Strings of Desire
What I’ve learned about music therapy (so far) from the oud, the king of Middle Eastern instruments
Turkish Music Therapy
An independent exploration of Turkish Music Therapy and the wider Silk Road traditions of healing sound — from Central Asian shamans and Sufi musicians to Jewish lineages and women healers whose voices are often overlooked.
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The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim | Season 1 Episode 2
The Path and the Place: Kabbalistic and Sufi conceptions of spiritual journey, rupture, and return
Musical Process as Medicine
Active music therapy for the devotional instrumentalist
The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim | Season 1 Episode 1
Why this eclectic podcast concept? It all starts with a story ...
Why a Jew Would Write About Sufi Therapeutic Sound
It's not as strange as modern religious narratives would have us believe
The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim | Trailer
Welcome to a podcast between the shul and the shrine
Translation as an Act of Love
On the Holy Creation Process of Listening Across Languages
Makam Medicine
The Living Architecture of Turkish Music Therapy
Overview of Turkish Music Therapy
Core materials, methods, and instruments
Opening the Head, Softening the Heart
Why reflection and music belong together