In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Cathy Williams, who specialises in movement and expressive art therapy.
Cathy was first introduced to movement and art therapy as a therapeutic practice after she began to struggle with the responsibilities that came with her role as a community development practitioner. Recognising the benefits she encountered through this healing process she trained to help others.
Cathy believes that the body is a resource and when we connect into our bodies using awareness practices and movement, we can allow our feelings to be heard and expressed, which leads to an increase in resilience and confidence.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Through connecting with our bodies, we can better understand our feelings and needs.
- It is important to take care of our body.
- Our bodies can indicate to us when something is imbalanced within our lives.
- It is important to follow your intuition.
- We have the power to change our thoughts and feelings.
BEST MOMENTS
- “ I guess that we as practitioners recognise our own healing journey and our continuous healing journey and desire to always be, I guess, self-improving or knowing different ways to be in touch with ourselves.”
- “ Throughout my studies and my time working in different projects, I was living incredibly my mind space and was kind of, yeah, treating my body as a bit of a vessel to go from A to B and wasn't understanding the stress that I was feeling from these different experiences and from this level of responsibility.”
- “ I wasn't able to recognize or verbalize what I was actually feeling, but I could feel that there was tension in my body.”
- ”So, I had these amazing years where I was moving through my own feelings of loss and despair and confusion and anxiety. Using these techniques, I felt like that was really supportive of the big changes and shifts. I feel like it made me more adaptable and realize that the path that I was essentially creating for myself, because there was no blueprint, was led by my intuition and a feeling that felt really good.”
- “I'm becoming less reliant on old coping mechanisms of needing to, I guess, suppress emotions and numb or dismiss feelings and question myself. I think because I've started that dialogue with self and I continually show up to that practice of checking in with my body and feeling my feelings.”
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HOST BIO
Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.
As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.
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