Priscilla Auchincloss

Born: 1952

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

NYU BA Physics & Astronomy 1977; Columbia University PhD Physics 1987

" “I studied physics to understand the world, but when I heard Emilie Conrad speak, certain things fell into place, like the truth that we are part of an unfolding, evolutionary process. Continuum taps into the consciousness of that unfolding, in a way you can feel. My teaching and writing weave the analytical approach of physics with the intuitive approach of art.” (continuummovementarts.org); “Emilie Conrad often said that the question that propelled her was how to live in society without being bound by it. Continuum offers me a way to access the profound sanity of simply being, and from this elemental experience has come an ongoing percolation of ideas and inspiration.” (continuummovementarts.org); "What I do now might seem far from physics, but to me, yoga is an investigation of nature from the inside out. Doing yoga leads not just to health but also to insight. " (linkedin.com); "Here’s what I learned from physics: • Not to be intimidated by scientific language. • In a mass of information, how to pick out the patterns. • Like most people, scientists need help with their writing. I LOVE to edit and make writing clear and fresh. • Everything (well, most things) can be broken down into steps, like a puzzle. • Strategy is like theory – it’s cool, but implementation is when you do the experiment and find out what’s really going on. " (linkedin.com); "

— Priscilla Auchincloss

Field of Study: Physics; Dance; Yoga

Institution/Corporation: Columbia University; University of Rochester

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Yoga Alliance (2014), American Physical society, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Awards: None found

Achievements: studied the role of gender in the culture of science; work focused on the interrelations of environment, technology, and economics, and on weighing the environmental risks and costs of technological growth against the benefits to society; as Associate Director of Continuum Movement Arts taught Continuum; created PHYSIKOS (ran it 2006-2013), a studio dedicated to contemplative and somatic movement art; co-author of "A Moving Inquiry: The Art of Personal Practice" with Beth Pettengill Riley in 2019, a guide to establishing a personal movement practice that can serve as the foundation of daily life, with the body itself as teacher;