I was looking through my favorited songs on Spotify to create a playlist for Authentic Movement Workshops, and I came across this one from The Bengsons. At the very beginning of the pandemic they had shared this song on YouTube, The Keep Going Song. Looking back, it captures that feeling I remember: Wait, what?! What do you mean, I don’t have any control?!? What the fuck?? What am I going to do?
As a white, multi-privileged person, I had never felt anything like that before in my life. And, as a dear friend was reminding me recently, it was that new feeling of helplessness that eventually transformed my insides so that I started really seeing the struggles of people who had experienced oppression all along. Experiencing helplessness woke many of us up.
And now here we are in 2025. The helplessness is back, for those of us who experienced a break from it. And once again, we are going to Keep Going. We’re going to struggle, we’re going to not be in control…we’re going to be transformed, whether we want to or not. And there’s no way to know what that’s going to look like.
It’s scary shit, to not know. That’s why we do it together. As I’ve written before, coming together in community is what wise women of color tell us is the answer to struggle. In community, helpless becomes helped, alone becomes seen, lost becomes transformed. For me, that is exactly what Authentic Movement is about. Going into the depths, not alone. Uncovering emotional caverns while holding the lanterns of social support and empathy. This is where the crisis of helplessness undergoes metamorphosis, and jewels are formed.
I would love for you to join me on this expedition, in the next series of Authentic Movement Workshops. Newcomers are very welcome!
March 2025 Authentic Movement Workshop
- Series of 4 Sundays, 3:30 – 5:30pm
- Feb. 23, Mar. 2, Mar. 9, Mar. 16
- American Dance Institute Wedgwood – 7500 25th Ave NE, Seattle
April 2025 Authentic Movement Workshop
- Series of 4 Sundays, 3:30 – 5:30pm
- Mar. 30, Apr. 6, Apr. 13, Apr. 20
- American Dance Institute Wedgwood – 7500 25th Ave NE, Seattle
Feeling disconnected from your body? Come find out what it has to say! Using a mix of meditation, movement improvisation, guided discussion, and humor, I’ll facilitate an Authentic Movement session that’s suited to every body – dance/movement experience not required!


Authentic Movement is a guided movement meditation that helps you listen to impulses in your body that often go ignored. By practicing this kind of deep body awareness through movement, you can access a well of information about your emotional needs that lies just below the surface of your everyday cognition, releasing stuck emotions and discovering new insights about yourself. We will compassionately witness each other as this process of discovery unfolds. You can read more about Authentic Movement here.

- move at your own pace/ability

- no partnered movement
(touch)
- safe emotional and physical space facilitated by experienced movement instructor and mental health therapist
Questions? Email Alysa at alysadhaas@gmail.comÂ
REGISTER:
- $100 for each 4-week series
- send payment through Venmo @Alysa-HaasÂ
- fill out the registration form
Facilitator Bio: Alysa Haas is a mental health therapist and experienced movement instructor. She has a BFA in Modern Dance and is a graduate student intern earning an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. You can learn more about Alysa at alysadhaas.com.
Alysa D. Haas, LMHCA 