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The Other Side of Things

The Other Side of Things

著者： Michael Brant DeMaria Ph.D.
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 No one knows everything, but everyone knows something no one else knows. In this time of crisis and chaos in culture and nature there is a dire need for honoring all sides of things. We have lost the art of nuance and subtlety. On The Other Side of Things Michael will take you on a deep AND accessible way of looking at yourself, others and the world so you can find a lucid sanity grounded in deep mystery. We will be exploring taboo topics around love, sex, death and madness. You can always check out his Musitations podcast for creativity as a healing, meditative modality as well.©Michael Brant DeMaria 2023 アート
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  • The Other Side of Things (E14) Sacred 7 with Andrew Ecker #drumming #healing #shamanichealing

    The Other Side of Things (E14) Sacred 7 with Andrew Ecker #drumming #healing #shamanichealing
    2026/03/08

    0:00 Welcome to the Show
    00:36 Meet Andrew Ecker
    02:03 Ancestry and Roots
    03:49 Life Assignment and Loss
    04:58 Gritty Healing Work
    06:46 Host Tribute and Sacred Seven
    09:05 Opening Prayer
    13:19 Relational Spirituality Defined
    14:00 From Religion to Red Road
    18:22 Trauma Addiction and Liberation
    27:15 Energy and Emotional Density
    28:56 Drumming in Memory Care
    33:00 Displacement and Manifestation
    35:29 Trauma Informed Sound Medicine
    39:06 Spirituality Over Substances
    39:35 Turning Pain Into Practice
    40:40 Healthcare Pushback And Support
    42:15 Scaling Drum Circle Impact
    43:27 Energy Work With Clinicians
    45:38 Gong Moment Breakthrough
    47:31 Why Research Lags
    50:34 Funding A Drumming Study
    51:35 Connection Replaces Addiction
    53:30 March Retreat Details
    54:35 Congo Square And Inclusion
    57:22 Transformation Story And Invite
    01:00:23 Sacred Seven And Grounding
    01:01:49 Blessing And Closing Prayer

    The Other Side of Things Podcast

    A Soulversation with Andrew Ecker
    Recovery • Sacred 7 • Drumming Sounds • Rhythm as Medicine • Living a Prayed Life

    In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, I sit down with healer, recovery guide, and founder of Drumming Sounds, Andrew Ecker.

    Andrew shares his journey through addiction and recovery, revealing the deeper spiritual hunger beneath substance use and the sacred discipline that reshaped his life. We explore sobriety not as abstinence alone, but as initiation — as an ordeal that strips away illusion and invites us into prayer, service, and presence.

    We also dive into Andrew’s Sacred 7 practice, a relational prayer rooted in the seven directions, and how rhythm and intentional drumming restore connection to ancestors, land, body, and spirit.

    Andrew introduces his ancestry and lived experience with generational incarceration, substance use disorder, and family loss, and describes bringing drumming into memory care, psychiatric units, prisons, and treatment centers as an evidence-based, trauma-informed practice that emphasizes permission, empathy, and connection. The conversation focuses on “relational spirituality,” learning intimacy and boundaries with mental health experiences, and using drumming, breathwork, guided imagery, and sound medicine to displace “energies of sickness” and support healing. Andrew calls for more research funding for group drumming, shares outcomes from clinical and bereavement contexts, and promotes a March 13–16 retreat-style drumming training in Scottsdale plus his book Sacred Seven and coaching.

    Andrew closes our conversation with a spoken prayer — a reminder that healing is not something we do alone, but something we remember together.

    If this conversation moves you, consider subscribing and sharing it with someone who may need to hear it.

    Andrew's Resources and Links:

    Drumming Sounds
    https://drummingsounds.com

    Sacred 7 Community & Training
    https://thesacredseven.com/

    Andrew’s Book – The Sacred 7: A Path to Finding the Wholeness of Self-Identity
    https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-path-finding-wholeness-self-identity/dp/1090133642?ref_=ast_author_dp

    The Sacred 7 explores relational spirituality, identity, and healing rooted in earth-based traditions and community practice.

    Michael's resources and links:

    Official Website
    https://michaelbrantdemaria.com

    Books
    https://michaeldemaria.com/books/

    Music & Albums
    https://michaelbrantdemaria.com/music

    Films
    https://michaeldemaria.com/ontos-films/

    YouTube Channel
    https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelBrantDeMaria
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    1 時間 6 分
  • The Other Side of Things (E13) Wild Yoga with Rebecca Wildbear

    The Other Side of Things (E13) Wild Yoga with Rebecca Wildbear
    2025/09/14

    00:00 Introduction to The Other Side of Things
    00:40 Welcoming the Guest: Rebecca Wild Bear
    01:31 Rebecca's Background and Work
    03:27 The Importance of Wilderness Therapy
    06:29 Challenges of Modern Culture and Soul Work
    11:56 Writing and Living Wild Yoga
    16:45 Personal Stories and Vulnerabilities
    30:03 The Concept of Wild Yoga
    35:19 Embracing Vulnerability
    35:52 The Never-Ending Journey of Healing
    37:13 Love Warrior vs. Heart Warrior
    38:02 The Power of Love and Ferocity
    44:07 Feral Female Ferocity
    50:04 The Role of Anger and Boundaries
    01:02:32 The Journey of Braveheart
    01:05:18 Final Thoughts and Contact Information

    ✨ The Other Side of Things Podcast | Guest: Rebecca Wildbear ✨

    In this episode, I’m joined by my dear friend of over a decade, Rebecca Wildbear—author of Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration, and Advocacy for the Earth. It was such a joy to finally sit down and reconnect with her for this conversation.

    Rebecca is a nature-based soul guide, vision fast guide with Animas Valley Institute, and former wilderness therapy facilitator with Open Sky. Her life’s work is devoted to helping people listen deeply to the mysteries of the Earth, their dreams, and their souls.

    Together we explore how Rebecca’s approach to wild yoga—a blend of yoga, deep imagination, and nature connection—offers a paradigm shift in how we understand human development, especially through the lens of nature-based soul initiation. Drawing on our shared apprenticeship with Bill Plotkin and the Animas Valley Institute, we discuss:

    🌿 How wild yoga is different from traditional yoga
    🌿 The role of wilderness in soul initiation and human maturation
    🌿 Alternative ways of looking at what is often called “mental illness,” addiction, or psychosis
    🌿 How nature can guide healing, wholeness, and purpose
    🌿 Why adults who never felt at home in mainstream culture may still find their soul initiation later in life

    Rebecca’s book Wild Yoga is both a practice and an invitation—a call to live in deeper conversation with the Earth and with the soul’s longing.

    🔗 Learn more about Rebecca Wildbear and her work: https://www.rebeccawildbear.com
    📖 Get Wild Yoga: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Yoga-Practice-Initiation-Veneration/dp/160868797X

    If you enjoy this conversation, please like, share, and subscribe for more soulful dialogues on The Other Side of Things.

    Michael's website: www.michaeldemaria.com
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    1 時間 8 分
  • The Other Side of Things (E12) Jung and Shamanism with C. Michael Smith, Ph.D.

    The Other Side of Things (E12) Jung and Shamanism with C. Michael Smith, Ph.D.
    2025/07/24
    00:00 Introduction01:15 Who is C. Michael Smith?04:59 What is the Dialogic Method for Jung and Shamanism in Michael's work.08:23 The ancient history behind understanding the world of Spirit09:00 Jung's description of an archetypal possession and the need for exorcism12:39 How Michael was drawn to this deep work of Jung and Shamanism 14:02 Jung's Memories, Dreams and Reflections and Mircea Eliade's work on Shamanism15:14 Michael's person connection to the Spirit World/Collective Unconscious16:28 Michael's encounter with the Numinous 17:04 Michael's Jungian Analyst told him he needed to find a shamanic teacher18:18 His vision quest and finding his Daemon/Guardian Spirit and Guide20:30 His first work with serious mental illness/archetypal possession21:43 Shamanism as an archaic Depth Psychology 22:30 Jung, "If I knew about Shamanism I wouldn't have spent so much time with alchemy."25:30 Core Analysis and Psycho Shamanism in Michael's work.26:12 The Psyche is a porous open system - connected to all reality which is a blessing and curse.27:23 How to stay curious, compassionate, and open to these psychic numinous realities/entities.28:30 The power of relationship, music, presence, symbol, chant, colorful ceremony in this work.30:06 Michael's work with exorcism with severe cases, which he uses very rarely.33:45 When Michael works with Severe Mental Illness uses greater family and psychiatric support.35:00 Example of someone who was archetypally possessed and how he did an exorcism.40:17 How do we help people shamanically swim in these waters instead of psychotically drowning.41:30 "I'm in the business of working with the impossible, what other people say can't be healed."42:30 One particularly powerful case of healing deep trauma through multiple de-possessions. 43:36 Dealing with deep ancestral trauma inter-generationally. 45:16 In Internal Family Systems you can have a Legacy Burden and Unattached Burden. 47:09 Michael's take on Post-Modern Shamanism vs. Traditional Shamanism.50:13 Michael's take on being a reconstructive Post-Modernist.51:48 Michael's powerful use of shamanic work with a cancer patient.56:19 Consciousness is fundamental as a shift from our tradition of materialistic reductionism.58:52 Post-modern shamanism is updating itself with the newest findings in neuroscience and physics.1:01:00 An N of 1 matters.1:02:00 Advaita Vedanta and letting go of any attachment to any objects.1:03:00 Our Avatar Bodies...1:04:27 Eternity is in love with the productions of time.1:06:00 Michael's sharing of Jung's story of the woman who lived on the moon and how he see's his own work with the defenses of the psyche. 1:09:39 A shamanic correction to Jung's work - the extra step of ceremony - soul retrieval - inviting in what was giving up - not just extraction/de-possession/exorcism, but also welcoming back the essence of what was displaced. 1:11:00 Your defense system is like a psychic immune system - those young parts of us. 1:13:00 The being of the shamanic healer must live and respond from your open center. 1:14:30 The center ultimately IS the heart. 1:17:00 Jung was also a phenomenologist - and his sense of the divine was numinous.1:20:00 The most powerful place to stand and for protection and healing is the heart...In this profound episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist, medical anthropologist, and author C. Michael Smith, a world-renowned expert in Jungian psychology and shamanic healing. Together, we explore the fertile intersection of Jung’s depth psychology and indigenous shamanic traditions — both of which view healing as a soul-centered, symbolic, and relational process.We dive into:✨ How Jung's concept of the wounded healer echoes the shamanic initiation✨ The parallels between soul retrieval and Jungian individuation✨ The role of altered states, dreams, and active imagination in accessing inner wisdom✨ The sacred importance of ritual, symbol, and myth in both systems✨ How trauma, possession, and spiritual crisis are addressed in traditional vs. modern cultures✨ And why reconnecting with the soul — personally and culturally — is more vital than everC. Michael Smith brings a rare integration of scholarship and lived experience. His seminal book Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue has influenced therapists, healers, and seekers worldwide.This is a rich, timely conversation for anyone called to the deeper healing path, whether through psychotherapy, ceremony, or inner exploration.Michael's book on Jung and Shamanism: https://www.amazon.com/Jung-Shamanism-Dialogue-Retrieving-Sacred-ebook/dp/B00I4GL9OI Michael's website:https://crowsnestshamanism.com/blog/Michael DeMaria's website: https://michaeldemaria.com/#JungAndShamanism #CMichaelSmith #TheOtherSideOfThings #SoulHealing #WoundedHealer #DepthPsychology #ShamanicHealing
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    1 時間 24 分
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