She has been a Sensory Awareness Leader since 1994. Charlotte was a gift of life for her—carried from moment to moment by “staying open to whatever presents itself”—and the work transformed her life. Since then, she has continued to practice and lead Sensory Awareness workshops, including Awaken Your Senses (“When you awaken, you allow yourself to blossom”). She has participated as a leader with SIDDHA YOGA MÉXICO, completed therapeutic training at the Erich Fromm School, and pursued studies in Transpersonal Psychology with the Nebadon Foundation. She has also served the community as a leader with FHADI (Humanist Foundation for the Support of People with Disabilities). For the past 24 years, she has been offering consultations as a Humanist Therapist.
Many years ago, I began a wonderful adventure with Charlotte Selver and Sensory Awareness—an adventure that changed my life and helped me feel increasingly free and dignified. As I became aware of how the ground supported me, how the earth seemed to pulse in rhythm with my heart and lungs, as if we were one, I gradually gained confidence in myself and made changes that transformed my life in unimaginable ways. Since then, I have shared this path of light with others, understanding that “with a little, much can be done.”
I discovered the deep value of sensing in 1983 working with Charlotte Selver. I developed leading through Lee Lesser’s offering of deep and reliable support, a long, amazing journey. Following her BLM work I am studying how systemic racism is embodied unawares. I’ve hosted several series with Miren Salmeron leading us in sensing on being, emerging refreshed. A bow of gratitude to my many treasured teachers and colleagues: among these, Ray Fowler, Stefan Laeng, Misty Hannah, Pamela Blunt, Michael Atkinson, Cathy Edgett, Anna Shemin, Steven Rhodes, Peter Honerlage, Patricia Garcia and Eyal Yona.
I have been working, practicing and studying in the field of movement/modern dance/sensory awareness/authentic movement for many decades. I was fortunate to have many wonderful teachers: Charlotte Selver (Sensory Awareness), Til Thiele from the Wigman School in Berlin, Judith Koltai (Syntonics, Authentic Movement ), Janet Adler (Authentic Movement). I taught for 30 some years in a Theatre School as a movement teacher for budding young actors, as well as coaching/teaching movement for professional actors at the Stratford Theatre Festival in Canada.
Hi, I’m Ruth, a version 3.0 Leader, trained by trainees of Charlotte Selver, and thereby benefitting from their continued refinement of ‘The Work’. Nature, human and otherwise, fundamentally influences the individual and group sessions I offer, while my tendency towards quirkiness and creativity adds a certain ‘flavour’ to our experiments! The aliveness I glean from this practice infiltrates many aspects of my lived-experiences, and my desire is to support this ember of vitality in other humans 🙂B.Sc., Gestalt Psychotherapist, + Mom
See Judyth’s bio above.
Judyth began studying Sensory Awareness in 1968 and feels she is still continuing her study to this day. A multifaceted teacher and counselor, with Ph.D. in Reichian Psychology, she was creator and founding chair of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute’s Program in Somatic Psychology where Sensory Awareness was a basic teaching in all the levels. She taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies for 25 years; and was founding faculty at Naropa Institute, creating its T’ai Chi Ch’uan program. She is certified in Reichian Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Pre and Perinatal Therapy, and is a senior teacher of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Rosen Method and Sensory Awareness.
Michael Atkinson took his Ph.D in Phenomenology and for decades has explored the psychology of perception and the construction of meaning, literary and lived, as a university professor and a Sensory Awareness leader. Michael began his study of Sensing in 1974, and was President of the Sensory Awareness Leaders’ Guild from 2014 to 2018. He is an ordained Buddhist Dharma Teacher, interested in the relation of Sensing to the deep seeing of contemplation, exploring how we are transformed as we meet life’s invitations more fully.
I have been a student of Sensory Awareness since 1970 and studied with Charlotte Selver for thirty-two years. The practice of Sensory Awareness continues to show me a potential in living which I did not know existed until I became deeply moved by its simple power. It has had a profound influence on how I meet the world today. I continue to offer retreats each summer on Monhegan Island (ME). Previously, I gave sessions at The Gestalt Institute of New York, Ohio University and Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, I have had an inspiring life as an orchestral conductor and a forever-surprised father.
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