The Healing Medicine Found in Music with Fadi Rifaai
About This Episode
P
ythagoras used to prescribe song and music for various ailments like depression and anxiety. But of course, ancient wisdom would prescribe us song or movement in the form of dance as a healing modality. Erika sits down with Fadi Rifaai in this episode, who is a Singer, Actor and Writer with a particular penchant for communing with God through singing Sufi Poetry. In this episode, you will witness the power of music; how one being singing and bringing his dharma to life, as a musical vessel, can help us all reunite us with our own Spirit. Get ready to feel the healing medicine found in music in this very special episode.
Time stamps
- 00:00-02:59 Introduction
- 03:00-07:24 How Music Connects Us to Spirit
- 07:25-9:59 Creativity, Sexuality and Music
- 10:00-12:59 Music as a Tool for Liberation
- 13:00-16:20 Music is the Source of All Creation
- 16:21-23:29 Is How We Are Living, Right?
- 23:30-27:20 How Nature Changes Our Brains & Bodies
- 27:21-29:00 How Music Helps Us with the Existential Questions
- 29:01-32:30 Fadi’s Love Affair with Music
- 32:31-37:00 A Sufi Song About Freedom of Expression
- 37:01-44:00 Healing Through Music
- 44:01-45:47 We Are All Interconnected
- 45:48-48:31 We Are the Solution & the Problem
- 48:32-54:00 A Sufi Song from Our Anahatta Chakra
- 54:01-58:19 Fadi’s New Album
Special Guest Profile
F
adi Rifaai is a Syrian artist, singer, actor, and writer, who was born and raised in Dubai. Though he has acted in films, he has a particular love of producing art and interacting with the world through his gift in a live format. He has a particular penchant for Sufi poetry and a love of Sufi wisdom, which comes live through his classical singing and sufi sound journeys. Beyond playing curated shows, at various theatres across Dubai, he also plays at deeply healing and transformative retreats – and creates journeys for private events as well. You can connect with him on Instagram.
