Embodied Wellness offers groups, classes, & workshops based on the needs & interests of our community.
Upcoming Authentic Movement Offerings:
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT FOR THESE TIMES: Listening to our Bodies’ Wisdom
A 5-Session Practice & Study Series for New & Experienced Movers
We are living in times that ask a great deal of our nervous systems. The pace is relentless, our attention is constantly pulled outward, and many of us find ourselves longing for places and spaces where we can simply be, listen, and remember what it feels like to be fully here.
This five-session Authentic Movement series invites us to turn toward the intelligence of the body as a source of grounding, clarity, and inner guidance. Through movement, witnessing, silence, and reflection, we will practice listening beneath the noise of modern life, allowing the body to recalibrate in its own way.
Whether you are new to Authentic Movement or have an established practice, this series offers an opportunity to deepen your relationship with your body, cultivate the inner witness, and experience the restorative power of moving within a supportive community.
Rather than striving to become someone different, we will practice remembering what has always been here—our innate capacity to sense, respond, and live from embodied presence. Together we'll explore how Authentic Movement can support resilience, deepen self-trust, and offer an anchor for navigating these complex and rapidly changing times.
Workshop Details:
Dates: Every other Thursday, September 17 – November 12, 2026
(9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12)
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Embodied Wellness Studio (75th St. & Jay Rd.)
Cost: $130 per session ($650 for series). Registration is for the full five-sessions.
Early Registration: Save $50 on the full series when you register by August 27th.
*If you are new to Authentic Movement, we will schedule a brief conversation before completing registration.
Authentic Movement Ongoing Group FALL 2026
Deepening in the Embodiment Practice of Authentic Movement
Join me for an ongoing journey of Authentic Movement practice and study, where this mystical embodiment practice supports deepening layers of self-discovery, embodied evolution, and meaningful community connection.
In times of uncertainty and change, an ongoing practice offers an anchor. Through inner listening, embodied movement, and the support of a committed circle of movers, we'll deepen our somatic understanding of ourselves and one another while cultivating a more intimate relationship with the wisdom of the body.
Over time, consistent practice allows unconscious material to gently emerge within the safety of a held container. Together, we'll explore the healing potential that unfolds through presence, commitment, and witnessing.
We will commit to four months of practice together, with the opportunity to continue beyond the fall. This sustained container supports the depth of the work and allows the wisdom of both the individual and the collective to reveal itself over time.
Within this group, we will practice the form influenced by the Discipline of Authentic Movement. Through the declaring circle, open circle, and collective exploration, participants will experience the roles of mover, moving witness, silent witness, and, for those with prior training, speaking witness. If you feel called to join but are unsure about participating in these roles, please reach out to explore whether this group is the right fit for you.
Workshop Details:
Dates: Every other Wednesday, September – December 2026
(9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/16)
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Embodied Wellness Studio (75th St. & Jay Rd.)
Cost: $105 per session. Registration is for the full four-month series. $40 discount when you pay in full and/or register by August 27th.
Prerequisite: Prior Authentic Movement experience is recommended. If you're interested but have not yet practiced Authentic Movement, please reach out. Private sessions or small introductory groups can be arranged.
“What initially drew me to Authentic Movement with Rachael 18 years ago was a deep desire to heal. I no longer pursue the practice to change or improve anything about myself, but more to bring awareness and presence to the relationship between myself and other. Rachael creates a sacred atmosphere of nearly impossible opposites; both Magic & Ordinary and Uninhibited & Safe. I am inspired to be my best, most authentic, natural self without striving or pretense in her beautiful containers. Thank you Rachael! I laugh, weep, exalt, wiggle and exude my extraordinary “me-ness” with such ease in your presence. ”
A HOME for Authentic Movement: The Sacred Returning
Authentic Movement is an awakening practice of exploring the unconscious, tending the soul and psyche, with embodiment at the center. This body-referenced awareness practice involves a witness and mover(s). With eyes closed, the mover listens to and follows inner impulse, moving in the presence of a trained, accepting, and loving witness. Movement may arise from sensation, imagery, memory, thought, and/or direct experience. This practice supports individuals to align with and move their essential truth in community, strengthening their ability to track embodied experience, and practicing self-referencing speech to bring consciousness to the body’s wisdom.
Authentic Movment provides:
• A simple yet profound practice for deep listening, connection, and alchemization
• A trustworthy map for embodied integration and transformation
• An opportunity to slow down, sequence, and be with direct and inner experience
• A deepened relationship with our habitual patterns and authentic movements
• An invitation to explore our relationship to being seen, held, and supported
• A safer space to move and express freely without judgment or limitation
• A loving community with whom to intimately relate to creative life force energy
Since she was young, Rachael would find a quiet space, close her eyes, move her body, and connect with something beyond. She danced through many forms of movement, exploring years of formal dance training, as well as the art of moving without form. She discovered the practice of Authentic Movement in 2004, while studying Somatic Counseling Psychology at Naropa University, and has been in reverence and study of the work ever since.
Rachael works with humans of many walks, primarily those that identify as women, facilitating the process of reclaiming truth, trusting self, reconnecting with our inherent worth, and finding healthy relationships with the wisdom of our bodies and souls.
Rachael also deeply enjoys integrating sacred ritual, the natural world, live music, conscious travel, and Motherhood into her exploration of returning to Wholeness. Currently, she is fascinated, and on her knees, by the heart exploding experience of Mothering and all the ways this informs her work, her commitment to service, and her devotion to waking up.
““Authentic Movement guided by Rachael was a super rich container infused with beauty, sacredness, safety, and care. Because the container felt so safe, it allowed me to explore my most raw authentic expression and deeply receive the medicine of this unique practice. I felt so cared for, seen, and held by Rachael’s space holding.””