Sessions to heal and restore health
Somatic comes from the Greek word “soma” which means living body. Somatic therapy is a holistic therapy that studies the relationship between the mind and body, physical and psychological. Julie works with 2 practices in a Somatic approach to healing and restorative health:
• Laban Bartenieff Fundamentals integrates inner, emotional attitudes and psychological habits as well as body function. Working with movement Fundamentals takes movers back to the building blocks of human movement, deep into our first movement understandings to help us more fully to discover and re pattern our movement to enrich our lives.
• Authentic Movement can be deeply connective, often develop greater trust in one’s own wisdom, and can help to hold experiences which might otherwise remain suppressed in the individual.
About Julie
Julie is a Certified Laban Bartenieff Movement Analyst. She studied under Peggy Hackey co founder of Integrated Movement Studies and author of Making Connections- Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals. Julie spent two years in training with Peggy and another two years as an apprentice and assistant to her program. Peggy’s work lives in Julie’s approach to movement education, be it in dance, Yoga or Pilates. Julie was exposed to Authentic Movement at age 17 through Janet Adler who had enormous impact in her life. Through Janet she was inspired to study psychology, Jung, mythology and mysticism. Julie spent two years in Authentic Movement sessions before becoming immersed in her Somatic studies at Moving On Center in Oakland, CA. Julie offers herself as a witness to those who may be drawn to engaging in dyad sessions.
