Faculty: Tina Stromsted, assisted by Nancy Gurian
“When an individual has been swept up into the world of symbolic mysteries, nothing comes of it; nothing can come of it, unless it has been associated with the earth, unless it has occurred when that individual was in the body…. Only if you first return to your body, to your earth, can individuation take place; only then does the thing become true.” – C.G. Jung
These challenging, polarizing times call us to draw from creative, healing energies from deeper parts of the Self.
Dreams, imagination, and embodied knowing offer profound sources of renewal – personally, culturally, and from the timeless collective unconscious – resources that connect us to ourselves, one another, and the creative intelligence that informs all of Nature.
Authentic Movement, a subtle yet powerful meditative and therapeutic practice rooted in C.G. Jung’s Active Imagination approach, invites a descent into the body and psyche – bridging body, psyche, and spirit through expressive movement and creative arts within a safe environment.
Jungian analyst Marion Woodman furthered this practice through her “Dance of Three,” involving a primary mover, an engaged responder, and a reflective witness. The process combines inner listening with outer attunement, deepening perception and evoking respect and empathy.
Through presentation, natural movement, drawing, writing, and reflection, we will discover light in the darkness and deeper resources in times of change – for ourselves, as healing practitioners, and as world citizens attuning to an evolving planetary call.
Says Jung, “My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you – are you there? I have returned, I am here again.”
No experience is necessary, only curiosity and openness to engage the unknown.
Please dress comfortably for movement & bring your journal & your lunch.
Coffee, tea, & water will be provided.
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Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., LMFT, LPCC, RSME/T, BC-DMT, works as a Jungian analyst, Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Somatics Educator, and author. Past co-founder and faculty at the Authentic Movement Institute, she teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jung Platform, and the Marion Woodman Foundation. She chairs the Active Imagination in Movement team for the International Association of Analytical Psychology Congress, and has collaborated with Joan Chodorow, Marion Woodman, and others for several decades. With roots in theater and dance and 45 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community mental health, and private practice, her numerous publications and webinars explore the integration of body, mind, psyche, soul, community, and nature in healing and transformation. Founder of Soul’s Body® Center and she teaches internationally at universities and healing centers. Her private practice is in San Francisco, with international virtual consultation. Her forthcoming book on Jung Embodied is due in the summer of 2024.
Nancy Gurian, LMFT, has worked for over thirty years in both acute and sub-acute psychiatric settings. She was co-founder of the Alta-Bates Summit Partial Hospitalization Program where the creative arts were a primary modality. As a Dance/Movement therapist and licensed psychotherapist, Nancy spent a year in Israel working with art and dance therapists in a variety of settings with young children, adolescents, and adults with special needs. She has supervised Dance/Movement and MFT interns at the Herrick Campus of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. On staff at John F. Kennedy University, she supervised trainees from the Creative Arts Therapy Program in Psychology. For 15 years, she has been participating/co-presenting in Joan Chodorow’s Active Imagination seminars inspired by Jungian psychology using embodied depth work to enhance her own development and those of others.