Jamie McHugh
Jamie McHugh, MA, MSMT is a Registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist (ISMETA) and an interdisciplinary artist. He is the creator of Somatic Expression® - Body Wisdom for Modern Minds, an integrative approach to the art and craft of embodiment. He is also the creator of NatureBeingArt, abstract contemplative photography of the natural environment for both fine art reproductions and video streams.
His somatic-expressive practices for re-wilding the body, mending the mind and restoring the spirit have been inspired by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Emilie Conrad, Anna Halprin, Thich Nhat Hanh, Pomo Healer Lorin Smith and the wild places of the planet.
Jamie McHugh offers trainings, classes, and individual sessions in pragmatic body wisdom derived from the five somatic technologies indigenous to the body: Breath – Vocalization – Contact – Movement – Stillness. The accessibility and simplicity of his approach comes from 45 years of personal and professional practice with a wide range of audiences in varied contexts, ranging from graduate students in Holistic Health Education to dance and theater artists to people living with life-threatening illnesses.
His work is user-friendly, ranging from sensitive and deep to playful and exuberant as he invites you to participate in the sensate soul and substance of your body.