A Guide to Healing (Mind, Body & Soul)
- Solomon Berezin
- Apr 13
- 8 min read
A Torah-rooted path to healing the mind, body, and soul—through simplicity, curiosity, and truth.
Bezras Hashem, with the help of Hashem.
Before you can grow…
Before you can succeed…
Before you can even think clearly…
You need one thing first:
Health.
The Torah begins: “Bereishis Bara Elokim”—In the beginning, Elokim created.The Baal Shem Tov, as brought by the Rebbe Maharash, teaches:“Bara” shares a root with “Briut” — health.Before anything else… there must be health.
Not success.
Not clarity.
Not even growth.
Health comes first.
Important Notice
Throughout my healing journey, I’ve learned something both simple and deep:
True healing—of the mind, body, and neshama, the Jewish soul—must be rooted in Torah.
Not everything that “works” is aligned.
Not everything that helps is necessary.
If something draws from outside sources, it may still have value—but only when filtered, elevated, and grounded in Torah truth. If not, it can be ineffective, unnecessary, or even harmful to the Jewish soul.
Because healing for a Jew is not just feeling better.
It is becoming aligned.
Everyone — Jewish or not Jewish — has a unique healing journey.
There was a time I tried everything to “fix” myself.
More tools. Longer practices. More sessions. More effort.
Also, I didn’t think to ask where is a method coming from i.e its source?
I was doing everything right, and knew the how I was doing them needed to change, but I didn’t know how.
And strangely, the more I tried to heal… the further it felt. Even if following guidelines.
If I didn’t practice meditation, my body felt tense. But if I practiced too long it felt heavy.
As I kept my personal practice, but with a mindset of less is more and play, I have been arriving more and more at a healthy balance and flexible flow, where I can wake up and feel ready in a short time.
The King’s Treasure
In chapters 11-20 of Basi Legani, a Chabad maamar, or discourse, first delivered by the sixth Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn in 1950, it explains:
When a king goes to war, he opens for his army all of his hidden treasures—Otzros—for the sake of victory.
Not one treasure.
All of them.
Healing is the same.
There is not just one tool.
There is a treasury. 🛠️
And in our generation, more than ever, those tools are being revealed.
Because we need them for victory over our health.
Mindset Toward Pain & Tension 🧠
Most people try to get rid of pain.
But healing begins when you relate to it differently:
Don’t rush it away
Don’t need it to disappear
When you’re ready, it leaves—not when you demand it to
Get curious instead of resistant
Less is more
And even deeper: play
Pain is not always the enemy.
Sometimes it’s a messenger that hasn’t been heard yet.
The Path is Not Linear
Healing doesn’t happen in a straight line.
It spirals.
It returns.
It deepens.
You may revisit the same place, but from a higher level.
What once felt like a setback is often integration.
Healing Modalities I’ve Personally Explored
This is not a prescription.
This is a map of experience.
Take what resonates.
Leave what doesn’t.
I didn’t discover these all at once.
Each one came at a different stage - when I was ready for it.
When I needed Physical & Structural Grounding
Craniosacral Therapy
Chiropractic
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
Exercise (strength, movement, flow)
Sleep with no alarm
Sauna - Check out Fire & Ice Blog on my website
Sometimes the body needs alignment before the soul can settle. Even through targeting the body the mind and soul can realign.
When I needed emotional processing…
Nervous System & Somatic Work
Breathwork
Somatic Inner Child Work
Somatic Emotional Release (SER)
The body holds what the mind cannot process.
Healing is not just thinking differently.
It’s feeling safely again.
Emotional & Psychological
Journaling (Checkout “The Ultimate Guide to Journaling” on my website). Also, watch,” Why to Start and How to Use JOURNALING on my Youtube.
Psychologists / Therapy
IFS (Internal Family Systems)
Emotion Code
Float Tank Sessions
Meditation and Meditation Retreats ( Check out “The Ultimate Guide to Meditation” or “Guide to Silence” on my website).
Cold plunges/ shower (mentioned earlier)
Intermittent Fasting. Some days, especially if I will write to the Rebbe (see below), I won’t eat until after morning prayers. As long as I am not too hungry, I find this helps me think clearer.
Not every thought is you.
Not every feeling is final.
Sometimes healing is learning how to sit with parts of yourself you once rejected.
When I needed spiritual connection…
Learning Chassidus and other Torah subjects. Chassidus helps me with improving my habits and character, offers guidance, connects me with the Rebbe, and infuses my day with G-dliness. I feel clear and inspired during and after learning chassidus.
Davening b’rabbim (praying with a community). It says in the Rambam, Sefer Ahavah Hilchos Tefillah (book of love, laws of prayer) chapter 8, that “communal prayer is always heard on high…Therefore, a person should include himself in the minyan and should not pray alone whenever he is able to pray with the community.”
Checking and fixing my Tefillin (including Rabbeinu Tam) and Mezuzot in my home. According to Chabad custom, we aim to have them checked once a year the month before Rosh Hashana.
Learning in Yeshiva
Chassidic Farbrengens 🎶 - communal gatherings central combining spiritual inspiration, song, and discussion. It fosters unity, introspection, and renewed commitment to divine service
Listening to and singing Niggunim, chassidic melodies
As it’s said:
What A Chassidic Farbrengen can accomplish, not even the angel Michoel can accomplish.
Because real healing is connection.
To Hashem.
To others.
To your essence.
Unique & Integrated Modalities
Applied kinesiology (Check out my podcast with episode 28 with Dr Marmostein )
Acupuncture
Coaching (business, mindset, life direction)
Group Meditation and Breath-work workshops
Podcast conversations (hearing, speaking, integrating). See below for my Podcasts related to health.
Sometimes healing comes from unexpected doors.
Stay open and rooted.
What Doesn’t Heal You
Forcing outcomes
Constantly searching for the next fix
Ignoring the spiritual root. Practicing modalities rooted in avodah zara, idol worship.
Doing everything… instead of doing what’s true
Needing immediate results
Fighting what you feel
A Deeper Truth
You don’t need everything.
At times, the deepest healing came not from adding more…
…but from doing less.
Less effort.
Less force.
Less fixing.
And more presence.
More trust.
More play.
Less… Is More
There’s a quiet secret in healing:
The more you chase it,
the more it runs.
The more you soften,
the more it reveals itself.
As I write on my website, “be healthy.”
Identify with being a healthy person. Actions will follow. You’re not healthy because you eat well, excercise, etc. You are healthy and therefore you practice activities aligned with the identity.
What I do Daily for My Health
Currently, I do my best to sleep 7-8 hours. After morning blessings, I practice about 5 minutes of meditation. Afterwards, I stretch and go to the mikveh, followed by a cold shower. Then, I learn chassidus, and then pray. I’ll drink a cup of healthy coffee and eat some raw nuts, as its recommended before morning prayers. Depending on the week or season, and if I am traveling, I play competitive basketball once a week, exercise at the gym a few days, walk, and do my best to keep moving about my day. Every so often, I will look into a modality mentioned above. I like to practice flexibility and being ready to learn and pray as soon as possible, so I personally don’t like to do a full exercise plan or anything lengthy before chassidus and prayer. Everything in the morning up until prayers is a hachano, preparation, for prayer.
Here’s a short clip of My Morning Routine where I share many things I do daily.
A Final Thought
Healing isn’t about becoming someone new.
Healing is about teshuva, returning -
To who you were
before the tension,
before the fear,
before the noise.
Healthy.
Whole.
Aligned.
From the very beginning.
Where to Start
You don’t have to figure it all out today.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, start here:
Sit with your breath for 2 minutes
Notice one place of tension—without trying to fix it
Say one honest prayer in your own words
Do one small act of movement
Speak to a mentor or friend
Set an intention of how you would like to think, feel, and act. What does being healthy look like to you?
That’s it.
Healing begins simply.
Work With Me
If you feel like you’re ready for more personalized guidance,
I offer coaching rooted in this exact approach.
Or, join my Whatsapp Groupchat or other platforms with the link below.
Note
This guide is a work in progress.
As I continue learning, healing, and growing—I’ll, with Hashem’s help, continue sharing.
If something here resonates with you, take one small step.
Not everything.
Just one.
Because healing doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from doing what’s true.
If this spoke to you, share it with someone who’s on their own journey of healing.
We’re not meant to do this alone.
If you’re on this journey too, I’d love to hear—
what has helped you heal?
Here’s to your health 🥂
My Podcasts On Health
Performance
Recovery
74: Float Tank Therapy with Infinity Float Tank (Houston, TX)
5 Reasons to Get in the Cold (Video)
Mindset
Disclaimer
This guide reflects my personal journey and what has been helping me along the way.
It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for professional care.
If you are experiencing physical or mental health challenges, it’s important to work with a qualified doctor or licensed practitioner.
Healing is personal and it’s wise to have proper guidance along the way.
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