Authentic Movement
Explore the Depth of Mystery Through Movement
and Reclaim Your Embodied Freedom.
When we are disconnected from our Core-Self, we do not know who we are and what we want.
It can be especially hard to tap into the present moment, making it challenging to nourish our soul, pursue creative inspirations, and connect meaningfully with others.
However, just because you haven't listened to your own inner wisdom in a while, it doesn't mean that it has gone away. Aliveness and a sense of purpose arise when the mind is tuned in to our natural impulses and we aren't forced into ineffectual habitual patterns.
Authentic Movement provides a non-judgmental container in which you can reconnect with your body, explore and integrate challenging emotions, and connect with others from your authentic self.
Reconnect to our inner embodied source of vitality, self-expression, and creativity
Connect to clear inner guidance to support your life journey
Lean into deep and authentic relationship with others
Shadow Work: Understand the personal, traumatic, karmic, and archetypal blocks you are encountering and find ways through them towards a life of freedom and joy
Tap into transpersonal creative currents to inspire your work
Support collective healing and explore non-dual spirituality in the dance of Mover and Witness
What is Authentic Movement?
Authentic Movement (AM) is a body-centered practice rooted in Jungian Depth Psychology and Dance/Movement therapy. Simply put, it is a contemplative practice of self-directed movement, oriented towards an inward focus, and in the presence of a witness.
While movement has been utilized as a form of psycho-spiritual healing and transformation since the beginning of civilization, Authentic Movement was formalized in the 1950s by dance therapist and Jungian student Mary Starks Whitehouse. The practice has evolved over the years and has been refined and adapted by many practitioners around the world.
The Mover(s) explores spontaneous gestures, movements, sounds, and stillness. As they follow impulses in the present moment they often experience a thinning of the veil between Conscious and Unconscious mind which allows for deep self-exploration.
The Witness is an active observer, holding a safe container for the experience of the Mover. The Witness’ focuses on self-awareness and tracking her own inner responses to the Mover from a space of non-judgmental acceptance and deep honoring.
Although a primarily body-centered practice, Authentic Movement also involves transition times for writing and/or art-making, the opportunity to share your experience and be seen clearly by a Witness, and eventually, the ability to practice being fully present and offering Witnessing to others.
About Naeya Francesca
Naeya Francesca Bini, MA, LPC, R-DMT, is an Existential-Somatic Psychotherapist, Authentic Movement practitioner, Medicine Worker, and University Professor based in Boulder, CO.
She begun her journey with Authentic Movement a decade ago and continues to be amazed every day at the deeper and deeper layers of spiritual beauty and interpersonal deepening that this practice brings.
Her mission is to make this magical and deeply transformative practice more widely known and available to all.
She teaches Graduate level classes, introductory workshops, and 6-week group series in Authentic Movement in the Boulder/Denver area. She also provides professional training and on-going long-term mentorship in this practice.
To learn more about her click here.
Start your Authentic Movement Journey:
Choose the option that’s right for you:
JOIN A 6-WEEK AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT GROUP: Join an Authentic Movement group to delve deeper into this practice and experience its life-changing power. Like any contemplative, skill, or spiritual practice, the full magic of Authentic Movement unfold as we practice over time. On-going groups allow you to connect deeply with other like-minded individuals and explore a profound sense of connection and belonging as you support each other in showing up in our embodied truth and authenticity. Ever 6-week course (which usually take place in Spring and Fall) is suitable to both beginner and advanced practitioners and deepens the embodied exploration of a specific creative facet of this practice or its applications. Previous iterations of this course have focused on Ancestral Healing, Developmental Trauma and Attachment, Shadow Work and Facing into Death, Art-Therapy and Creativity, and Reichian Armoring and Somatic Defense Strategies, and working with the support of Plant Spirit Allies.
Check our Upcoming Events to register for the next course (phone interview required before sign-up).AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL GROUPS:
If you are looking for an individual mentorship to deepen further into specific aspects of this practice or a wanting to learn about this practice from the very beginning in a small intimate we’ve got you covered. Every offering is tailored specifically to your learning goals and you can see more information about pricing on our Mentorship page.
MONTHLY DROP-IN GROUP FOR ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS (BY INVITATION ONLY): Advanced practitioners have the option of joining our drop-in group on the first Friday of each month to deepen into this practice together. This group is open by invitation only.