Authentic Movement

Authentic Movement is an opportunity to get more clear about what is real and true for you emotionally through exploring how you want to move in the moment. It involves sharing non-judgmental attention with others and intuitive reflection as well as physical experience to foster discovery and integration.

In the basic form, people take turns in two roles: mover and witness.

• The mover's task is to explore how they would like to move while having another person's attention. Usually the mover practices with their eyes closed. The mover has an agreed-upon amount of time to move, knowing that they will have an attentive witness but with no responsibility to entertain the witness.

• The witness' task is to watch their mover and sense how they respond internally to what they are witnessing.

• After the first mover has a turn the pair switch roles and the new mover has the same amount of time as the first did.

• Both then have an agreed amount of time to process their experience individually, using an intuitive activity like drawing or writing or whatever allows them time to personally reflect.

• The pair then have time for sharing what they would like to say about their experience as mover and, if invited by the respective mover, the experience as witness.
• The purpose is to share your own experience, in as much as you wish to do so, and not to try to describe the experience of your partner (unless reflection of what was said is requested).

There are other arrangements ("scores") besides the basic form that build on its essential elements. Careful attention is devoted to framing of the sessions and to non-intrusive sharing in order to support clear personal agency in what can be very open-ended and engaging exploration.

Particular movement skills are not needed. All that's required is curiosity and a kind of generosity – a willingness to explore and share movement and personal discovery.