43: Trauma, MDMA Psychotherapy, and the Body (with Marcela Ot'alora G.)

Til Luchau talks about trauma, psychedelic psychotherapy, and the body, with Marcela Ot'alora G., the principal investigator in a very promising FDA-approved study into MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD.

Topics include: 

• How does trauma relate to bodywork, and how does MDMA therapy help with trauma?


• How is psychedelic therapy different from just taking psychedelics?


• What can we learn from your MDMA/PTSD study that can help us be more effective as massage and manual therapy practitioners? 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode:

• Marcela Ot'alora’s Tim Ferriss Podcast interview


• About MAPS.org (and training as an MDMA psychotherapist)


• About the MDMA/PTSD Study


• Apply to be a subject in the MDMA/PTSD clinical trials


• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 


• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

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