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 .