Now, more than ever, Somatic movement education is vital to assist and reconnect a disembodied society and to enable the return of self-discernment and a heart-centred, eco-centric based existence. I offer you an invitation to Be in Nature and slow down...
What is Somatic Movement?
Thomas Hannah first coined the phrase “somatic movement”; derived from the Greek word “soma”, meaning “living body”. Somatic movement can be described as body movement exploration that supports a deeper understanding of your bodily impulses for movement; your felt sense and intuitive knowing. This is what could be described as a body sensation enquiry. The knowledge gleaned from this approach gives us agency.
What is Somatic Movement?
Thomas Hannah first coined the phrase “somatic movement”; derived from the Greek word “soma”, meaning “living body”. Somatic movement can be described as body movement exploration that supports a deeper understanding of your bodily impulses for movement; your felt sense and intuitive knowing. This is what could be described as a body sensation enquiry. The knowledge gleaned from this approach gives us agency.
"It is my heartfelt passion and prayer to facilitate a safe space where healing, creativity and
magic can happen. As a Buqi energy healer with 23 years experience, I see movement is vital
for our sanity, health and wellbeing. It is our birth right to move and I invite you to take
back the agency of your bodily knowing through your unique free movement impulses and
kinaesthetic awareness."
– Poh-Eng San
Photo by Denys Gromov
About Your Teacher
Poh-Eng is a freelance dancer/performer and facilitator of environmental movement in wild places. She has taught 5 day retreats in West Wales and Ireland, and currently teaches regular somatic intuitive dance in studios, on the Gower and other site-specific locations. Her main influences are Helen Poynor and the late Dr. Shen Hongxun, Taiji Grandmaster and Lama from whom she studied Taijiwuxigong, Taiji 37 and Buqi energy healing.
Her synthesis of somatic dance and understanding of how chi moves through the body and Earth, incorporates biography and the non-human world as sources of inspiration for her work, writings, sound improvosations and teachings.
For several years Poh-Eng has studied with Linda Hartley in ‘The Discipline of Authentic Movement’.
Amy Voris and lecturers on the Dance and Somatic Well-being team MA course at the University of Central Lancashire have inspired an experiential anatomy approach to Poh-Eng's teaching.
Poh-Eng was one of the dancers in “Traces of Tissues”, a somatic costume piece commissioned for The Prague Quadrennial in 2019, choreographed by Sally Deane and Charlotte Ostergaard.
Current Exhibition
Poh-Eng was invited as a dancer to take part in “Monumentalise”, a series of eight videos commissioned by 20/20 Project from the Decolonising Arts Institute UAL. This is part of the year long 2024 exhibition “We Are The Monument” at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
Open Tue–Sat 11am–4pm (Weds 1–5pm)
Closed Sun–Mon and Bank Holidays.
Poh-Eng is a freelance dancer/performer and facilitator of environmental movement in wild places. She has taught 5 day retreats in West Wales and Ireland, and currently teaches regular somatic intuitive dance in studios, on the Gower and other site-specific locations. Her main influences are Helen Poynor and the late Dr. Shen Hongxun, Taiji Grandmaster and Lama from whom she studied Taijiwuxigong, Taiji 37 and Buqi energy healing.
Her synthesis of somatic dance and understanding of how chi moves through the body and Earth, incorporates biography and the non-human world as sources of inspiration for her work, writings, sound improvosations and teachings.
For several years Poh-Eng has studied with Linda Hartley in ‘The Discipline of Authentic Movement’.
Amy Voris and lecturers on the Dance and Somatic Well-being team MA course at the University of Central Lancashire have inspired an experiential anatomy approach to Poh-Eng's teaching.
Poh-Eng was one of the dancers in “Traces of Tissues”, a somatic costume piece commissioned for The Prague Quadrennial in 2019, choreographed by Sally Deane and Charlotte Ostergaard.
Current Exhibition
Poh-Eng was invited as a dancer to take part in “Monumentalise”, a series of eight videos commissioned by 20/20 Project from the Decolonising Arts Institute UAL. This is part of the year long 2024 exhibition “We Are The Monument” at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
Open Tue–Sat 11am–4pm (Weds 1–5pm)
Closed Sun–Mon and Bank Holidays.
