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Shira Musicant is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a registered dance/movement therapist. She has a private practice in Santa Barbara and has led groups for a variety of mental health agencies including Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Psychiatric Services, Santa Barbara Pain Center, and Santa Barbara Women’s Center. She has published professional papers for the American Journal of Dance Therapy, and has a chapter coming out in a book on Authentic Movement and its use in psychotherapy.

For over 25 years, Shira has been involved with Authentic Movement, a movement, mindfulness and witnessing practice. She is the daughter of a political activist, the mother of a Buddhist and environmental activist and the wife of an avid nature lover. All have influenced Shira’s thinking. She currently participates weekly with the Santa Barbara in Black silent vigil, protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the cycle of violence and revenge. She supports and volunteers with the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, and participates in their Community Supported Agriculture Program. More recently, Shira’s interest in a mindful relationship to community and the earth has led to her participation in the ongoing working conference based on the Earth Charter Summit, Sustainable Santa Barbara. Shira is deeply nourished by hiking in the local mountains, bird watching, and being in community gatherings and rituals.