Somatics for Movers - workshop


Somatics for Movers is a space to be with who you are, collapsing time with who you have been and might be, experiencing, imagining, witnessing. The heart of this workshop is a verbally guided somatic movement exploration: an extended, meditative improvisation shaped by felt sense, imagery, and internal cues. Each person moves at their own pace, following their unique range of motion and inner experience. We draw from developmental movement patterns, both pre-birth and post-birth, exploring the early states, patterns and capacities that continue to live in our bodies. Many of us need support in order to let go and dive into our/bodies, our/selves. For some folks there may be a therapeutic element. You might remember, you might spend time in an altered state somewhere between waking and sleeping, you might go someplace you’ve never been before. 

This one day workshop is accessible to adults with or without prior movement training. There are no set shapes, actions or choreography. Dancer, performer, choreographer people are welcome, as are teachers, parents, body workers, therapists, art makers, writers, and folks who hold space for others. Individuals living with chronic pain or recovering from injury are welcome, as are pregnant folks. 

Sunday May 31, 2026

10am-2pm*

Kestrels: 188 6th St, Gowanus, Brooklyn

*soft edges: 10am space opens / 10:30am group begins together/ 1:30 group experience wraps up / vacate space by 2pm

accessibility: 2nd floor walk up, all-gender restroom, most prompts through voice, partnering or touch only with consent

$50-70 sliding scale (no one turned away - please contact me ahead of time)

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Person sitting on the floor, covered with a red shawl, with their head resting on their arm, in a corner with wooden walls and floor.

Somatics for Movers is a space to be with who you are, collapsing time with who you have been and might be, experiencing, imagining, witnessing.

The heart of this class is a verbally guided somatic movement exploration: an extended, meditative improvisation shaped by felt sense, imagery, and internal cues. Each person moves at their own pace, following their unique range of motion and inner experience. We often draw from developmental movement patterns, both pre-birth and post-birth, exploring the early states, patterns and capacities that continue to live in our bodies.

This class is accessible to adults with or without prior movement training. If you're curious about how we move—and how movement shapes how we feel, think, and relate—this class is for you.

Somatics for Movers - class

previous class series:

Fall 2025 Series

Fridays 10am-12pm

11/7, 11/14, 11/21, (no class 11/28), 12/5, 12/12 (no class 12/19)

location: Kestrels, 188 6th Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn

$20-30 sliding scale

drop-is welcome, and, the material builds over the classes (both are true!)

accessibility: 2nd floor walk up, all-gender restroom, most prompts through voice

Spring 2025 Series

Mondays 10am-12pm (doors open at 9:45am)

April 21, April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19

Brooklyn Arts Exchange: 421 5th Ave Brooklyn

sliding scale $15-25

Winter 2025 Series

6 Monday mornings: 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10

10am-noon (doors open 945)

drop-in / sliding scale $0-25

 FAQs

    • dance artists of all ages

    • folks with no formal movement training

    • folks with lots of formal movement training

    • teachers and therapists who hold space for others

    • parents of older & younger kids

    • pregnant people

    • queers of all kinds

    • folks living with chronic pain or disability

    • folks recovering from injury

    • performing artists & visual artists

    • musicians & singers

    • all possible intersections of the above

  • That’s great! I like those things too. There are many other places you can go that focus on those elements of movement, and I’m happy to make recommendations or connections.

  • Somatics is a field of practice encompassing numerous branches that emphasize the integral connection between mind and body. Included in the field are systems dedicated to experiential learning and sensory exploration, prioritizing internal physical perception and personal experience over external shape, form, or outward observation. Some branches of the somatics family tree include: Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering ®, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, Kinetic Awareness, and Ideokinesis, and I have some or a lot of experience in all of these modalities. This list is not exhaustive!

    While the idea of “somatics” has become popular in therapy settings, and you can find quick tips for somatic attunement all over the internet, I want to stress that my experience in the field comes from many years of time spent in person with distinguished teachers, and, many many many hours alone in the studio and in self study, with myself as my own best teacher.