Author Becca Chambers is Beyond the Great Abyss
Interview with Doug Holder
At one time author
Becca Chambers found herself weighing over two hundred pounds, chronically
depressed, with a litany of health problems. If you saw her today you would see
an animated and fit woman who has left her ills in the dust. Chambers, a Doctor
of Naturopathy, has discovered energy therapies that have transformed her. She
has a written a memoir of her experiences Beyond
the Great Abyss. I talked with Chambers on my Somerville Community Access
TV show Poet to Poet Writer to Writer.
Doug Holder: Can you tell us about the Whole Body Vibration
you practice—the very therapy that transformed your life?
Becca Chambers: It is therapy that involves standing on a
platform that visually moves. It sends vibrations throughout your body, and it
is enormously therapeutic on many levels all at once: body, mind and spirit. It
has changed my life. Vibration is part
of everything. Every part of you is made of molecules that are vibrating. It
works on the vibrational energy or life force. It is sort of like acupuncture.
It works on your energy. The Russians invented this therapy 40 years ago.
Astronauts use it—it increases bone density. It is an extensive workout. It has
great systemic benefits. It increases serotonin levels in the brain, and gets
the toxins out of you.
DH: The cover of your
memoir has a picture of a half owl and half woman. What is the idea behind this?
BC: The idea is that I grew up depressed—I had thirty years
of depression. I felt hopeless. But the
owl is symbolic of wisdom. And the Great White Owl—is very powerful—so watch
out! So this was a symbol of my transformation.
DH: So the memoir is about transformation?
BC: Well there is my story in the book. It is also about a
man I met. It starts about five years ago after I got divorced. I was married
23 years; it was traumatic. I met this man about a year after the divorce. He
too, has been deeply traumatized by things that have happened to him in his past.
And I had my own baggage with 30 years of depression. . So we came together and it was rather
dramatic and scary at times. But we are changing. We use Whole Body Vibrations,
and homeopathy. This is vibrational energy medicine. It is really energy
transforming medicine. It helps you overcome your negative energy, fear and
anger. I can’t begin to tell you how functional I am now. I’m happy, creative,
and have good relationships. I didn’t do anything for years.
DH: You chose the diary format for your book—why?
BC: It is written
directly from my journals. I kept a journal through this whole period. A few years ago I was looking through the
journals and realized there was the book. I actually had a huge fear of
writing. I had to fake my way into this. I really like the diary form. It is so
immediate—it has a lot of power. I had to polish it up of course. I had some
excellent writing coaches.
DH: Some memoirists have told me you have to exaggerate
things to get to the greater truth.
BC: I did not have to exaggerate. My life has been dramatic
enough.
DH: Has writing this memoir helped with the healing process?
BC: I would say so. It gets your brain thinking, reviewing.
You have a distance. Just the fact that I could write a book was a very healing
thing for me.
For more information go to
http://www.beyondthegreatabyss.com
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