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Authentic Movement

IMG_1134. AM jpgAuthentic Movement (AM) is creative play, therapeutic self-exploration, and moving meditation. Like a moving waking dream, AM practice involves attending to movement impulses that arise spontaneously from within the body, evoking images, feelings, and sensations from the unconscious. In the practice we learn to explore ourselves as moving beings, expand our range of movement options, witness ourselves and others with presence and compassion, and free ourselves to live from a more authentic place.

AM was developed in the 1950’s by dance therapist Mary Starks Whitehouse and continues to evolve via the dedication of the next generation of movers.

While Authentic Movement can be practiced 1-1 with 1 witness and 1 mover, a special richness is often derived in a group context. Movement periods are completed with creative process work (writing, drawing, etc) and group sharing as a way of deepening the connection between group members and bridging the dialogue between the inner and outer worlds.

After studying and performing classical ballet and modern dance for much of her life Laura began practicing AM in 1988. She has trained with Paula Josa Jones, Zoe Avstreih, Daphne Lowell, Mary Ramsay, and Alton Wasson. Laura has had the great joy of practicing AM in a peer group for many years and has been facilitating AM groups since 1990.

Further information about Authentic Movement can be found at: authenticmovementcommunity.org

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Laura Hays

Cert. ZB, PTP, LMT, RSMT

  • Energetic Bodywork
  • Movement & Sound Therapies
  • Body-Centered Counseling

Gloucester, MA
978-495-1062
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I’ve known Laura for more than twenty years through our studies in Psychosynthesis. I’ve been working with her off and on ever since. Laura is a wonderful practitioner. She’s trained in a number of different bodywork modalities, including Polarity and Cranio-Sacral Therapy, and has a variety of different skills. She’s also trained as a psychotherapist. So whatever the issue is that I want to work on, whether it’s physical or psychological, she has a graceful and sophisticated response.

But there’s something else even more important that makes Laura good at what she does. She’s an excellent listener. Whenever I tell her about an issue I’m dealing with, she enters my model of the world, she empathizes with me. Once she’s really listened and understood my experience her insights and suggestions often point me in a new and fruitful direction. As a result, I’ve grown and benefited tremendously from working with Laura over the years.


A.B., Teacher of Alexander Technique, Maynard, MA

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