Teaching
Upcoming Events
The Collective Body:
Discipline of Authentic Movement Retreat
October 4 – 9 2026
with Paula Sager and Bonnie Morrissey
Paula Sager and Bonnie Morrissey will be teaching a five-day residential retreat in Vermont from October 4 – 9. We’ll be on site at the Creative Campus at Goddard, working in the same space where Janet Adler taught in August 1988!
Janet’s teaching at that time focused on the relationship between movers and witnesses, and the development of the inner witness. This event occurred as she was producing her film Still Looking, documenting the development of Authentic Movement as an embodied awareness practice. This period was crucial in the evolution of the Discipline of Authentic Movement, especially with Janet’s developing interest in the conscious collective body.
This will be a unique opportunity to experience the evolving arc of this practice from its roots to its current relevance in the world.
Individual Sessions
Paula introduces the Discipline of Authentic Movement — moving and being moved, seeing and being seen — through sixty or ninety minute sessions, available at Voice Body Mind Healing Collaborative in Providence, RI and Three Stone Studio in Tiverton, RI.
Paula also offers solo retreats for those with experience looking for a more in-depth, guided practice — solo retreats are held at Three Stone Studio in Tiverton, RI.
Voice Body Mind Healing Collaborative located in the West End of Providence, RI.
For individual sessions, please email paulasager at threestonestudio dot org
Group Retreats
Group retreats offer immersive practice and experiential inquiry into the relationship of individual and collective consciousness, for those with experience. Paula offers group retreats at Three Stone Studio in Tiverton, RI and other venues and retreat centers.
Three Stone Studio is located on the coast of Rhode Island, 35 minutes east of Providence.
For information about upcoming group retreats, please email paulasager at threestonestudio dot org
Circles of Four
Circles of Four is a teacher training program, founded by Janet Adler in collaboration with colleagues, for those who wish to teach the Discipline of Authentic Movement.
The emergence of Circles of Four reflects the organic evolution of the discipline itself. Manifesting through an international post-graduate level program, the training is centered within the development of witness consciousness sourced in authentic movement.
Paula is a faculty member of Circles of Four, working with learners as a primary teacher and as a retreat teacher.
Writing Workshops
Interweaving simple embodied and contemplative practices, Paula guides participants into and through their own writing process. Workshops are open to all skill levels, from novice to advanced writers. Follow the link below to Paula’s author website for upcoming offerings.
Learn more…
Discipline of Authentic Movement
Discipline of Authentic Movement Website
The Mandorla and the Discipline of Authentic Movement by Janet Adler
Circles of Four – A program for those interested in becoming a teacher of the Discipline of Authentic Movement.