, physically attractive, effective communication --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    Ways to be Healthy at Yeshiva

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 56:14


    Class I delivered at Yeshiva in Morristown,NJ: - Health to cultivate Zreizus - alacrity - Mind, body, and soul are interconnected - Actionable things through a day starting in evening through the day - Parable of Baal Shemtov, like I shared in YJP class - Identity as a soul - Dance rather than fight the “evil inclination” - Returning to natural state of health - *Hishtavut - equanimity* - Power of possibility. We're never stuck - Transforming “spiritual garments” Ways to improve healths: 1. Sleep 1. Intention 2. Best morning routine starts the night before 2. Meditation and Prayer 1. Taking time to center self, Intention and consciousness towards best expression of self today. 2. Working on oneself health and character traits 3. Science of meditation and physiological benefits. Brain wave states. 4. Hitbonenut and contemplation 5. Being Present and intentional 6. Envisioning - defining what your health looks like, but not getting confined to it 3. Nutrition and fasting 31 min 1. When to eat, when to fast 4. Posture and Exercise / movement 5. Cold showers 6. Mindset - Approach - Q&A - Book mentioned about Maimonides --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    77: Hasidic Stories | Barak Hullman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 62:30


    Show Notes: Background about Barak Hullman“I do things for living, without the a in for a living” going to chabad and meeting Shalom Brat, who became his mentor, mashpia in hebrew. A spiritual trainerKept rehearsing what he did know so it became a part of him Figure it out when you get there Living A purpose driven life just write the stories that everybody will enjoy reading and they'll get the message It's hidden in the story, I don't have to say it. You will get it when you read the story. What can I accomplish in the years I have left? Get it done! No one is scared of dying, they are afraid of leaving this world without fulfilling their purpose - 25:50 EFT Tapping, Byron Katie work, Passion Test Passion Test Consistency - story of a listener who reached out when he didn't have an episode one week Writing for me, not for others His favorite Hasidic story — If not Higher about the Niminover Rebbe Anyone who believes all the stories in their purest form is a fool, and anyone who doesn't believe them has a heart of stone Deepest Torahs hidden in stories - greatest secrets in stories How he started the podcast Hasidic story project Rejection is G-d's protection Everyone has 2 rebbes, their rebbe and rebbe Nachman Chabad Hasidism is like architecture, Breslov is abstract. Similar messages different channels 70 faces of the Torah Connecting to Hashem and living my highest potential Being a Chossid - dream he had Who cares what labels are!? You are a soul and you have to live up to your potential!Why did my soul have to come into this body? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    76: The Art of Exceptional Performance | Nir Moriah

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 75:47


    Show Notes: - Nir's Background with Taikwando and now Quantum Performance coaching.Training with best school which was in houston Traveling around the world to pick up patterns of what made a successful athlete there was never a philosophy with an excuse in the top athletes. Chassidic concept of *Tzimtzumim* - contractions - “One thing about confidence and vision is that people who lack it don't like it when you express it” Theme: You can always control your spirit. So everything flows from that Building awareness on cultivating awareness A workout is a slice of time Performance psychologies a summary that is unique to you or to your circumstances as a cue to yourself Things happen for you - Inward and upward (24 min) Embrace pressure “No matter how good you do I'm going to push the limit one more time “ Be satisfied and constantly improving (34 min) John Eliot - Goals and dreams / outcomes and performance Genuine confidence and focus on performance as opposed to result is a place where you're always present How to respond to events in the day Expressing innermost under pressure. Highest level of performance is almost like you're not there. (43 min) Physically satisfied but in spiritual growth never satisfied, there's always more “If the outcome is tied to the dream correctly, it becomes a spiritual pursuit.” Honest evaluation with yourself how are you responding to how things unfold. “Nothing stands in the way of a persons will” Ironically, when you experience doubt it's a sign of a high level. Recognize that it's here for you. 52 min [for short clip about the more darkness the closer you are] Whatever challenge you're dealing with will show up in one on area or another Where things mean the most to us, that's exactly where G-d can get your attention Things get solved very quickly when you focus on one, the right, piece An honest look, and the correct tools, at the right problem, gets solved quickly - Pull the rug from under the yetzer hara, don't fight with it, pull its premise out from under it. Teshuva - refinement. When you're - Accurate, honest, and consistent it's a sinch. components: Spiritual foundation, science, and training environment How it applies into Quantum Performance Coaching - What your identity is - as pressure rises our performance becomes increasingly dependent on the quality of our interpretations. How i process information under pressure dictates how I perform under pressure - Performance Identity (unique strength, super power). Under pressure it gets challenged - Performance Targets - cue focusing on ahead of time vs outcome - Mistakes we can make (1) target or result and (2) incorrectly evaluating what step they're at. - Performance Routine - physically what I do and here's the key in a rhythmic, fun, free way. - Called Quantum Performance because Quantum is looking for underlying principles that help us organize chaotic environments --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    75: The Essence of Jewish Spirituality | Rabbi Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 75:32


    Show Notes: Background and meditation https://www.youtube.com/c/RabbiRome/featured https://www.rabbirome.com/ Journey into Eastern Spirituality and meditation coursein place with self he hadn't touched before religion was theoretical From Buddha to Baal Shem Tov - My Journey back to Judaism What were the meditations like in India... Did you ever have a thought of Judaism come up? Pealing back layers of identity How can someone within meditation become aware of these subtleties? Using meditation as a therapeutic practice Do not let your experience dictate to you what the truth is This is where Emunah (faith) comes in. We are relying on the Torah and on the tzaddikim are telling us. Our goal is always to go beyond all limitations, including spiritual, of reality; to connect with Hashem which transcends any level Integrating it into one's practice - one's intention Compassion and Joy with real Jewish spirituality don't be so hard on yourself for making mistakes - Teshuva means realignment. It is an adventure. Before He created you and He created the world He created Teshuva What led to the Rabbi Rome of today and on Youtube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    Ebb & Flow: Holistic Hasidic Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 2:58


    Welcome to Season 5! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    74: Float Tank Therapy | Infinity Float Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 43:02


    Background and how they got into starting Infinity Float "When was the last time you did absolutely NOTHING? You bring yourself, we'll add perfectly warm water, Epsom salt, darkness & silence. " Combination of the epsom salt and darkness in the tank — 10" solution of water and 1200 pounds of magnesium sulfate, otherwise known as Epsom Salts. Relaxation and Mental Downtime How floating got started? The basics: What is Floating? What happens? Why does it work? The Epsom salt minimum amount of input that your brain has to process The brain goes into a theta brain wave state like when you're sleeping The calmer state of mind you're in, the more receptive and focused you can become on anything you put your mind to Active Floating vs Passive Floating Sensory enhancement not deprivation - Interoception How floating helps people with PTSD The body is so relaxed that the mind is forced to relax with it Getting into isolation can be intimidating, so how do you encourage people to try it? alleviate fear of the unknown Float 3 times --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    73: Financial Health & Living Aligned with your Values| Yael Trusch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 46:02


    Yael's Background and integrating Judaism Jewish Latin Princess Blog and Podcast Spirituality and practicality are one what are the pain points women have? what is it people are really struggling with? Money Coach help Jewish women achieve financial clarity & confidence to design a richer life.

    72: Connecting with Your Emotions | Ryan Hance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 40:05


    Show Notes: Ryan's Background and Coaching Practice Vulnerability is fun to do and to be. Every time I am opportunities arise and people connect with you... It's no fun to talk to somebody without vulnerability... The more he disconnected from his emotions and tried to hide them the worse his life got Connecting with your Emotions Curiosity is the best tool for getting into your emotions and understanding why they exist Empower your emotions Desire to be better What tools Ryan found most helpful with his healing journey? MER, Somatic brain testing, etc Awareness Rumination If you were fulfilled, what would that look like? EQ Book Club Me 101 Course --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    71: Listening to Your Body | Robbin Finney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 41:12


    Show Notes: How Robin & I met and her Background When you follow your heart and follow your Yes! Life just shows up for you Being really in tune with your body and i'd love to discuss it further. One of my favorite quotes has been: “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.” ― Nietzsche, Friedrich A Photoshoot can change your life — Around the world Setting an intention of what it is you want to embody in the photos Who do I want to shine in my photos and allow that person to be expressed? How she learned to listen to your body and distinguish between listening to it and not falling victim to how it feels at times? Ask questions to your body & get still and allow the answers to come. Is this mine or is this someone else's? [14 min] Clearing Energy When you tune into your breath and allow that to guide you it takes you out of what's going on in your mind. Then ask that any energy stored in my body that's not mine be released. Building trust discomfort is comfortable to us because it's what we know [23 min] Always believe something wonderful is about to happen Shifting your Energy Coaching Oracle Cards - " a mirror reflecting back to you what you already know inside." when to pull cards and when not to You still ultimately have the authority Anything can become a crutch. Notice where you're giving your power away to. Reveal your soul with Photoshoot experience Soul Retreats Wandering Aunt --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    70: Spirituality & Godliness | 'The Millennial Rabbi' Daniel Bortz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 47:45


    Show Notes Background Main reason he connected back to religion and God was through spiritual experiences Take the things he enjoyed and elevate it to a Godly experience How the spiritual experiences guided him to a religious observance? Difference between Spirituality and Godliness/Holiness How do I take the feeling and permeate the physical with it How is sitting on a mountain top meditating all day any different than sitting and studying Torah all day? In all your ways know God — Baal Shemtov Running & Returning

    69: Breaking Through Personal Limitations | Rabbi YY Jacobson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 78:50


    Show Notes: Two States of Consciousness - Ebb & Flow/ Ratzo V'Shuv The rhythm of life is comprised of Ratzo V'Shuv Ezekiel Chapter 1: The angelic beings are running and they're returning The heart contracts and then expands, the inhale and exhale of the breath We often get stuck in wanting to be in one place but only when we embrace the value of the paradox can we actually begin to suck the marrow out of life and live every moment to its fullest. Rabbi YY's background growing up and being at the feet of the Lubavitcher Rebbe at a young age [7:34] He memorized and transcribed many of the Rebbe's discourses How he was able to memorize the discourses? Total suspension of any other mental noise. Tuning in completely to the words and the energy. If not now, when? — Hillel How to keep the relationship with a great leader pure? "It's easy for people to lose their individuality and use the great leader as a substitute for developing themselves to their own maximum" There are leaders who create followers, but the greatest leaders create leaders — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks You have to find your own relationship with God, with yourself, and realize you have a mission in this world that no one else can fulfill. You are an indispensable note in the divine symphony and the music, only your soul's violin can play How to Apply and Personalize Great Ideas Law about a Bull who domesticates other animals 3x... (Tractate Baba Kama) "If you sell the bull or gift it to another person, the calculation start over again..." We each have a bull in our own lives... This law tells us how to recover from addiction There are 2 ways for recovery: train the bull and retrain it to not goring — working with the habit sell it — surrender it to the domain of God then everything changes Approach to Judaism: Living with the observances and not being absorbed by them - Distinguishing not being a fanatic & Addiction [39 min] Approach with laws (Halacha) like in a sports game or following notes in a symphony The Baal Shemtov said that Halacha (Law) is an acronym of 4 words in Psalms: Ariyu LaShem Kol Ha'Aretz meaning Let the whole world Sing to God. The details are channels for vibration of the Divine Ebb & Flow. When it is stripped from the symphony it can be restrictive, so it's important to have the bird's eye view of Judaism, appreciate its full tapestry, the fusion between the revealed and the esoteric, the body and the soul. Then the details become the notes of a Balad Approach it not from a judgmental way. It's an invitation that by playing these notes you can channel this energy through your pschye, your brain, your body, your home. Jewish Law is describing the spiritual science of the Universe. How it applies to Kosher and not mixing meat and milk [46:15] Graduate the judgmental model into a model of opportunity to be able to live a meaningful and productive life Balancing transcending things with doing the things according to Torah (or interpretations of what the Torah means) Tanya chapter 31: Distinguishing between Atzmut (guilt, depression) and Merirut (remorse with a resolution for the future). You're not allowed to gossip about other people. You're also not allowed to gossip about yourself — Chofetz Chaim Use the 'mistake' as a springboard for awareness What it means to reveal Godliness in the world? What is Moshiach, the Messiah? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    68: Think Like A Magician | Ben Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 46:38


    Background and getting into magic, museum of natural science More than Magic Magic requires an audience to be appreciated, as opposed to a musician work so hard to conceal the skill, the details no one should detect How magic is like coaching Captivating audiences with humble props Barriers to entry to captivate a room are small, you don’t need the big production... The way magicians think Most people when they come across a problem they can’t solve, they say it’s impossible and they stop. That’s where Magicians start, they think of the impossible and figure it out. It’s a mindset to think about impossible things and then bring them into a theatrical reality Wouldn’t it be cool if... Create predictable outcomes to ensure a magical moment Multiple Outs - steer the conclusion of an effect based upon the audiences input. You’re prepared for any situation, and can create the impression that that’s the desired effect all the while. Planning in advance for an opportunity to arise. When it arises you are ready to give someone a moment they’ll never forget. Stories of preparing in advance Planting the seed in someone else’s mind Ham sandwich theory of magic To be quiet and create the seed to plant in the spectators mind to ask to do more Always thinking what the audience will see How do you get into the present moment and draw your audience there too You owe your audience your best A magician can give someone the reminder that the world is full of possibilities. Nothing is impossible. Ben's Website: https://www.benjacksonmagic.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    67: Living & Creating from Wholeness | Rav DovBer Pinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 43:49


    Background what led to the growing interest in Kabbalah, writing books, and IYYUN center My objective in life is to live. That's the biggest thing in life is to be alive. And Part of being alive was to not only understand what's going in world and spiritually understand the inner working of the world, but also to share it. All his great grandfathers were ChaBaD. They were famous spiritual teachers and guides. Everything in life has to come from within. You have to feel like somehow that you need to do this, the strong desire to share is overflowing within you.= It's about spiritually growing from within and living by example, and from that everything naturally flows outward as oppose to choosing a certain path and saying this is what I want to do in this world There's a deep part of us that's broken and an even deeper part of us that's very whole... The place of wholeness is where you're full and redeemed. Believe that it's a possibility Identify as the person beyond the struggle His series of books on meditation - tools to recognize who you are & what's your true identity Meditation, Prayer, & Shabbat With all the knowledge you have shared about being the creator of one's life, for example, then what is unique about Shabbat? Since, I can control my thoughts and over practice harness an elevated state of being, couldn't a person maintain an inner state of Shabbat regardless of the external laws? "in simple definition, you could create spaces within time and space, your own consciousness where there's a certain oasis you go inward and that's your place of wholeness and you connect with that. It can be in a day, throughout time, but the mystics will say that's actually Shabbat. What you're actually doing is accessing Shabbat in the week." There's no day, Sunday, Monday, but day 1 to Shabbat, day 2 to shabbat, which means Shabbat is the essence of all time. There's flow of time, duality of time, and there's the point of time - the stillness within all of time. Mitzvahs & Teshuva (return) Are mitzvahs just connections or much deeper? The Purpose of a Mitzvah is to connect you to the Commander of the Mitzvah The Kotzker Rebbe said it's possible a mitzvah can become idol worship because you're so connected to the detail you forget this detail is a passageway that's allowing you to enter into a place of transcendence Enter everything with Intention & the art of transitioning The person who invests in the eruv shabbat is someone who can really reap the benefits of Shabbat. The journey is the destination itself Equanimity Hishtavut from the Sheviti Hashem - I place Hashem before me at all times two descriptions about this experience A student's teacher asking if he reached a state where everything is equal Baal ShemTov - equanimity is relatable to food. Food shouldn't be distinctions of food. Eat to survive. It's not the ultimate level, because there's a level of reengagement where you're present with taste The Witness self - can make one detached from life and losing value Awake to Life! Eastern philosophies compared with Judaic Philosophies Uniqueness of Jewish Months God always says Yes. No, not possible is a negative voice IYYUN Center — to delve deeper --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    66: Free Choice - Use It Wisely | Rabbi Shais Taub

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 48:38


    Topics of Discussion & Show Notes Rabbi Taub's background that led to becoming a well known, influential Rabbi and how it led to writing God of our Understanding "fascinated by human insights found in Torah, especially Chassidic teachings, and what they teach us about how people work... and how we can best fit ourselves for service." At age of 20 he came across the Book of Tanya, by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi the founder of Chabad. He felt like an observer and wanted to become more of a student of life. Obvious to you. Amazing to Others -- Derek Sivers The Book of Tanya as a way to understand reality & How he cultivated the perspective he shares we intuitively sense the truth and the genius is in how to give it the proper words. Personalizing information & keys to happiness Tanya is about distinguishing between emotions and behaviors "The AR classifies thought as a behavior. There's impulse for thought, which we can't really control... but we can control what we think about." what are we going to choose to meditate on. I can't choose what I think of, but I can choose what I think about. Wisdom compared with Torah Wisdom The Wisdom of Maimonides: Truth is independent of its presenter (Mishneh Torah, book 14, treatise 17, 24:1) "Go to your faith tradition - if you're not finding it compelling. It probably hasn't been presented properly to you." "If you have a jewish soul, then your soul is going to be compatible with a jewish spiritual path." God of Our Understanding & Addiction Defining Addiction and how it is a state of being; and the process of breaking (releasing) habits how to get out of addiction if someone is using holy objects as escape from reality? Differentiating a religious observant life with insulating oneself Religion can be misused - turning religion another form of self-medication SoulWords.org It's all about language. Soul is the abstract. Words are the containers... self limitation is ironically self expressive Class Series - Essence of Chassidus Tanya + Map Parsha, Holidays To check out more about Rabbi Taub head over to https://www.soulwords.org/about/ or https://www.instagram.com/rabbi_shais_taub/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    65: Manifestation Mindset by Getting Out of Your Own Way | Ayelet Polonsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 60:32


    Background that led to becoming a transformational coach and meditation coach How she spent 6 years in India at an Ashram where it was taught to train the body to be submissive to the mind. A voice came through in meditation that told her to go to Israel. Within 30 minutes she booked a flight to Israel. when you let go of the how, Source shows up big time and takes care of the details for you Her Connection with Judaism before going to India The Hebrew name is a person's essence and reciting the Shema every night while in India What is idol worship and what happened at the Ashram When and how she got to Israel Magnetic pull to Jerusalem With your understanding of meditation and manifesting, plus being in control of our thoughts, what is still attracting to living an orthodox life and with modesty? Coming to Torah While the eastern culture focused on transcending the physical - celibacy, living without solid food, without sleep, etc - what drew her to Torah and Judaism was that it is a place where Heaven and Earth kiss, the spiritual meets physical Manifestation through a Torah Lens co-creating with God. My job is to get out of my own way, so God can shower me with miracles Setting a clear intention Manifesting through a Torah Lens allows God to be present in all that she teaches How Torah made manifesting easier In India the relationship with manifesting was "look what I manifested." It felt very ego-centric. When I came to Israel and learned manifestation through a Jewish lens, it allowed just me to relax so much more into the receiving part of receiving the miracles because I realized God's creativity is so much more creative than anything my human mind can possibly come up with in terms of the how trusting in Hashem's creation and not needing to set an intention — "ultimately God knows what I want, but if Hashem was in control and just gave everyone what they want 24/7, then there'd be no reason to create us in the first place...where we have no free will." A Mindset of lack creates more lack, a mindset of abundance creates more abundance When people go to pray it usually comes in the form of begging, complaining, crying from a place of lack, but when you're asking from lack what is communicated is that the person doesn't believe in God' Infiniteness and that He can create any possibility for the person. Ayelet's Meditation practice She spends 21 minutes doing visualization. She writes her intention, any doubts or blockages that she believes are stopping her from already having the desire be manifest, then 21 minutes envisioning herself in that future as if its already hers. as a daily practice 21 minutes is a magic number. The key is to make it daily. Her coaching practice Manifestation Retreat coming up Manifestation Menu, Daily Yoga, Daily Tidbits Online 3 part class she has — https://www.themanifestationmindset.co/ SM @ayeletpolonsky --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    64: Bringing Jews Home from the Church with The Art of Listening | Rabbi Tovia Singer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 56:34


    Show Notes Tovia's Background and what led to Outreach Judaism During debates, how Tovia even gets Jews for Jesus and christian leaders to consider the words of Torah? What Tovia thinks is the root reason why people follow Jesus How does Tovia respond to individuals who claim Jesus appeared to them in a vision or dream Using Tanakh as the guide on how to worship God. Personal experience cannot be the barometer for Truth What the great Jewish philosopher Maimonides said about Jesus in his work on The Laws of Kings What is messiah? Have you found the whole definition between Christianity and Judaism is different? Using the same word — Messiah — but ontologically have nothing in common What the Tanakh says about what Messiah is & the role of the Messiah "a King and a Rabbi, teacher who inspires the world to turn their lives around completely. He will be Preceded by Elijah the prophet." The skill of Listening to the soul of the person reaching out to you. Understand what is being conveyed. Tovia's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ToviaSinger1 Tovia's Website: https://outreachjudaism.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    63: Becoming a Chooser & Meditation for Monotheists | Rus Devorah Wallen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 49:08


    Background of Rus Devorah and introduction into meditation & her company Toratherapeutics® Her Introduction into Transcendental Meditation The Problems with Transcendental Meditation and The Rebbe's talk on it Not have any Meditation of any format or religion - not Jewish or other. 11 POINTS FROM THE REBBE’S REQUEST Toratherapeutics and Devora's guided meditations online Passages in the Torah referencing whole health The mind is the meditation & meditation for the body What idolatry is and the problem with bells, gongs, and statues Jewish sources of meditation. The Rebbe wanted to bifurcate health/wellness with the service of God. Yet, they can be integrated to make it easier to pray. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    62: Liberation, Momentum, and Thriving - The LMT Challenge & Smart Supplementation | Craig McCloskey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 54:09


    Background and how Craig got into health coaching How to address health - what comes first 60 Day LMT Challenge Mindset and Changing from Within Smarter_Supplementation Supplement Guide best recommendations for discovering what supplements are best for an individual You sourced examples of fraudulent supplements at local stores and even online retailers, so can you touch on your 5 rules with purchasing supplements Healthy Together Cookbook There are so many books and resources on health and nutrition, so how do you encourage or recommend individuals with where to start? Health & Nutrition Book Recommendations --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    61: No Brain, No Gain | Coach Johnny Shelby

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 56:05


    Show Notes: Background and getting into training endurance athletes Training Method and Using Baseline Performance Testing Train Smarter Not Harder. No Pain no gain No Brain No Gain Using Technology correctly the process/framework in training, including the holistic part of training (mental, nutrition, meditation, etc), and all the technologies you used. VO2 Max → how good the body is extracting O2 - using the Oxygen - How big there engine is Improve when you recover not when you workout At a Coaching level testing is about eliminating variables How a VO2 Max test can help an everyday athlete - depends on their objective It may not be the immediate test, but rather a blood lactate test could be first Story of a Client who was a swimmer not eating enough because of other girls telling her she eats a lot Story of a triathlete competing for Kona Triathlon Poetry In Motion - mind, body, nutrition, everything crescendoing into this one moment in time they prepared for, sleep, family encouragement, work environment - to execute and perform! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    60: Money Miracles, Living in Greater Perspective and the Exchange of Currency | Nichole Sylvester

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 38:43


    Background and how she transformed her life Her Spiritual Awakening Going to Michael Beckwith at Agape Church: There's a part of you that cannot be broken, tarnished, or damaged by anything in the past Introduction into meditation and a silent meditation retreat run by Michael Beckwith 2 meditation retreats a year for 6 years How she got into coaching and helping women clear voice: help women, share your story, everything will be taken care of Sharing her story → When she shared the things she judged herself for, it actually brought people closer when she embraced it with love. Whatever she felt a nudge to do she would do it Growth with business from low finances to $200,000 the next year. It led to coaching about money and she understood the pain of what women will do when they don't have money - stress, staying in toxic relationships, etc. Money Miracles, Courses, and Podcast Let go of logic and everything that's been to create in the Infinite unknown miracle realm Adopting and Embodying an empowering belief about Money $10,000/month meditation she has When you let go of needing it and recognizing you're fine, it's easier to get How it feels on the body when you envision something money related like checking the bank account or thinking about an unexpected bill Re-training the body to feel safe and be connected to true source and supply. We have to open up and say we have infinite income sources and money comes in unexpected ways. Money shows up in unexpected ways - I am supported at all times. Miracle story she had when she needed money. However, she doesn't recommend living in that space but it was a part of her quantum leaping journey. If Spirit is asking you to do something and you know it is for the betterment of your life and its going to overflow and benefit your community, family, and lineage, you must do it and take the leap; you'll never know the net unless you leap Nichole walks us through her $10,000 month meditation how do I get myself involved in this circulation of exchange and trust that I am worthy and deserving of this receiving? When we have a product or service, we tend to think only of the people in our minds eye, so it appears people aren't going to buy your stuff, etc Living in the greater perspective and understand that money is always exchanging Grant Cardone: Other people have your money, go get it Being Generous with more than money, like with a compliment, sharing, etc - it's all currency Harmonious Hustle Event love what you want to disappear --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/solomon-ezra-berezin/support

    59: Activating Your Vagus Nerve | Dr. Navaz Habib

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 55:40


    Dr. Habib's background with health and his eduction in becoming a functional medicine doctor Changing the environment to support his health - the internal environment What’s most important to know about the VN and how it manages various functions in the body 10th cranial nerve (out of 12) coming out of the brain stem. put at beginning 19:23 - 20:35 Neuroplasticity - We are training the nerves to send signals to the bicep, not training the bicep functional lab testing Functional approach to addressing health issues Marrying new science with ancient wisdom The action items especially the type of meditation practice effective breathing Dr. Habib's website http://drhabib.ca/ SM page @drnavazhabib and his podcast The Health Upgraded Podcast

    58: High Performance Mindfulness & Mastering the Present Moment | Jake Rauchbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 38:52


    Show Notes Background with sports and how Jake got into the mental and mindfulness side of the game and of life What Mind Right Pro programs are like that really helps these players take their games to the next level? Building a relationship before beginning to work with a player (9:35 - 10:33) Key mindset concepts taught & Awareness Expression of self with sport, not Identity with the sport Meditations used with Players & The present moment

    57: Training Deep, Not Wide | David Ben Moshe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 43:04


    Background and getting into Judaism and fitness after high school Even in prison can be the right place to be How David get connected with Judaism and eventually made a conversion Lessons learned in prison that he now teaches: It's still hard to be grateful for the experience because it is a painful way of learning and the way you're supposed to learn breaks many more people than it makes Starting with the end in mind - where you want to be in the future and what it looks like what's urgent vs what's important Consistency beats intensity 10x out of 10 what would you like to be different in your life when it comes to health and fitness ? Then we can determine small steps to create that lifestyle. It's not about changing your body, its about changing your lifestyle, your body is a representation of your lifestyle and genetics meet Creating a clear vision, rehearsing it, and being open to different paths to getting there I don't care what you don't eat, I care what you do eat If you get enough good stuff in people, naturally the bad goes down Mixed Modality Movement Going deep with training, rather than just wide Once you learn one tool well, it only takes a fraction of a second to maintain it Meditation Mindfulness & expectations did that feel better, worse, or the same? Training During COVID

    56: Playing with Transformation & Navigating out of 'Problems' | Jason Goldberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 51:44


    Show Notes: Background and how Jason became an international and transformational speaker, trainer, coach, author and host "Don't have to be a prisoner of circumstance, but a self leader in my life" transformational theme that when actually practiced has massive implications for how life feels How he got through the challenging, intense periods? His own coaching experience "What I know to be true is that resistance to change is the #1 reason transformation doesn't occur "sitting in the fire" Lowering the resistance to what it may look like. When we lower the significance, than it doesn’t have to feel like fire, it may be uncomfortable, but if it's looked at through the lens as speaking a new language it will be much lighter. Remove some significance: "if I never change anything about myself I am still fine. I am enough." I remove all the heaviness of transformation and I can just play with it. Let's play with transformation instead of let's overcome every obstacle. Levity. Help client look at their own situation in a humorous way, make fun of their own fears. His most powerful coaching experience from his own coach: So much compassion for what you're putting yourself through right now. "There's never been anything in my life I've gone through that I haven't gotten through" There's a lesson in everything Byron Katie's The Work "Sometimes we overthink things, they are just the way they are." How Jason navigates out of "problems" Increase level of consciousness so we have creativity to solve it. Once that happens, there may actually be no more problem to solve. Story of Barbie doll "Transcend the fact that you think it's a problem" Present but irrelevant: having a feeling be present, but not a relevant part of my experience. Analogy of driving a car with an anxious person in the passenger seat. No matter how that person feels, the car still works the same. It doesn’t have to affect how I drive the car. As long as it's not an in order to . If we try to eliminate the symptom than it's motive based. If I accept it so I can get rid of it, than I haven't really accepted it. Jeff Foster - Falling in Love with Where You Are: "It's not about immunity from stress, but navigation of them when they show up. The less we make them a problematic thing we have to get rid of, the sooner they'll move on on their own." Why Advise s against trying to let things go because it still has a implication of trying to make something happen There's not a right and wrong way to transform "Every system is perfect for the result that it's getting"If you like the result than don't change anything, if you don't than change the system. PBQ's : Prison Break Questions A format for a question that takes something that is a problem and makes it no longer problematic If I knew x, what would I do….How would I show up/respond differently? "if you're experiencing anxieties, its because you're engaging with life, doing something in the world." Usually it’s a good sign because it's something triggered because there's a next level of leadership for you to step into Whenever you feel you're in a funk, go be of service What to look for in a coach the way they see the world is a way you want to see your world. The right coach will ask a question like: "why do you want a coach?" What's the hard part? I'd love to do x, but it's hard to do y

    55: Where you've traveled is the terrain you know; a talk on spiritual, mental, and physical health | ND Dr. Adam Rinde

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 60:46


    On today's show Dr. Rinde and I talk about: The Hebrew calendar month of Elul Dr. Rinde's background and how you got into naturopathic medicine How he creates a patient protocol Choosing diets and what a client really needs Early childhood stress is linked with IBS and digestive dysfunction Metabolic screening questionnaire What makes your body get right. What particular diet tried fits your level of performance the true north Figure out what makes you feel balanced and right for the individual, like standing on a Wobble board Move with where the patient is by listening more to him or her Anywhere you've traveled (experienced) you know the terrain and that's how he knows the gut-brain, gut-skin access was how his stress and physical imbalances manifested. Health Scans NutrEval by Genova General chem in labs, like complete blood count, chem panels, thyroid and lipid panels, can tell a lot about nutrition The One Thing podcast with Dr. Adam Rinde The one thing that moved everything forward Adam's one thing: To really listen to what the patient is saying and to really listen to their story, while removing oneself as much as possible. "If you listen to your patients, they'll tell you what's wrong with them" Patients will guide you to where you need to guide them. Give up perception of doing all things perfect. We can't be perfect during this time even if we try. Challenge self just enough but not too much. What's the balance between the least and most I can do? People can create illness by trying to be perfect

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