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About me

A small window into the life of Gavriel
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Me

I live in the mountains of Canada with my wife, and our 2 daughters. I am committed to a path of Grounded Spirituality and dedicate each day to the spiritual practice of making life into a prayer, by striving to meet each moment and interaction with openness, curiosity, and as my spiritual curriculum. I am a teacher, guide and an eternal student of Life —one who gets great satisfaction from supporting people in discovering how to live more sustainable Heart & Soul centered lives. 

Who I AM

I have been walking this path as a dedicated spiritual practitioner for over two decades. Since I was a small boy I was devoted to Spirit, my own evolution, the well-being of this planet and the biological life forms that inhabit it. I am grateful for my path and the clarity of purpose that has matured me to a place where I can now support people in bridging the world of Spirit with the world of Matter through integrating inner realizations with outer manifestations.

For too long I hid out in the spiritual realm of "Ultimate Reality", spiritual bypassing my fear of the challenging, painful and dark material of daily life: survival in the marketplace, and trauma from early
 childhood. With skilled support from therapy and spiritual counseling I was able to face these inner demons by making friends with them rather than avoiding them and wishing they'd just leave me alone. By accepting and embracing the places where I felt deficient and turning my challenges into my Life's Curriculum I was able to transform the habitual patterns that were draining my life-force and keeping me locked into a disempowered default life.

​As a result, the renewed energy and empowerment that I experienced accelerated my development and activated my passion for life! With these unintegrated parts now more firmly in place, I was able to see and actualize my future by creating a private practice dedicated to serving others on the journey of Grounded Wholeing.


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​Credentials:
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Director of Youth and Family Programs at Chochmat HaLev Synagogue, 2016-2017
Completed 3 year training in Hashpa'ah: Jewish Spiritual Direction, 2014-2017
Completed 1 year of a Inner Science training program with Thomas Huebl: Timeless Wisdom Training, 2015-2016
Selected and honored to be part of The New Contemplatives Cohort at Spiritual Directors International Conference 2016
Taught classes on Evolving Judaism in the Bay Area, 2011-2015
Completed Continuing Education Credits in Early Childhood Education, 2014-2015
Completed Kevah Teaching Fellowship, 2012-2013
Helped create and run an Environmental NGO in Tsfat, Israel: The Center for Healthy Living, 2007-2011
Certified in Reiki, Rosh Pina, Israel 2010
Certified Yoga Instructor, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, 2005
Completed BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, 2001
​ONLINE COURSES
Completed IFIO Couples Counseling Online Course, 2021
Completed Gabor Mate Collective Trauma Online Course, 2022
Completed Inner Science and IFS Online Course, 2023
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​Teachers, Guides, and Inspirations...
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There are many teachers, guides and inspirations whom have played essential roles in my personal development.  
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I bow in gratitude to their wisdom and guidance.
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​Teachers and Guides:

Inspirations:

Thomas Huebl
Francis Weller

Rabbi Nadya Gross
Sue Johnson

​Jeff Brown
Martin Prechtel

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi RIP
​Tara Brach
Avraham Sutton
​Michael Meade
David Friedman
Bill Plotkin
Avraham Loewenthal
​Joanna Macy
Rav Mordechai Gottlieb
Rabbi Art Green
​Stephen Jenkinson
Chana Schafer
Dr. Ibrahim "Baba" Farajaje RIP
My Wife and Daughters : )
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
Rav Yehuda Ashlag: Peticha L'Chochmat Hakaballah
Hafiz: All works of poetry
Sue Johnson: Hold me Tight
Jeff Brown: All Works

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan: All Works
Krishnamurti: All Works
Ram Das: Be Here Now
Rumi: All works of poetry

Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance
Bill Plotkin: Nature and the Human Soul
Marie Kondo: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
G.I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, J.G. Bennett
Mary Oliver​: All works of poetry
Ken Wilber: Integral Spirituality
Hillel Zeitlin: The Religious Writings of Hillel Zeitlin
The Writings of Rav Avraham Isaac Kook
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira: Conscious Community
​James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy

Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet

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My Family : )

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