Shmuel Berger,PT Director of CHI
Stuart (Shmuel) Berger, PT, Physical Therapy
Shmuel has been in private practice specializing in CST and SER in Aventura, Florida from 1993-1998 and in Jerusalem, Israel from 1998 till the present. After graduating from the Sackler School of Medicine Physical Therapy Department at Tel Aviv University in 1990, he continued his training in Osteopathy at the Upledger Institute. In 1997, Shmuel completed Advanced Level 2 CST with Dr. John Upledger. While in Florida, he helped set up the official guidelines for study group leaders for the Upledger Institute. He was also on the staff of the Miami-Dade PTA program and the FIU PT program, serving as the Center Coordinator for Clinical Education (CCCE) at these schools.Using his background in physical therapy, osteopathy, martial arts, meditation and Judaism, Shmuel has developed and teaches a 6 level curriculum of the Art of Subtle Palpation (ASP). This curriculum provides the training and instruction to become a Holistic Practioner. Shmuel has students throughout Israel and America. In addition, he is the Director Of Physical Therapy at the Seach Sod School for Special Education.
Shmuel was also a 2 time member and team therapist of the Israeli National Flag Football Team , which achieved 3rd place in the World Tournament in 2003. He also presently coaches the Jerusalem 16-18 year old baseball team of the Israel Association of Baseball (IAB).
William Livingstone, BSc, Naturopath
William arrived in Israel from Scotland in 1969 with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the world renowned St. Andrews University.
After spending nearly 6 years in Tzahal, and another year and a half in Rafael, he decided to do something useful for humanity. So he became a teacher of Transcendental Meditation, an insurance agent, a student of Naturopathy (the latter at the College of Natural Medicine in Tel Aviv, where he graduated in 1995) and a Qualified Yoga Laughter Facilitator (graduating from the courses developed by both Dr Madan Kataria in India (http://www.laughteryoga.org/) and Steve Wilson in Ohio, USA (http://www.worldlaughtertour.com/).
Today, William is a Naturopath, an expert in Cranial Sacral Therapy, a master reflexologist, a possessor of in-depth knowledge in nutrition, and a natural laugher. For almost 30 years he has been working in, treating and teaching Natural Medicine and Stress Management.
He practices his trade in a clinic at his home in Hararit in the Galil, and in Carmiel, where his favourite modes of treatment are Cranial Sacral Therapy and Guided Imagery.
William teaches classes in various aspects of natural medicine (Naturopathic principles, natural nutrition, reflexology and laughter) at Institutes of Higher Learning throughout the country, from Eilat in the south to Tel Chai in the north. He is well known as a facilitator of powerful life processing. These days he’s teaching Naturopathy at The College of Complementary Medicine at both their Ramat Efal and Technion, Haifa Campuses, and CranioSacral Therapy under the auspices of The Center For Health in Israel (CHI).
William is also an actor, participating in local amateur dramatic productions and delights in giving laughter workshops. He is looking forward to the day he is invited to give his workshops on a major cruise ship.
Minda Garr, MSW, ACHT,
is an advanced certified practitioner of Heart-Centered Therapies, certified release therapist, subtle energy therapist and Reiki Master. Minda integrates the mind/body/spirit approach with traditional cognitive therapy. Minda has worked for the last thirty years as a teacher, lecturer and therapist.
Minda can be reached at 02-671-5681, 052-614-6932 or msminda@huji.ac.il.
Heart-Centered Therapies
“Healing from the Heart”
The modalities of heart-centered therapies integrate Western and Eastern, emotional and spiritual approaches to holistic healing. Heart-centered therapies draw on an understanding of emotional development from conception to death; on the significant role played by the chakras; the role of the subtle energy bodies; as well as elements of Gestalt therapy and transpersonal psychology. Therapist and client enter together on a journey in pursuit of emotional and spiritual healing, as they seek the source of internal blockages and deeply buried trauma.
Techniques combining deep relaxation, guided imagery, regression, breathwork and subtle energy work contribute to the healing process.
The modalities of heart-centered therapies are appropriate to the healing of:
· fears and phobias
· traumas
· childhood abuse
· issues of self-esteem
· depression
· relationship issues
· negative thinking
· addictions
· weight issues
· bereavement issues
· birth issues
· attachment and abandonment issues
· mind-body issues
· sexual identity issues
· past life issues
The healing journey of each individual is unique, responding to his/her own inner needs. The therapist is a guide on this journey, who has been entrusted and honored with the facilitation of the healing process. However it is the client who uncovers his/her own inner truths.
Our healing process unfolds as we heal the child within, the inner essence of who we are, releasing the loving energy that leads to personal transformation.
Matt Gleicher,MT, Massage Therapy
Matt was born and raised in beautiful, sunny Los Angeles, California. He studied Philosophy at Sonoma State University and received his BA in 1999. After graduating college Matt spent two years at Shappelles/Darche Noam Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Matthew then moved back to Los Angeles and began his training in Massage Therapy. He received Certification from the LA Vocational Institute and studied Myofascial Release with John F. Barnes, P.T. Matt moved to Israel in 2003 and opened his private massage practice, Jerusalem Massage. He has studied the advanced levels of ASP with Shmuel Berger, PT.
