Group Biography
Holding Space: A Home for Authentic Movement is directed by Jesse Bedirian, Rachael Bonaiuto, Molly McLean, and Kim Nelson, each of whom hold a master’s degree in somatic counseling psychology or counseling psychology. They bring their individual and collective decades of studying, practicing and teaching Authentic Movement to group facilitation. The inspiration for Holding Space: A Home for Authentic Movement was seeded several years ago during their initial meeting in Zoë Avstreih’s year-long Advanced Teacher Training. Since then, Jesse, Rachael, Molly, and Kim have shared an on-going exploration into the form, along with their passion to share it’s inestimable benefits. Holding Space: A Home for Authentic Movement is the fruition of their collective vision to make Authentic Movement more accessible to a larger community.