Judyth O. Weaver (judythweaver.com)is a multifaceted teacher and counselor, incorporating extensive training in diverse areas. She holds a Ph.D. in Reichian Psychology. She is the Creator and Founding Chair of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute Ph.D. Program in Somatic Psychology and teaches there and in the Somatics Masters Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA) and throughout the world.
She is certified in Reichian Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Pre- and Perinatal Therapy and as a teacher of T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Rosen Method and Sensory Awareness.
A former modern dancer, she lived in Japan 1965-1968, studying classical dance (Kabuki and Noh), tea ceremony, and other aspects of Japanese culture. She lived and studied in Shofukuji, a traditional Rinzai Buddhist monastery, under Yamada Mumon Roshi. Since 1969 she has taught and led workshops at Esalen Institute in California, Hollyhock Farm in Canada, and other centers, as well as in Russia, Japan, Taiwan, and India.
Her life-long studies have been in dance, body/mind/spirit integrative practices, Buddhist practice and Taoism.
She maintains a private practice in Somatic Reclaiming, her development of body/mind/spiritual integration.
