Healing Movement
Somatic Movement Reintegration
“The essence of movement is not expression but a form of transformation.”
Suprapto Suryodarmo
Somatic Movement Reintegration
Somatic = of the body. Using the word somatic is an invitation to explore our body in movement from the inside out by noticing sensations and noting our awareness.
Movement Reintegration in the context of functional movement reintegration involves body conditioning by balancing stability and mobility while regaining trust and confidence in our body at any age. In the context of healing and recovery, reintegration involves gradually reclaiming aspects of one's identity, behaviors, and sense of self that may have been disrupted or disconnected due to difficult experiences. Through the practice of noticing while re-engaging with one's body, we might have the opportunity to safely acknowledge emotions, building confidence to re-engage with relationships, or society after a period of isolation or dissociation.
Trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive movement practices focus on mindful noticing by encouraging individuals to observe their body and sensations without any pressure for specific outcomes. This approach allows individuals to engage with their body if they choose, at their own pace, fostering a sense of safety and awareness as they explore being in their body.
Offerings
1:1 Modern Postural Yoga
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Education, Workshops and Retreats
Classes and Retreats
Yoga Retreat Fall 2025
Lighting the Hearth: A Rejuvenating Retreat in the Catskills
November 7- November 9
Join me for a weekend of collective care, where we will fill our cups, warm our hearts, and kindle hope for the season ahead. As we move into the holidays, let’s come together in reflection, connection, joy, and a shared intention for peace.
Classes draw from multiple lineages and include:
• Vinyasa Flow — dynamic, breath-linked movement
• Yin Yoga — slow, passive holds targeting connective tissue
• Restorative Yoga — supported postures for deep relaxation
• Rope Wall — spinal decompression and traction-based support
• Alignment-based Postural Yoga — precise, form-focused instruction
This is a practice framework designed to honor both the philosophical and physiological dimensions of yoga, nurturing resilience, clarity, and inner spaciousness.
Your weekend package includes a two-night stay in the accommodation of your choice, as well as all meals during your stay.
Information HERE
Contact me with questions! I hope you can join xxe
Upcoming Events + Workshops
NOTICING PRACTICE
Presented by Department of Transformation
Saturday, September 27, 3–5pm
Kai Matsumiya Gallery, 264 Canal St #5E, NYC.
Join somatic movement practitioner Erin Dudley for D🌎T’s experimental public programs organized in conjunction with Jonathan Bruce Williams: Let’s All Abandon Reality Together at Kai Matsumiya. Dudley will lead a special Noticing Yoga session, followed by a discussion with Prem Krishnamurthy around critical histories of yoga practice.
Noticing is a movement practice developing out of dance improvisation, modern postural yoga, and Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Noticing Practice is an invitation to reconnect with our body on our own terms. It offers an opportunity to explore our inner landscape using choice-based postural yoga forms and accessible foundational movements with curiosity and patience, providing a safe space to begin distinguishing between the survival patterns shaped by past experiences and the possibility of cultivating an integrated presence in the present. Through this process, we may begin to reclaim physical sovereignty over our lived experience—empowering ourselves to respond to bodily cues with awareness, choice, and agency.
Weekly Classes In Person
Summer 2025
The Yoga Space Catskills Register HERE
Tuesdays 6:15-7:15 Vinyasa Yoga
Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 Iyengar Influenced Postural Yoga. On break Aug 13- Sept 3. Resumes September 10th
Fridays, 10:30-11:30 Trauma-Informed Gentle Postural Yoga. On break August 29- Sept 12. Resumes Sept 5.
Fridays 4:30 Iyengar influenced Vinyasa + Rope Wall (this location occasionally closes for retreats and events. Please contact (845)985-1183 x3
Ram Das wrote his famous book Be Here Now one year after I was born. Always intrigued by the questions more than the answers a life of exploration began. I want to know…
How can we be here now? How can we hold all of the pain and beauty life offers? How can we take courageous actions? There have been times I felt supremely lost and engaged in practices to help me forget my pain and fear. I turned to methods of escape that served my survival for a while, then, when they became the threat, my body reminded me of the way home. I do not have answers, but I want to support your questions and exploration. I appreciate practices that create clarity, reduce the noise, and allow me to listen to my blood flow, my heartbeat, my organs, and my cells that are connected to the earth, the stars, and to you. In the darkest of moments, these practices have reignited a fascination with existence and planted seeds of hope that grow into the light. I believe in the interconnectedness of freedom and collective liberation.
“We’re all just walking each other home.” Ram Das
ABOUT ME
I began teaching yoga asana in 1996 and served as faculty for Stony Brook University’s Center for Dance, Movement, and Somatic Learning from 2007-2012. Following 20 + years in the NYC dance and yoga community, I relocated with my family to the Catskill Region of New York State. In 2016, I founded The Yoga Space and served as Executive Director for a social impact, mission-driven, not-for-profit Arts Complex in Sullivan County, New York. In response to the growing needs of my family and community following the COVID pandemic, I returned to guiding movement-based practices full-time while pursuing certifications in yoga therapeutics and Trauma Sensitive Yoga through the Center for Trauma and Embodiment. Studios I love and call home are Kula Yoga Project and The Yoga Space Catskills. Current projects include trauma-informed yoga for survivors of domestic abuse, and the development of a wellness movement center on 41 acres of forest with a magical little stream running through it.
Certifications and degrees include:
BFA + MFA in Dance, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200 Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 200 hour, RYT 500, and YACEP, which means studying with me gives you continuing education credits with the Yoga Alliance and TCTSY-F 300-hour Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator.
