Introduction to Authentic Movement
Tiffany Sankary MIT Wellness Class Instructor
Fri Jan 7, 02-03:15pm, E23-297
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Authentic Movement was developed by dance movement therapist, Mary Starks Whitehouse in the1950's. She was influenced by Carl Jung's experiments with "active imagination", the ability to make unconscious material conscious through some creative process. By applying these ideas to movement, she found that we have tremendous ability to access, explore & express the wisdom in our bodies.
This practice is done with attention directed inward, eyes closed, with no music, although sounds may arise from your internal impulse. You move in the presence of a witness. This non-judgmental, compassionate witness helps support you in nurturing your own inner witness, distinct from the highly developed inner critic. You listen to your own desires and impulses, free from the constraints of shoulds and have-to’s. There is no prescribed movement. It can include anything from complete stillness to vigorous movement through space. Through following your own internal impulse to move or be still, you will be led on an amazing journey.
"The body is the physical aspect of the personality and movement is the personality made visible."
- Mary Starks Whitehouse
Contact: Stephanie Smith, E23-205, x3-5358, smis@med.mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Medical
Latest update: 16-Dec-2010
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