Lorin Kaufman

SAEM Senior Practitioner, MCAT, BC-DTR
lorinstephanie2@gmail.com
415-798-6531

A 50-Year Journey of Healing and Discovery

My 50-year journey as a healthcare practitioner began in 1974 when I became a dance/movement therapist. Through some of the pioneers of somatic and expressive therapies I came to understand somatic intelligence and the therapeutic potential of art and authentic movement. Grounded in this work and later deepened through a Jungian lens, I learned to listen to the language and wisdom of the body.
Witnessing the raw and profound commonality of human experience – in hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, and nonprofit spaces, I saw that we all seek the same things: understanding, acceptance, love, connection, validation, and meaning. That there is far more that unites us than divides us.

Yet as meaningful as those formative years of training and practice were, something remained missing—until 2005, when I met Desda Zuckerman. Her extraordinary teachings gave a whole new meaning to the concept of the “body” , a meaning so profound, ancient and expansive, that I quickly realized that my understanding of what I previously considered to be the “body”, might be only the tiniest fraction of the whole!

Sacred Anatomy Energy Medicine revealed what lay both underneath and beyond what it simply means to be “us.”

Just as the creative process brings the unseen into form, Sacred Anatomy gives us a new language—a way to perceive, sense, and understand the soul’s inner landscape. It helps us remember that we are far more than our name, personality, or our life story- that we are beings capable of such immense wisdom, capacity, and light.

I have been deeply honored to study with Desda for over 20 years, becoming a Senior Practitioner in (2017) and co-facilitator of two of her teaching intensives, The Nine Levels of Sensing and 13 Gateways to the Soul.

Previously certified as a teacher of the Edge class, I now look forward to joining the new cohort of teachers in bringing forward the Edge Express – a beautiful and inspiring new version of this life changing, sacred practice.

I have been a dedicated meditator for over 50 years and deeply influenced by Buddhist mindfulness teachings and on-going education in ethical spiritual behavior in everyday life.

My main philosophy- is, and really has always been most simply, that we what need we already have. My intention is to support your remembering, deepen your understanding and help your expansion into all that you truly are.

Lorin Kaufman, Selected Education, Training and Professional Experience

Education & Credentials

  • Sacred Anatomy Energy Medicine: Apprenticeship program and continuing eduction with Desda Zuckerman, 2005-present: Senior Practitioner 2017
  • American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)
    Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), 1984–present
  • Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
    Certificate in Applied Jungian Somatics, 2024
  • Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
    Graduate Studies in Arts Administration 1985
  • Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University), Philadelphia, PA
    Masters in Creative Arts Therapy, 1976
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    B.A. with Distinction, 1974

Professional Experience

  • Expressive Arts Therapist, UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, San Francisco, CA
    On-call therapist, 2018-2021.
  • Founding Director, Alchemia, Marin and Sonoma Counties , CA (1999–2014)
    Founded and led a multidisciplinary therapeutic arts and education program for neurodiverse artists .
  • Private Practice, San Francisco Bay Area (2014–present) Sacred Anatomy Energy Medicine; Expressive Arts Therapy and Jungian-informed somatics