ALEXA SHACFER
Alexa is a registered creative arts therapist who is passionate about combining creative and somatic modalities to promote self-understanding, connection and healing. Authentic Movement is the heart piece of her inquiry into intimacy, authenticity, belonging, uniqueness, presence, the unconscious and mystical experiences.
Seeing Myself in Your Presence
The practice of Authentic Movement can be considered a therapeutic self-exploration and movement meditation based on the collaboration between a mover and a witness. In the presence of a compassionate witness the mover closes their eyes and listens to the inner stirrings, expressing them in spontaneous movement impulses. The experience is then digested through reflective practices of writing & drawing, and shared through mindful speech. The process deepens self-connection in the intimate presence of the other and facilitates the experience of a "moving and witnessing" collective body .