Bicycling toward a healthier world, physically and mentally

(JNS) - A bicycle is so much more than just a means of transportation.

So says Adva Sharvit, who co-founded the not-for-profit organization Hamaslul with her husband, Karmy Shirby, in 2015 - with two groups, 20 youth, 15 pairs of bicycles and two counselors - to use the bicycle as an educational vehicle and explore the land of Israel.

Sharvit, who earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience, researching post-traumatic stress disorder, discovered that cycling is a cogent therapeutic and educational tool to enrich disadvantaged and behaviorally challenged youth with riding clubs across the country.

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