Jung in the World | What Soul Tells the Body: Marion Woodman’s Discovery with Tina Stromsted

This month, Jung in the World is presenting a weekly series on Marion Woodman, Canadian mythopoetic author, poet, Jungian Analyst, and women’s movement figure.

In this episode, Patricia Martin interviews Tina Stromsted PhD, who was a student of Marion Woodman’s somatic therapy work. Over the years of studying and collaborating with Marion, the two became friends and colleagues. In this interview, Tina opens up about what it was like to work with Marion Woodman, offering rare insight into the practices Woodman developed to help people achieve wholeness, body and soul.

Unfortunately, there was an issue with the video recording so we are not able to share the video of this interview.

For a list of Tina Stromsted’s publications, go here

Marion Woodman Book List

If you’re interested in Marion Woodman, you may like Soul in Exile, available in our store.

Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, LPCC, BC-DMT, RSME/T is a Jungian analyst, Board Certified Dance/Movement therapist, Somatic psychotherapist, educator, and author. Past co-founder and faculty of the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley, California, she currently teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jung Platform, and as a core faculty member for the Marion Woodman Foundation (MWF). Beginning her work with Marion Woodman in the 1980s, she co-taught the Leadership Training Program and Wellsprings of Feminine Renewal intensives and served on the Board and curriculum committees.

Together with Marion Woodman, Joan Chodorow, and analyst colleagues she introduced Embodied Active Imagination to the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) Congress, which she continues to host. A founding faculty member of the Women’s Spirituality Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies and former faculty in the Depth Psychology/Somatics Doctoral Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, she lectures and teaches at universities and healing centers internationally.

Founder of Soul’s Body Center®, Tina’s work supports the development of embodied consciousness. With 45 years of clinical experience and a background in dance and theatre, her numerous publications and webinars explore the integration of body, psyche, soul, culture, community, and nature in healing and transformation. Her private psychotherapy practice is in San Francisco, with international virtual consultation. Tina@AuthenticMovement-BodySoul.com

Patricia Martin, MFA, is the host of Jung in the World. A noted cultural analyst, she applies Jungian theory to her work as a researcher and writer. Author of three books, her work has been featured in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, and USA Today. She holds an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College and an MA in cultural studies at the University College, Dublin (honors). In 2018, she completed the Jungian Studies Program at the C. G. Jung Institute Chicago where she is a professional affiliate. A scholar in residence at the Chicago Public Library, for the last decade she’s been studying the digital culture and its impact on the individuation process. Patricia travels the world giving talks and workshops based on her findings, and has a private consulting practice in Chicago.

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Hosts: Patricia Martin, Judith Cooper, Daniel Ross, Adina Davidson, and Raisa Cabrera
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