Moving Imagination
The Living Body in Analysis
Joan Chodorow

Psyche is as much a living body as body is living psyche.  It is just the same.
—C.G. Jung

In the beginning, there was not the word, rather there was a union of body and psyche expressed through symbolic action. From the gesture and sound language of our early ancestors, to the rhythmic actions and interactions of infancy, the living body— the body as experience— is the foundation for subsequent development of emotion, multi-sensory imagination and intellect. In honor of Marion Woodman's work with the body-psyche connection, this workshop will explore dance-movement as a form of active imagination. Sometimes called authentic movement, this approach focuses attention on bodily sensations, images and feelings, which are then allowed to develop into spontaneous movement.  The work is done in the presence of a witness, whose task it is to hold and contain the experience of the person moving. Participants are invited to bring a notebook and/or drawing materials to record multi-sensory images and experiences. Wear comfortable clothing. Enrollment is limited.  

Joan Chodorow, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst with deep roots in dance and dance therapy.  Her interest in active imagination and early development led her to studies of emotions and their forms of expression and transformation. She is the author of Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology, editor of Jung on Active Imagination, and a new, soon to be published book:  Active Imagination:  Healing from Within. She lectures and teaches internationally.

Friday, February 17, 10:00 am-12:30 pm
$70 Lunch is included
Continuing Education Credit: 2.5 hours
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