Rebbe Gabriel Cousens : Kabbalat Shabbat
In welcoming Rebbe Gabriel Cousens, Congregation Ner Shalom is
excited to host a spiritual teacher and extraordinary integrator
of spirit, nutrition, healing, and what he calls the Six Foundations
for spiritual
life. Kabbalat Shabbat, the traditional welcoming of the Sabbath
before sundown on Friday evening, is an intimate gathering that
invites the presence of the manifest feminine aspect of the Divine
into our lives.
Gabriel shares Kabbalat Shabbat with Sonoma County on July 29th,
starting at 7:30 sharp for the kindling of the flame. Bring a sitting
cushion! Dress is casual/optionally white or beige.
Cousens is the author of Spiritual Nutrition, Sevenfold Peace,
Depression-Free for Life, and Conscious Eating. He provides a support
structure and mapping to spiritual liberation that celebrates the
diversity of cultures, which he calls the Culture of Liberation.
In Kabbalat Shabbat, we set and hold the intention of returning
nature and ourselves to Divine purity. Cousens transmits the awareness
he has experienced through a lifetime of spiritual exploration,
healing, Kabbalistic meditation, and Indigenous practice. He is
a rabbi who received initiation, or smicha l’shefa, from Rabbi
Gershon Winkler.
Cousens is the founder-director of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation
Center, a 182-acre mountain oasis in Patagonia, Arizona, where he
and his wife, Shanti, facilitate the Spiritual Fasting Retreat,
the Zero Point Process Course, the Conscious Eating Intensive, Sacred
Relationships, the Living Essene Way, the Essene Order of Light,
Detox Programs, Reiki Training, Whole Person Healing, and unparalleled
experiential education in Live-Food Nutrition and Organic Nature
Farming. – www.treeoflife.nu. Gabriel is also an M.D., Diplomate
in Ayurveda, Licensed Homeopathic and Holistic Physician, Psychiatrist,
Reiki Master, “Yogi of real attainment” as acknowleged
by Prakashananda, and Spirit Dance Chief. He is a frequent teacher
of week-long intensives in Israel and has taught around the world.
He has upcoming retreats in England, New York City, and Los Angeles.
Kabbalat Shabbat with Rebbe Gabriel Cousens
Friday, July 29 @ 7:30 p.m. at Ner Shalom
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