Core Strength is a dynamic class designed to cultivate deep core connection from the inside out. Blending principles of Pilates, barre, and somatic movement, this format focuses on connecting the limbs to the core through breath and posture awareness to develop strength and balance. With an emphasis on functional movement, alignment, and intentional engagement, you’ll build stability and resilience from your body’s center. Each session follows a structured flow: beginning with a Drop-In, followed by a warm-up, strength training, cool down, and concluding with Savasana. Perfect for those looking to enhance core awareness, refine movement patterns, and move with greater ease and power.

Awaken your body’s natural strength with Somatic Barre Strength. This format combines high-rep exercises, light weights, and isometric holds to build strength and endurance, all while deepening your connection to the core. Move from the inside out, cultivating balance and resilience through each session.

Session begins with a grounding Drop-In, followed by a warm-up, strength work, and finishes with a restorative cool down and savasana to integrate the practice. Offered both in person and virtually, it's a powerful way to strengthen and restore your body’s natural support system.

Explore the transformative world of somatic movement with Somatic Unwinding, drawing inspiration from the Bartenieff Method and Somatic Groundwork by Kaila June Keliikuli. This class lays the foundation for all offerings at The MOVEMENT, guiding you through essential patterns of somatic floorwork. Designed to release tension, heighten body awareness, and reconnect with your natural movement potential, the practice focuses on key elements such as Drop-in, Yielding, Movement Patterns, and Integration. Ideal for those seeking to cultivate fluidity, ease, strength, and intentional movement.

Somatic Ballet is a unique approach to classical ballet that emphasizes functional movement, alignment, breath, and an intuitive understanding of your anatomy. This class reimagines traditional ballet exercises through a somatic lens, helping you move with efficiency, ease, and awareness. By deepening your connection to your body, you'll refine technique while honoring natural movement patterns, reducing tension, and cultivating strength from within. Perfect for dancers of all levels seeking a an embodied ballet experience.

This format blends the expressive flow of lyrical dance with the gentle, body-focused principles of somatic movement. We will explore fluidity, breath, and emotion, allowing the body to guide our movement through sensation and awareness. Rooted in deep connection to self, this practice encourages participants to move authentically, finding strength, release, and creativity. Best suited for movers with some dance experience or vocabulary, Somatic Lyrical invites you to connect with your body’s natural rhythms and express yourself through organic, core focused movement.

Awaken your body’s natural strength with Somatic Barre Strength. This class combines high-rep exercises, light weights, and isometric holds to build strength and endurance, all while deepening your connection to the core. Move from the inside out, cultivating balance and resilience through each session.

Class begins with a grounding Drop-In, followed by a warm-up, strength work, and finishes with a restorative cool down and savasana to integrate the practice. Offered both in person and virtually, it's a powerful way to strengthen and restore your body’s natural support system.

Explore the transformative world of somatic movement with Core Four, a 4-part series inspired by the Bartenieff Method and Somatic Groundwork by Kaila June Keliikuli. This class lays the groundwork for all classes at the MOVEMENT, guiding you through essential patterns of somatic floorwork. Designed to release tension, heighten body awareness, and reconnect with your natural movement potential, each week focuses on a key aspect: Drop-in, Yielding, Movement Patterns, and Integration. Ideal for those seeking to cultivate fluidity, ease, strength and intentional movement.