Weavers & Healers Betsy

Rabbi Tsvi Bar-David and I discuss what's in our hearts about the current tragedy in the Middle East.  We discussed ancient wounds, ancestral healing, and how to support those who are helping. For a bio of Rabbi Tsvi see the previous podcast with him. :)
 
Prayer Vigil for Israel/Palestine from Daniel Foor as mentioned in the podcast.
Links are below to groups who have been working on this healing for many years and through much suffering.

So many people have been doing the hard work of "waging peace" in the Middle East. Some of those are:
Women Wage Peace (Israel)Women of the Sun (Palestine)Parents Circle (parents from Israel and Palestine who have lost beloved children to violence)KnowHope Studios. This Is Limbo--a young Isaeli qigong friend of mine who is an artist in Tel Aviv has been using his art as a way of bringing people together, telling their stories, working for peace. Addam's artwork is the art on this page. Wounded Israeli soldier playing music with his Arab surgeon in hospital, as referred to in the podcast.
Multifaith/Multicultural Concert, Bishop, CA First United Methodist Church.
Saturday December 16, 2023. 6:30 PM PST. Tickets from Rabbi or at the Door, $20.
Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/@easternsierraunitedmethodi3601/streams
Tickets for in-person $20-36, suggested donation for livestream, Venmo @Tsvi-Bar-David or Paypal or Zelle tsvi.bardavid@gmail.com or at the door
Sunday December 17th, 11:30 AM, Sacred Drumming, Sacred Community at C5 Art Studio, Bishop. To register click here. 

Rabbi Tsvi Bar David from Berkeley joins me in discussing his love of language and sharing the G!d Zone with communities through song, chants, and rhythm of all kinds. The G!d Zone is:
I am still me, and the Beloved is still the Beloved, and yet the wall between us dissolves! 
Bio: Around 2014, Reb Tsvi came to the conclusion that teaching mystical Jewish texts cognitively was too high a barrier to entry into the G!dzone for many. This despite his deep love of reading Kabbalistic and Chasidic texts in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.  So, honoring both his Chasidic rebbe grandfather as well as his growing involvement with Sufism, Reb Tsvi founded a sacred ensemble - Qirvah (intimacy with G!d) - and began playing sacred ecstatic concerts all over California. In fact, Reb Tsvi will be directing a sacred concert at the Bishop Methodist Church, 6:30 PM Saturday night, 16 December 2023, which will be followed by nibbles and a jam at the church.
Flyer linked here. 
Stay tuned for Livestream link:

A Middle Eastern Drum Gathering will follow on Sunday December 17th at C5 Art Studio. Contact C5 for more information and to reserve your place. Experience not necessary. 
Reb Tsvi was ordained as a rabbi at AJRCA in Los Angeles, and also proudly holds CPE Level 2 certification as an inter-faith chaplain with specialization in recovery (yes, 12 Step too) from chemical dependency. And to complete the picture, a PhD in applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley.
Reb Tsvi lives with his beloved Ilana in Berkeley, and Ilana teaches harpsichord in the Music Dept. at Stanford University. She is known in the Baroque music world as Elaine Thornburgh.

Rabbi Tsvi Bar-David.  Email:  tsvi.bardavid@gmail.com

This is a heart expanding conversation with two human beings...

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A different intriguing interview with Jessica and Zenia re their spiritual partnership.

George Taylor is a Marriage and Family Counselor. He weaves his counseling profession with traditions that promote consciousness of listening and responding skillfully to oneself and one's partner. We learn to breathe and meditate together, to self-disclose in a safe environment and evolve a way forward as a couple that is conscious and soulful. This podcast gives you an introduction to this Path and a way to connect with Geo and his teachings if this speaks to you.
Geo's Website: A Path for Couples

This is a Wisdom Healing Qigong Sound Healing practice I offered in Spring 2021. There is little teaching, mostly just focusing on the sounds and how they bring your body and organs into balance and harmony. For more information on Qigong Sound Healing check out this info from The Chi Center. As a certified teacher, I often offer Sound Healing on Sunday nights (Pacific time).  To sign up for newsletter and class reminder, click here!