Teacher of the Discipline of Authentic Movement
I live near the North Norfolk coast, in a village nestled between water meadows, ancient woodlands and farmland. Balancing my deep gratitude for the beauty of planet Earth, our home, with grief at all that challenges the health of the Earth, Nature and our global community at this time, I hold the question – ‘what more am I called to offer, as I embrace my elderhood?’
After many years of teaching, travelling, and practising as a somatic and transpersonal psychotherapist, I now focus my life and work close to home – writing, teaching and leading retreats in the Discipline of Authentic Movement, and occasionally offering workshops that explore the relationship between body, earth, and spirit. As well as writing and my personal movement practice, I love to walk by the sea and in the ancient woods, tend my garden, read, sing and spend quality time with friends.
Linda Hartley MA, BMCA, ISMETA MSMT, CTP Dip Psych, Teacher of the Discipline of Authentic Movement
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‘Angel Wing’ wins award in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards!
‘Angel Wing’ has been named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of the best indie books of 2026.
I am delighted and honoured that it has been chosen for the prize in the Second Novel Category.
NEW: Publication of my second novel ‘angel wing’ and a new edition of the first, ‘the broken line’
I am thrilled to announce that both novels are now available world-wide, in both e-book and paperback formats, from online retailers and bookshops (by order).
‘Embodied Spirit, Conscious Earth’ published in September 2024
In Embodied Spirit, Conscious Earth, Linda Hartley brings together the wisdom and learning from nearly five decades of study, practice and teaching at the forefront of somatic movement, embodied awareness, somatic and transpersonal psychotherapy, and spiritual disciplines.
The interrelationship of Body, Mind and Spirit weaves its way through the book – taking us beyond a dialogue between them to the transcendence of unitive consciousness, where an immanent or embodied spirituality is glimpsed.
