We’re looking forward to introducing you to Debora Ferrari. Check out our conversation below.
Hi Debora, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: When was the last time you felt true joy?
I feel joy everyday and all the time
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Debora Martini, and I am the founder of Ellevate Spa in Los Angeles. I am a massage therapist, entrepreneur, mother, grandmother, author, and conscious creator devoted to transformation and elevation.
I was born in Brazil and from a very young age I understood that we are not defined by circumstances — we are defined by the energy we choose to embody. Moving to a new country expanded my vision of what is possible, and creating my business later in life was a beautiful expression of alignment, trust, and conscious intention.
Ellevate Spa is more than a wellness space — it is an environment where coherence, presence, and heart-centered service meet. My work is grounded in the understanding that the body responds to elevated emotions, clear intention, and loving awareness. Every session is an opportunity for someone to reconnect with their wholeness and remember who they truly are.
I believe we are here to create from a higher frequency — to live as deliberate creators rather than by default. My journey is about expansion, coherence between heart and mind, and expressing the divine through daily action.
Everything I build — in business, writing, healing, and family — comes from the awareness that we are all expressions of the same infinite intelligence, here to elevate one another.
And that is the frequency I choose to live from every single day.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
As a child, I believed that life was something that simply happened to me — that circumstances were stronger than choice, and that I had to adapt to whatever was in front of me.
Today, I no longer see life that way.
I understand now that I am not a product of conditions — I am a creator of experiences. What once felt external, I now recognize as energy responding to my inner state. I no longer believe that my path is determined by environment or timing. I believe it is shaped by awareness, intention, and the frequency I choose to embody.
As a little girl growing up on a farm in Brazil, I believed that success belonged to “other people” — people somewhere else, living a different life. Now I know that success is an expression of alignment. It is coherence between heart and mind. It is showing up as the highest version of myself and allowing life to mirror that back to me.
I also believed that strength meant doing everything alone. Today, I understand that true power is connection — connection to God, to the unified field, to family, to purpose, and to community.
What has changed most is this:
I no longer believe I am separate from the intelligence that creates worlds. I know I am part of it. I co-create with it.
And that awareness has transformed everything.
Do you remember a time someone truly listened to you?
Yes… and interestingly, it happens often in a very sacred way.
The moments when someone has truly listened to me are the same moments my clients sit on my table and begin to open their hearts.
In my space at Ellevate Spa, listening is not just hearing words. It is presence. It is coherence. It is allowing someone to feel seen beyond their story. Many times, as they speak, I feel the energy shift — and in that exchange, I feel deeply heard too.
When a client trusts me with their fears, their dreams, their transformation… and I respond not only with technique but with awareness — something beautiful happens. It becomes mutual. They may come for healing in the body, but what unfolds is connection at the level of the soul.
There have been moments when a client looks at me after a session and says, “You understand.” And in that instant, I feel it — not as validation, but as resonance. It reminds me that true listening is not about preparing a response. It is about being fully present.
As a child, I thought being heard meant someone agreeing with me. Today, I understand that being heard is being witnessed without judgment.
In the stillness of my work, in the quiet between words, I have experienced what it feels like to be truly listened to — because I choose to listen first.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. How do you differentiate between fads and real foundational shifts?
Beautiful question
I differentiate between fads and real foundational shifts by the energy they are rooted in.
A fad usually feels urgent. It asks for attention. It moves fast, speaks loudly, and often promises quick transformation. It is driven by excitement, sometimes by fear of missing out, and it depends on external validation to survive.
A foundational shift feels different.
It feels calm. It feels coherent. It does not rush me. It invites integration rather than reaction. A real shift changes the way I think, the way I feel, and the way I show up consistently — not just for a moment, but over time.
In my life and in my business, I ask myself:
Is this coming from alignment or from impulse?
Is this expanding my identity, or just stimulating my emotions?
Does this require me to become someone new at the level of consciousness?
A fad changes behavior temporarily.
A foundational shift transforms identity.
When I moved into deeper awareness — understanding that we create from our internal state — that was not a trend for me. It restructured how I see healing, parenting, leadership, and even success. It became embodied.
Real shifts bring coherence between heart and mind. They create sustainability. They feel grounded and expansive at the same time.
If something requires constant noise to exist, it is usually a wave.
If something quietly reorganizes who I am from the inside out, it is a foundation.
And foundations are what build lasting elevation.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
What I understand deeply — that many people are still discovering — is that the body is always communicating, and it responds more to intention than to pressure.
In my work with lymphatic drainage, I’ve learned that healing does not require force. The lymphatic system moves through rhythm, gentleness, and precision. When you combine correct technique with loving presence and intuitive awareness, the body opens. It trusts. It releases.
Most people think results come from doing more, pushing harder, or using stronger pressure. I understand that transformation happens through alignment — through working with the body, not against it.
I also understand that touch carries information. When my hands are guided by knowledge, experience, and genuine care, the nervous system shifts. In that state of safety and coherence, the lymphatic system flows more efficiently, inflammation decreases, and the face and body naturally sculpt and rebalance.
Technique matters deeply — I have studied it, practiced it, refined it.
But technique alone is not the full picture.
It is technique + love + intuition.
It is listening with my hands.
It is sensing where stagnation is physical and where it is emotional.
It is creating an environment where the client feels seen, calm, and supported.
What I understand is that true results come when science and heart meet.
And when that happens, the body remembers how to heal itself.
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- Website: https://ellevatespa.com
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