Somatic Expression with Jamie McHugh

“Each day we are challenged to live our nature as a healthy soma in a body-phobic culture. To breathe, move, wiggle and hum with delight is our birthright and our destiny.” - Jamie

“Jamie McHugh is not adequately nor accurately described by words like dancer or movement therapist - he is much more for which there are no good words. Transformative artist may approach his ability to utilize the non-verbal (movement, vocalization, drawing) not only expressively but also conjointly with the psychological/ insightful to promote a healing integration of awareness." - George F. Solomon, M.D., Psychiatry and Biobehavioral
Sciences, UCLA

"Jamie's teachings and technologies of amplification, slowing down, bringing in breath or sound, repeating micro movements that come from a felt inner sensing, or working with opposite impulses (to name just a few!) help to bring a more intimate relationship with what is alive in the moment and what maybe wants to be born." - Jeremy, psychotherapist

"We have a rich cross-cultural legacy of both contemplative and expressive practices at our disposal. How do we draw upon and update them to meet the conditions of the modern mind living in an industrialized body within an urban environment?" - Jamie

"All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together." - Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido

“Bringing broad knowledge and understanding of the human being, Jamie opens up a world of experiencing your body from the inside out. I have learned so much and value what he offers; in today's times of 'disconnect', his work truly allows us to access what is important and meaningful.” - Joy, Dancer and Teacher

Somatic Expression Calendar

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August 2026

August 2: Introduction to Embodied Mindfulness
Free & Online

August 8 & 9: Embodying Nature
Online Series

August 16: Unplug to Connect Introduction
Free & Online

September 2026

September 6: Introduction to Embodied Mindfulness
Free & Online

September 29-December 15: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 1
12 Tuesdays, 9:30-11am PT/ 12:30-2pm ET/ 18:30-20:00 CET

October 2026

October 1-5: The Dance of Art, Body and Earth
A Somatic and Expressive Arts Residential Immersion with Jamie and Adriana Marchione @ Shantigar, Rowe, MA

October 7-December 16: Unplug to Connect with Non-Sleep Deep Rest Online
10 Wednesdays 10-11am PT/ 1-2pm ET/ 19-20 CET (no class October 21)

October 11: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 2

November 2026

November 8: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 2

December 2026

December 13: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 2

December 20: Winter Deep Rest

January 2027

January 19-April 6: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 1
12 Tuesdays, 10-11:30am PT/ 1-2:30pm ET/ 19-20:30 CET

January 20-March 24: Unplug to Connect with Non-Sleep Deep Rest Online
10 Wednesdays 10-11am PT/ 1-2pm ET/ 19-20 CET

January 31: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 2

February 2027

February 28: Embodied Mindfulness Online Module 2