Janet Adler, Ph.D. earned her degree in Mystical Studies and currently teaches the discipline of Authentic Movement internationally and on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada, where she resides. She is the author of two books: Arching Backward: The Mystical Initiation of a Contemporary Woman and Offering from the Conscious Body: The Discipline of Authentic Movement, and of two films: Looking For Me, documenting her work with autistic children, and Still Looking, reflecting her work in the discipline of Authentic Movement. She was the founder and director of the Mary Starks Whitehouse Institute, the first school devoted to the study and practice of Authentic Movement.