Miri Gad Messika is a third-generation member of Kibbutz Be'eri and a graduate of the communal child-rearing system. Brought up in the idyllic Southern Israel community, directly on the border with Gaza, no one in her community ever could have imagined the horrors that unfolded on October 7, 2023.

On that horrifying and fateful day--like all 1200 members of Be'eri--Miri, her husband, and three children hid in their home's secure room as terrorists rampaged through their community.

Terrorists broke into their house and attempted to breach the door of the secure room. When they failed, they set the house on fire, with the whole family inside.

Miri and her family had no choice but to jump from the second-floor window to survive. Neighbors who saw the family jumping ran to their aid and helped them escape to safety. During their evacuation, the bus carrying the family was shot at by terrorists, but miraculously no one was injured. Miri’s extended family also narrowly escaped the horrors of that day.

In this LIVE conversation, Shana Meyerson of YOGAthletica and Miri Gad Messika discuss surviving the horrors of the October 7th Hamas rampage and what life has looked like since.

If you are a yogi or yogini who thinks Israel is the aggressor in this terrible war in Gaza, you owe it to yourself to listen and understand what the face of diabolical evil really looks like and why Israel has the existential obligation to its people to ensure that nothing like 10/7 ever, ever happens again.

HELP REBUILD KIBBUTZ BE'ERI: https://www.rebuildbeeri.org/

WHERE TO FIND MIRI GAD MESSIKA:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/miri_gad_messika

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/miri.gad

HEBREW WEBSITE: https://mirigad.co.il/october7/

Miri Gad Messika is a third-generation member of Kibbutz Be'eri and a graduate of the communal child-rearing system. She is married to Eli and is the mother of three children, ages 9 - 16. For the past two decades, she has served in numerous senior executive and business consulting roles. Miri holds BA and MA degrees in marketing communications, psychology, and business administration. She is also an NLP Master, a mental coach, a group facilitator, and a mindfulness instructor.

‏Since the October 7 attack, Miri has taken charge of managing Kibbutz Be'eri's communications and public image, with the goal of rebuilding the kibbutz, which suffered tremendous devastation. She strives to restore its values of success, resilience, growth, and prosperity. Additionally, she is committed to efforts aimed at the return of the hostages, commemorating the victims of the massacre, and restoring security to the kibbutz and the northwestern Negev.

🎥 YOGA OF WAR PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0

🪂🤸ALSO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE "A PARATROOPER AND A YOGI WALK INTO A BAR..." PODCAST WHICH I CO-HOST WITH THE ICONIC ANDREW FOX! https://www.youtube.com/@ParatrooperAndYogI