The practice of Authentic Movement has as many diverse paths as there are practitioners, in keeping with the intrinsic value of the concept of authenticity. I practice and lead Authentic Movement to enrich the sense of self-awareness in relationships. I do this on both a transpersonal and interpersonal basis by respectfully creating a traditional Authentic Movement container: groups, dyads or triads with equanimity among the mover and the witness. Authentic Movement as I practice it enables one to engage in a deeper sense of compassion, empathy and awareness. This awareness can subsequently transform, liberate, move or remove old restrictive personal, cultural & societal paradigms in the expectation of one’s self and others. When thoroughly owning a first person context with deliberation, one can avoid analysis, judgment, reference point or any interpretation other than validating one’s authentic self with integrity. Through engaged witness validation we enable our deepest source of self- consciousness, embracing and opening to the confluence of the collective consciousness. Authentic Movement is a vibrant pathway that enhances our self-discovery as it fully embodies and integrates the threefold complexities of our extraordinary mind, body, and spirit.

In this workshop, I will give a brief introduction to the work, then participants will each practice moving and witnessing with reflection and discussion. Participants should be dressed comfortably for moving.

The discipline of Authentic Movement offers a somatically based lens for viewing the interaction and development of consciousness. Originally developed within a Jungian framework, later branches of the discipline have adopted transpersonal psychology as a framing theory, mutually illuminating both somatic practice and theory of consciousness. Concepts and vocabulary such as witness consciousness, being moved, dyad, and collective consciousness have emerged as a result of decades of conscious practice, reflection, and scholarship in the discipline of Authentic Movement. Grounded in an approach to the body as subject, object, and epistemology, Authentic Movement is inherently a somatic practice, but one that seeks to interweave the threads of body, mind, and spirit. Its work in witness consciousness explores the interplay of relationship and autonomy within a defined container of practice. The concepts and relationships of the discipline can be extended as models for education, communication, research paradigms, and many other fields in which the development and interaction of consciousness are of interest.

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