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Jung Embodied: Seeking the Creative Shadow
April 24, 2009 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
This experiential weekend will support exploration of the creative potential within the shadow. Using elements from Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms approach and “embodied active imagination” with it roots in the work of C. G. Jung, we will endeavor to open to the unlived life. Informed by their backgrounds in dance, theater, Jungian and Somatic Psychology, the presenters (Tina Stromsted and Meg Wilbur) will also draw from their extensive training and teaching with Marion Woodman.
Friday the presenters will discuss Jung’s concepts of the shadow, particularly in relationship to energies in the body. Clinical material will illustrate and amplify body/psyche connections. Saturday offers an opportunity to explore the work experientially, deepening our connection to mind and body. Such work supports the reawakening of resonant consciousness in our cells, invites the play of imagination, and promotes integration through movement and voice, enhanced by music and art.
Authentic movement is a gentle, natural means to nurture oneself, connect with buried energies, and unfold one’s inner dance. Simple exercises in freeing the voice involve relaxation, breath, and sound to help release one’s authentic voice. These creative processes do not involve performance, and are attuned to the needs of the individual. Come explore “Jung embodied” through these gateways to the unconscious.
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TINA STROMSTED, Ph.D., MFT, LPCC, RSMT/E, BC-DMT, is a Jungian analyst, Board Certified Dance/Movement therapist, Somatics Educator, and author. Former co-founder and faculty of the Authentic Movement Institute, she teaches at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jung Platform, the Marion Woodman Foundation, and at conferences for the International Association for Analytical Psychology. With 45 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community mental health, and private practice, her numerous publications & webinars explore the integration of body, psyche, soul, relationship, community and nature in healing and transformation. Founder of Soul’s Body Center®, she lectures and teaches at universities and healing centers in many parts of the world, with a private practice in San Francisco. Visit her website at: www.AuthenticMovement-BodySoul.com
MEG WILBUR, MA, MFT, MFA, is a Jungian analyst, with a private practice in Los Angeles and the Central Coast of California. She teaches with Marion Woodman and her team, and serves as a board member of the Woodman Foundation. Meg is a professor emerita in UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television where she taught acting and voice for the stage, and directed plays. She also taught at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and writes and directs her own productions, featuring poetry and fairy tales. She is a founding member and faculty of the C. G. Jung Study Center of Southern California and leads workshops in active imagination, dreams, and voice.