Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, M.D., is also the founder and director of the Tree of Life Foundation, which trains Essene priests and priestesses (the Essenes are a meeting place of Jewish and early Christian traditions), and coordinates international humanitarian programs benefiting indigenous and disadvantaged families, children and cultures through holistic education and the development of high-yield, high-mineral, low-water veganic farming methods.

He is presently working with the support of the Panamanian government to set up organic, eco-health villages for the economically disadvantaged. He is also working with LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) and Save the Children in Mexico to bring the nutrition and anti-diabetes message to the Spanish-speaking world.

Gabriel Cousens, M.D., teaches throughout in the United States, the Middle East, Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, North Africa, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Bali, and Europe. He is the founder and director of the Tree of Life at the Dead Sea, serving the Middle East and Europe, where his work is spiritual teaching, healing, and peace in the Middle East. His spiritual background includes seven years under the tutelage of Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa and eleven years with Swami Prakashananda Sarasvati.

He is also a four-year Native American Sun Dancer and has been adopted into the Lakota Tribe; he presently runs Spirit Dances as prayer and fasting ceremonies for peace in Patagonia, AZ, and Israel.

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The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center is one of the world’s largest cross-cultural, vegan live-food, residential guest and student center which serves as a spiritual sanctuary, eco-retreat, vegan lifestyle educational campus and holistic medical spa. The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center supports people in creating an experiential foundation in full-bodied awakened living.

It was founded in 1995 by Gabriel Cousens, M.D., M.D.(H) to promote spiritual awakening and to support an inspiring, healthy and “alive” lifestyle through education and first-hand experience. The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center serves as an oasis for the realization of whole-person, whole-planet healing. It is a place where people of all ages, nationalities, and religious and spiritual paths come to experience physical, mental, emotional and spiritual renewal and wellbeing.

People from more than 103 nations have come to The Tree of Life for inspiration, a relaxing vegan vacation, or to regain health and vitality from a variety of diseases. It is here under the shade of our tree that they are rediscovering a life of meaning.

Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center Offerings:

• Whole Person Healing (medical)

• Holistic Wellness Spa

• Supplement Dispensary

• Culture of Life Online Store

• 100% Organic, Plant-Source-Only, Live Food Cafe

For more information, please visit www.treeoflife.nu

For Gabriel Cousens Store, please visit www.cultureoflifestore.com

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