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A Conversation With… Debra McCall
1 February 2020 | Theme: Body | 2-Minute Read | Listen
In this week’s podcast, I talk with Debra McCall about healing through body, mind, spirit work. Because of her extensive background in therapeutic practices, I invited Debra to talk with me about the wisdom of the body.
Debra McCall is a healing arts therapist who treats the whole person including the physical, mental and psycho-emotional bodies. A licensed massage therapist, she’s studied with teachers whose work with the body integrates Jungian physiology. Work with Marion Woodman intensives, Brugh Joy foundationals, Soul Motion and Gestalt with ZuzZu Engler, Soul Acupressure with Aminah Rheem and eleven years with Integral Transformative Practice provide Debra with an extensive tool kit to support healing of the whole being.
Debra’s website, www.bodymindspirittransformation and her book, Poetry the Body Knows, offer additional information. A lifetime swimmer and 20 year yogini who also practices therapeutic cheffing, her counsel includes user friendly practices that increase awareness and well-being of one’s body, mind and heart.
Until next time,
On the show:
0:53 Introduction to Debra McCall
2:11 Massage, body work, and body-mind-spirit work clarified, muddied, then re-clarified
4:07 The Connections with body, mind, and spirit
4:19 The documentary All the Rage
5:23 “Armoring” and Welhelm Reich
7:36 The body doesn’t lie
8:35 The body’s a great messenger
9:42 Eastern sciences have long acknowledge the whole person
10:30 “I honor where each client is with their process”
11:44 It’s really sacred work
12:26 Creating a safe, sacred space
13:45 Therapy time is different from real time
14:06 The role of sound in releasing stored energy; the body’s intelligence
16:05 “A trauma trapped in the body has a resonance”
17:15 In our society, we’re encouraged to hold things in
19:22 Resistance in the body is disease
21:46 The body becomes less tolerant, as we get older, of being ignored
24:10 “All vibrations flow through me, without resistance, as unconditional love.”
25:00 What would you tell people who have never experienced body-mind-spirit work?
26:11 “My greatest opportunity is to meet somebody exactly where they need to be met.”
27:37 The invitation
30:05 The body is a storehouse of wisdom
30:59 Teaching children to listen to their bodies
33:36 Poetry the Body Knows
38:54 One last thought
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