In
2007, Dr. Baruch Elitzur, who lives
temporally in NY, received a telephone call from Mr. Elli Gigi who, at that
time was a social work student, and lived with his family in kibutzMagen, which is located near Gaza. Elli shared with Dr.
Elitzur the high level of stress that the citizens
of Sderot are experiencing,
due to a constant barrage of missiles launched from Gaza by the Hamas.
He suggested to Dr. Elitzur to duplicate one
of his Relaxation CD and to send them to anxious people who live in Sderot. With a donation from “Love of Israel”, Dr. Elitzur duplicated 2000
copies of one of his Relaxation CD and Elli distributed them to the residents
of Sederot.
In 2007, Nava and Yaron Toor,
volunteered to build a website in
Hebrew, which aims at guiding Hebrew readers to apply psychological
techniques to cope with stress, anxiety, pain and ailments.
In 2009, with the help of four
friends, Dr. Elitzur established a Nonprofit Organization in Israel. Its name
is: “From the Heart.”
Our Mission
“From the Heart” is an Israeli Nonprofit
Organization dedicated to strengthen the resilience of Israeli
residents in order to cope with the fact that all the Arab
countries that surrounded Israel threaten to annihilate it, and the Hamas
organization, which rules Gaza,
is launching missiles on Israeli towns.
Organization’s objectives:
Instructing mental health
professionals and teachers how to increase the resilience of the people
who live in towns that are the target of rockets launched
from Gaza by the Hamas.
Guiding Hebrew readers to apply psychological
techniques to cope with stress, anxiety, pain and ailments. To establish
this goal, Dr. Elitzur launched a Non-Profit website in Hebrew http://www.baruch-elitzur.com
. On the website, there are theoretical discussions, case presentations,
instructions for relaxation and five audio relaxation exercises that may
be downloaded.
Helping teenagers who live in towns near Gaza, such
as: Sderot, Ofakim, Yavne, Ashkelon, to feel less
stress and more happiness. (Information about the atmosphere in these
towns is described in a newspaper article
at Israelnationalnews.com.)
Offering individual and group counseling to youths
and adults mourning a death, suffering from severe anxiety or PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
The counseling will be conducted by professionals.
In 2009, Dr. Elitzur contacted the charitable group “Love of Israel Society,”
which donated funds towards the duplication of 2000 copies of one of his
relaxation CD's. The CD's were given to the citizens of Sderot, who suffer from
anxiety.
From the Heart is giving away Relaxation CD's to
physicians, psychologists, social workers and nurses, who work in variety
of institutes in Israel. Hoping the professionals will encourage their
patients to utilize Relaxation Techniques in order to cop with stress,
anxiety and ailments.
Over the years, Dr. Elitzur has spoken in many
different organizations in the USA, on the subject of: “Less Stress More
Happiness.” At the end of his lectures, he offers people to buy his
Relaxation CD's in English. All profits are used to help in the emotional
recovery of American & Israeli victims of terror.
While the city of Long Beach, Long Island, NY, was
hosting a beachside vacation
for 25 wounded American warriors during July 2009, From the Heart contributed
to the project 25 of Dr. Elitzur’s Relaxation CD's in English.
In Sept. 2009, upon request from the "Long Island
Crisis Center," From the heart contributed Dr. Elitzur’s Relaxation
CDs to their volunteers, who answer the Crisis Hotline.
History