Ebb and Flow with Solomon Ezra

Solomon Ezra Berezin

Ebb and Flow, like the chassidic concept of Ratzo V’Shuv (running and returning), aims to provide you with the principles and practices, wisdom and willpower, insights and inspiration, and empowerment to access your higher vision, internalize it, and express it to the world. This podcast integrates Holistic Wellness and Hasidic Jewish Wisdom, so we can each thrive in body, mind, and soul. Each episode, each guest, and each story is another key to express this truth, as well as to open our eyes to the revealed goodness in the world.

  1. 100: Rewire Your Mind in Minutes: Jewish NLP for Rapid Change | Sagi Chekroun

    Apr 29

    100: Rewire Your Mind in Minutes: Jewish NLP for Rapid Change | Sagi Chekroun

    What if change didn’t take years, but minutes? In this episode, Sagi Chekroun shares how Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can help you create rapid, lasting transformation by working directly with the unconscious mind—the true driver of your habits, emotions, and results. Most people try to change through willpower, discipline, or information. But real change doesn’t happen at the surface—it happens beneath it. When you understand how your mind actually stores patterns, you can begin to shift them faster than you thought possible. We break down why change often feels difficult, and challenge the belief that transformation has to be slow. You’ve already created habits, fears, and emotional patterns instantly. The same mechanism can be used to rewire them. One of the most powerful ideas discussed is secondary gain—the hidden benefit behind every habit. Whether it’s stress relief, comfort, or a sense of control, your mind holds onto patterns because they serve you in some way. If you try to eliminate a habit without replacing what it gives you, it often comes back in another form. Real change comes from upgrading the benefit, not fighting the behavior. We also explore the mindset shift of “10X is easier than 2X”—why aiming for bigger transformation can actually be simpler than incremental change, because it forces you to think differently and step into a new identity. From there, we get practical. You’ll learn simple NLP tools you can start using immediately: How to “scramble” negative memories by changing how they’re stored (visual, auditory, and physical components)How to use dissociation to safely process intense experiences without reliving themHow to create a mental “control panel” to interact with your inner worldHow to build anchors—physical triggers that instantly shift your emotional stateHe also guides me through a powerful 3-minute future pacing exercise. This practice helps you step into your future self—seeing through their eyes, feeling their emotions, and allowing your mind to begin wiring in the path to get there. Instead of chasing a goal, you begin to embody it. A key theme throughout the episode is that less is more. You don’t need long, complicated routines. Short, consistent practices—just a few minutes a day—can create real, lasting change when done correctly. This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, wants to break patterns, or is looking for a more aligned, effective way to grow—mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Resources mentioned include Richard Bandler, Paul McKenna, and Jose Silva, along with additional NLP tools and teachings. Take 3 minutes today to try it yourself:Visualize your life one year from now. Step into that version of you. Feel it fully. Then ask: Who do I need to become to live this? Because real change doesn’t come from forcing yourself forward. It comes from becoming someone new.

    1h 1m
  2. 98: Journey to Oneness: Merging Torah, Chassidus, and New-Age Spiritual Teachings | Moshe Gersht

    10/09/2024

    98: Journey to Oneness: Merging Torah, Chassidus, and New-Age Spiritual Teachings | Moshe Gersht

    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

    56 min
  3. 96: Breath, Prayer, and Chassidus: Elevating Your Life with Rabbi Chay Amar

    08/14/2024

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

    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.

    1h 10m
  4. 95: From Hoops to Healing: A Journey of Resilience, Spirituality, and Balance with Doron Sheffer

    07/24/2024

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

    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

    49 min
5
out of 5
28 Ratings

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Ebb and Flow, like the chassidic concept of Ratzo V’Shuv (running and returning), aims to provide you with the principles and practices, wisdom and willpower, insights and inspiration, and empowerment to access your higher vision, internalize it, and express it to the world. This podcast integrates Holistic Wellness and Hasidic Jewish Wisdom, so we can each thrive in body, mind, and soul. Each episode, each guest, and each story is another key to express this truth, as well as to open our eyes to the revealed goodness in the world.

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