These challenging, polarizing times call us to draw from creative, healing energies from deeper parts of the Self. Expanding our awareness of the embodied foundations in all relationships – therapeutic, educational, family, friendship, partnership, nature and more – can deepen empathy and effectiveness in being present, while providing avenues for self-care, renewal, and community development.

As spring blooms and new life begins to dawn from the darkness, we engage light in the body through working with a dream image as healing medicine. Together we will engage our dreams to connect with a deeper sense of knowing, creativity, and wholeness — in ourselves, in all our relations, and as world citizens attuning to an evolving planetary call.

This workshop will support you in nurturing body and soul through presentation, expressive movement, drawing, and writing.

In preparation, I invite you to let a healing image come to mind – something comforting, warming, or sacred that’s meaningful for you – from a dream, nature, an object on your altar, or something from your daily life. Says Jung, “My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you – are you there? I have returned, I am here again.”  

No experience in dance is necessary, only curiosity and openness to engage the unknown.

For our Zoom gathering, please:

Be sure to have private space to move where you won’t be interrupted

Dress comfortably for movement, in layers for comfort and warmth       

Have your journal and pen handy, as well as drawing paper and colors (pastels/craypas, whatever is easy for you to use).

Consider allowing some time for transition following the workshop to further “cook,” digest, and integrate elements from your experience before stepping into social situations or other activities.

I’ll be sharing a presentation, including a PowerPoint talk, followed by a series of explorations involving natural movement, drawing, writing, dialogue, and group discussion.

No dance or movement experience is needed.  I’ll offer some guidelines and please feel free to engage at your own pace and style in a way that feels comfortable for you.  Looking forward to seeing you there and sharing this creative depth approach with you! 

Tina Stromsted Ph.D., LMFT, LPCC, RSME/T, BC-DMT, works as a Jungian analyst, Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Somatics Educator, public speaker, and author. Past co-founder and faculty at the Authentic Movement Institute, she teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jung Platform, and the Marion Woodman Foundation. She chairs the Active Imagination in Movement team for the International Association of Analytical Psychology Congress (IAA) and has collaborated with Joan Chodorow, Marion Woodman, and others for several decades. With roots in theater and dance and 45 years of clinical experience in hospitals, community mental health, and private practice, her numerous publications and webinars explore the integration of body, mind, psyche, soul, community, and nature in healing and transformation. Founder of Soul’s Body® Center, she teaches internationally at Jungian organizations, universities, and healing centers. Her private practice is in San Francisco, with international virtual consultation.  Tina’s forthcoming book, Soul’s Body®: Active Imagination, Authentic Movement, and Embodiment in Psychotherapy will be available from Routledge in August.