Paula Sager, a writer and a teacher of embodied and contemplative practices is based in Rhode Island where she teaches the Discipline of Authentic Movement. Her practice and study with Janet Adler began in 1994, a deepening journey over decades. Paula is a faculty member of Circles of Four, a program preparing teachers of the discipline. She is a trained teacher of the Alexander Technique and holds a graduate degree from the Barfield School at Sunbridge College. Her phenomenological research on the development of the inner witness brings together two fields of inquiry through her thesis mentors Arthur Zajonc (physicist, educator, and teacher of meditation and Contemplative Inquiry) and Janet Adler, founder of the Discipline of Authentic Movement and pioneer of embodied awareness as witness consciousness. Her interest in the application of embodied awareness and contemplative practice led Paula to cofound The Mariposa Center, a non-profit and social-justice initiative focused on early childhood education (2007 – 2018).