Movement education rooted in the body’s innate intelligence

Welcome to Shannon Hallberg Somatics

A Portland area resource for somatic movement education - curriculum built upon Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies and the contemporary dance practice, Movement Fundamentals®️

Explore opportunities for embodied learning, performance training and therapeutic process through movement classes and community offerings.

Shannon’s work creates spaces where individuals thrive, families flourish and community is nurtured - where development and healing unfold organically.

A Healthy Foundation

The Conscious Living/Embodied Parenting series includes a collection of offerings related to inner awareness, human development, and community connection. These research oriented courses invite us to learn through sensing into our early development and through this awareness, hold ourselves and our families in a new precious light. 

Dance, Theater & Performance

Discover the wisdom, insight and healing potential of your own embodied experience through Contact Improvisation, Movement Fundamentals, & Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies

Whether you are new to movement or deepening your current practice, these classes offer a uniquely curated framework for embodied movement research, guided by decades of somatic education & training.