Dane G. Reese, Ph.D,

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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