Somatics and Expressive Arts
I assist individuals and groups who are:
-in processes of preparation, change, integration, development
-seeking personal growth, health improvement, living with injury, disease, conflict
-interested in including somatics and/or expressive arts in their existing practice/profession
By guiding them in:
-Exploring personal embodiment and innate creativity
-Discovering and applying individualized tools and resources
-Navigating self and environments with increased awareness and ease
My work is informed by lifelong training and practice in massage therapy, bodywork, anatomy and physiology, martial arts, chi gong, the discipline of authentic movement, ecosomatics, visual art, writing and postmodern dance including contact improvisation, mixed ability, Halprin work and butoh. Tailored to the needs of the individual or group, I choose frameworks and create a container to guide experience and reflection.
ISMETA RSMT, RSME, Certified Tamalpa practitioner. for more about my approach see below.
-in processes of preparation, change, integration, development
-seeking personal growth, health improvement, living with injury, disease, conflict
-interested in including somatics and/or expressive arts in their existing practice/profession
By guiding them in:
-Exploring personal embodiment and innate creativity
-Discovering and applying individualized tools and resources
-Navigating self and environments with increased awareness and ease
My work is informed by lifelong training and practice in massage therapy, bodywork, anatomy and physiology, martial arts, chi gong, the discipline of authentic movement, ecosomatics, visual art, writing and postmodern dance including contact improvisation, mixed ability, Halprin work and butoh. Tailored to the needs of the individual or group, I choose frameworks and create a container to guide experience and reflection.
ISMETA RSMT, RSME, Certified Tamalpa practitioner. for more about my approach see below.
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UPCOMING:
Movement Ritual I : Introduction to Halprin Technique Saturday May 23rd, 6-8pm at Arcana, Portland, Me details and registration Anna Halprin's core series of movements serves as a foundation for movement exploration and introduction to key concepts of Halprin's approach to post modern dance. Movement Ritual I, the first of 4 segments, is primarily comprised of floor work with an internal focus. NOW FORMING For June 2026 Post Modern Principles, Practice and Performance: Halprin Movement Ritual, Scoring & RSVP Cycles, Butoh all bodies ages 18+ CONTACT WITH INTEREST dates and location TBA Embodied Living Workshop Series at OLLI USM *OLLI offerings postponed to fall term* open to all bodies 50+ exploring themes of polarity will approach self understanding, improve mobility, balance, pain management and emotional well-being. see catalogue for full course description Registration and OLLI info Here SELECT PAST CLASSES:
-Embodied Living: Body Mythology for Self Companionship Fall 2025 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute -Postmodern and Improv Dance Technique -Chi Gong -Movement Ritual: Anna Halprin's series of movements designed to increase internal connection, range of motion and spark embodied creativity SELECT PAST WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS: -Body in a Landscape: Eco Somatic Lunch Break, 2025 see description below -Pathways and Crossroads II: Point A to Point B A community workshop exploring our relationships to self, environment and transportation. -Ulysses Community Read & Bloomsday Celebration Discovering and celebrating Joyce's literary classic through an accessible and meaningful approach -Where is the Woman? In a supportive container, we will locate ourselves physically, emotionally & mentally as women -The Body Mythology of the Breastless For those with or considering uni or bilateral mastectomy due to cancer diagnosis or prophylactic measure. Also welcoming small breasted, implanted and LBGTQ+ -The Somatic Creative Path: My Journey To Now presentation of personal background with group expressive arts activities woven into program 
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ONGOING
Individual Sessions in person/phone/video 130$ 60min/170$ 90min Group rates and individual packages contact Speaking/Classes/Workshops/Events/Consulting Assist in co-creating and facilitating shared experiences, events, gatherings, retreats, team building, conflict resolution and project visioning to completion, for groups, organizations, businesses contact Reading Ulysses Creative coaching to read Joyce's epic novel like a hero/ine and take the journey home to yourself. Individual and group available. Recommended for identity and belonging, veterans, midlife, empty nest, grief, PTSD, anxiety contact more about my approach: Work can focus on movement training through one or more somatic modalities and/or move into expressive arts work. Expressive arts by definition includes the action of switching modalities. I typically include drawing, writing, movement, voice, creative dialogue and structures of gently held "performance/presentation/sharing"- developing skills of witnessing self and others; of seeing and being seen. Inter-modal creative processes are gaining attention as effective tools for improving neuroplasticity; our brain's ability to reorganize and rewire its neural connections, enabling it to adapt and function in new ways. Absolutely no prior arts or movement training is required. Those with and without arts experience discover benefits and find growth edges in this work. The intent of creative work produced and shared in sessions is to be purely of service to the individual and/or group inquiry and process, not to produce a "skilled" "finished" art work or "product". Sessions can be specifically designed with intent of assisting in all aspects of producing finished works, projects and performance from generating new material and overcoming "creative blocks" to embodied performance and presentation techniques. ISMETA RSMT, RSME, Tamalpa Certified 
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