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Roxanna L. Rutter, Ph.D. Teacher of Authentic Movement, Spiritual Mentor Advanced Higher Brain Living® Facilitator Change Agent and Shapeshifter 510-495-5643 [email protected]
Roxanna’s life ~all dimensions ~ is infused with a passion and commitment to transformation and increasing our awareness and consciousness of how we live in our bodies, in relationship to each other, the earth, and the divine. Roxanna describes her background: “I am trained in clinical psychology, Higher Brain Living®, and various expressive arts modalities, however, I was born an artist, a healer, and spiritual seeker. Dr. Rutter holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, a master’s in interdisciplinary creative arts with an emphasis in sculpture. She studied and practiced Authentic Movement with Janet Adler, ADTR, one of the pioneers of the form, for 8 years. Authentic Movement and body-based meditation approaches are foundational in all of Roxanna’s teachings. She has facilitated women’s groups and retreats in personal growth and transformation for over 20 years. “I love creating and holding sacred space; Studio One-Sixty offers a sacred, highly creative space within which to explore how the discipline of Authentic Movement (AM) organically evolves with ‘Listening Women’ and beyond. Deep listening as essential to embodied transformation, is a perfect bridge linking Listening Women, AM, and the emergent life we discover.”
Description of Authentic Movement
Authentic Movement is a powerful and simple form of self-directed movement. It is considered a discipline within dance therapy with its roots based in Jung’s Active Imagination and improvisational dance. In its simplest form, there is a mover and a witness. The witness holds sacred space with an open, non-judgmental, and compassionate presence, akin to the mindfulness of an experienced meditator. The mover, usually with eyes closed to keep focus inward, allows an impulse or feeling to move her ~ a spontaneous gesture, a bigger breath, a stillness, a sound . . . . any or all of these are experienced. A natural rhythm and spontaneous, inspired choreography will often emerge in a group creating a collective synergy ~ enlivening, so raw and genuine that life itself seems to be born in the present moment ~ so real it is magical.
Authentic Movement cultivates a contemplative frame of mind, clarity of perception, and body awareness. The relationship between mover and witness, in moving and being seen by another, creates a powerful space for healing and transformative experience. When more experienced movers are taught to become witnesses themselves, they may choose to work with this discipline in peer groups and dyads.
