I saw Rebecca this evening at a screening of Brian Swimme’s new film “Journey of the Universe” (www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/) and thought you should know about her incredible work!
From her homepage, movementasmedicine.com/ (a beautiful website, by the way, check it out!)
Movement As Medicine:
The Embodied Cosmology Project
Declaration of Mission:
Rebecca Sophia Strong, MAMovement As Medicine: The Embodied Cosmology Project brings movement and the body together with science to inspire, empower and catalyze the evolution of human consciousness, human creativity and the collective human will through an experiential remembering of the origins of life.
The intended result of Movement As Medicine: The Embodied Cosmology Project is to stir a massive human awakening to the sacred dimensions of our lives, our living planet and the Universe itself; so as to turn the tide of human thought, speech and behavior away from destruction, depletion, and passivity toward life enhancing ways of being and activities that seek to benefit the children of all species for the next 1,000 years.
The mission of Movement As Medicine: The Embodied Cosmology Project is to awaken and infuse the human spirit with a somatic remembrance of our origins so as to stir, open, and set into engagement the human will for the sake of all that we love and hold in beauty in the web of life.
Earth=the only place in the known Universe where life has flourished.
Rebecca Sophia Strong, MA is the Founding Director of Movement As MedicineTM – a program that blends the scientific story of the Universe with the body in service of sustainability and collective peace. Her work catalyzes a somatic restoration and native intelligence that lives in the bodymind and serves humanity in finding our place within the 13.7 Billion year-old story of life. Rebecca holds a Master’s degree in Eastern and Western Psychology, is a Hakomi-trained therapist, and a living systems trained group facilitator. Rebecca has been a long-term devoted student of Brian Swimme, the science of Cosmology and of the 5 Rhythms dance practice. Rebecca has been teaching Movement As Medicine in Japan and across the US for the past 15 years and has expressly devoted the past twelve to birthing The Embodied Cosmology Project. She has offered her work in conjunction with Colorado Bioneers, The Ojai Foundation, Maine’s Summer Festival of the Arts and The Pachamama Alliance’s Awakening The Dreamer trainings. Rebecca currently resides in California.