Workshops
Movement Fundamentals
These workshops will change your understanding of how to move. Register for individual intensives or take the whole series.
Through in-person instruction and guided exploration, Movement Fundamentals addresses pain and enhances whole-body coordination. We’ll focus on restoring your enjoyment of physical activity by developing awareness of internal alignment and learning techniques to improve muscle and fascia health.
Changing our movement patterns requires commitment, but it’s more about willingness than willpower. We can’t force this kind of transition. What we need to develop is our capacity to notice and respond to sensory experience, and explore ways of moving we haven’t tried before. Movement Fundamentals gives you practices to rediscover your body’s natural ease.
Spring & Fall Series
If you want to shift old habits and find ways of moving that feel good in your body, Movement Fundamentals is best taken as a series. It’s offered spring and fall, with three monthly Saturday intensives plus weekly 45-minute supported practice gatherings via video call for the 8-9 weeks between sessions.
Workshop Session Topics
You can also sign up for individual workshops if there’s a particular topic you want to explore. Below you’ll find details about what we’ll cover in each of the Saturday intensives.
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February 21 & August 15
Walking is fundamental, the basis of how many of us move through our daily lives. Wouldn’t it be amazing if it felt good? Can you imagine this mundane movement becoming juicy, dynamic, pleasurable, and generating more energy than it takes? Welcome to what is possible!
Here in the modern world, most of us walk with a hard heel strike that disrupts joints and requires muscular effort to propel us forward. It’s not that enjoyable if you start paying attention to it. In this workshop, you’ll be guided through a sequential process to relearn the dynamics of walking. This includes swinging the leg from a relaxed core, allowing the foot to land on the softer pads, using gravity and rebound to produce momentum, and being drawn forward by an open, curious heart.
Put this all together and walking becomes a daily delight that brings you sensations of presence and pleasure. Changing your walk shifts both your physical structure and how you feel moving through the world. It can generate joy.
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March 14 & September 19
In this session you’ll learn how to move your arms. It sounds really basic, but the reality is that many of us misuse our upper body in ways that create unnecessary pain and discomfort.
Being able to differentiate the arms from the torso is essential for reducing shoulder and neck tension. You’ll be introduced to principles and practices that help you maintain a neutral spine while lifting and bearing weight, and activate the proper muscles for reaching and gesturing. You’ll gain familiarity with what habitual movement patterns give you trouble, and how to shift them toward greater ease and functionality. We’ll also spend time working with the muscles of the lower body to properly support the freedom of the arms.
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April 18 & October 17
Contrary to popular belief, there’s a difference between being rigid and feeling stable. Most of us have lost the natural mobility in our spines, and may not even realize how much movement a spine needs in order to be healthy.
A rigid spine reduces nervous system function, leading to stagnation, pain, chronic tension, and numbness. Our systems become brittle. When spines don’t get enough movement, we also lose core muscle tone. This loss of activation has cascading effects on our nervous system and organ health.
The good news is all this can be regained through movement. Our deep torso muscles began developing their strength in infancy, and returning to developmental movements can help us restore our core as adults. Spinal mobility requires muscle engagement, so the two improve together. A toned core and fluid spine are signs of resilience and stability, a body that carries us easily and confidently through our daily activities.
Come prepared for surprises! You’ll learn movements like the fish flip, how to imitate an inchworm, and the lost art of walking without legs. As mobility returns, you will begin to rediscover the feel-good fluidity of a truly healthy spine and abdominal core.
Again, it just takes practice! It’s never too late to begin.
2026 Schedule
Saturday intensives run 4 hours each
Spring Session Saturdays
February 21, March 14, April 18
Fall Session Saturdays
August 15, September 19, October 17
Full Series Supported Practice
Sign up for the full series and receive additional practice support
Weekly supported practice: Thursdays 4:00-4:45 pm
Spring Session: February 26-April 16 (No class 3/19/26)
Fall Session: August 20-October 15
You’ll receive a link to sign up for the video calls in your confirmation email when you register for the series.
Workshop Cost
Movement Fundamentals consists of three Saturday intensives that run four hours each, available spring and fall.
Individual Saturday Intensives
Pricing: $135 with sliding scale options available at checkout.
Full Series
Pricing: $425 including 45-minute guided practice sessions via video call for the 8-9 weeks between intensives.
You’ll receive a link in your confirmation email to sign up for the weekly video calls when you register for the spring or fall series.
Visit our booking page to select your workshop and take care of payment.
Host a Workshop
Movement Fundamentals workshops can be hosted by studios, organizations, schools, or community groups interested in alternative approaches to movement education.
Workshops can be formatted as a single four-hour intensive focused on either walking, upper body, or spinal movement, or the full series taught over a weekend. If youʼre interested in hosting Movement Fundamentals in your community, please reach out to discuss customized options and scheduling.
Hosting a workshop typically involves providing space and coordinating participant registration, while I facilitate the workshop and provide tailored instruction. I’m currently open to inquiries for workshops hosted in Corvallis, Albany, and Philomath as well as other western Oregon locations including Eugene, Salem, and Portland. I will provide templates and marketing copy to support promotion.