Online Somatic Wellness Series for Creatives
Explorations in Movement, Art, and Conversation
Saturdays, April 26 - May 17, 2025
from 10am - 11:30am PT / 1pm - 2:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
with Expressive Arts Therapist and Creativity Expert, Adriana Marchione
Are you seeking more balance and ease in your body and mind?
Do you find it challenging to follow your creative impulses and/or gain momentum on projects?
This online somatic wellness series will give you the opportunity to listen to your body, your creative spirit, and your inner truths at this time. Adriana will guide you in group process, offer experiential exercises in somatic work as well as exclusive interviews with wellness experts. Through nourishing movement and expressive arts, this series will connect you with other creatives and share a wealth of resources to fuel your well-being.
This 4-Week Online Series will Offer Opportunities to:
- Receive tools for Nervous System Grounding for Emotional Balance in order to increase Creative Capacity.
- Enliven the Body with Movement and Awareness to Nourish oneself and connect to Creative Intuition
- Embody the Concept of Creative Flow and Active Imagination through Guided Exercises
- Follow your Creative Impulses while prioritizing your Mental health and Peace of Mind
This Online Wellness Series is geared towards:
- Creatives who want to deepen their healing practices and desire community
- Arts Therapists, educators and coaches who are experiencing burn-out and overwhelm
- Professional artists of all types who are need a time-out to re-fuel and optimize health
Somatic and Movement Expert Interviews will be included in the series:
- Jamie McHugh, Somatic Movement Specialist and Interdisciplinary Artist
- Tina Stromsted, Dance Movement Therapist and Jungian Analyst
- Roger Tolle, Master Trager Trainer and Dancer
- Erika Chong Shuch, Choreographer and Performance Maker
DATES: Saturdays, April 26 - May 17, 2025, 10am - 11:30am Pacific Time / 1pm - 2:30pm Eastern Time (Click here to find the class times in your time zone)
LOCATION: Online via Zoom. Recordings will be provided to those that cannot make a live session.
COST $200 USD
Your Guide
Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as an award-winning filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work as a movement-based expressive arts therapist and educator. Since 2002, Adriana has mentored thousands of students as faculty member of the renowned Tamalpa Institute, WHEAT Institute in Canada, and through her thriving business ‘Art Cures’ where she coaches clients and teaches courses. She has presented her creative healing approach with a focus on addiction and grief at festivals, conferences, and treatment centers including South by Southwest, National Council on Drug and Alcohol Dependence and the Commonwealth Club. Adriana’s films include When the Fall Comes and the award-winning documentary The Creative High.
Somatic + Movement Experts
Jamie McHugh, MSMT is an interdisciplinary artist, somatic movement specialist and the creator of Somatic Expression® - Body Wisdom for Modern Minds. His somatic-expressive practices for re-wilding the body, mending the mind and restoring the spirit have been inspired by his relationships with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Emilie Conrad, Anna Halprin, Thich Nhat Hanh, and with diverse groups of people internationally and the wild places of the planet for over 40 years. Jamie continues to study and research the mystery of the body as an element of nature and as an expression of our humanity. http://somaticexpression.com/ http://www.naturebeingart.org/
Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, LPCC, BC-DMT, RSME/T, is a Jungian Analyst, Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, public speaker, and author. Director of Soul’s Body Center® she offers courses, private sessions, and international consultation. With 45 years of clinical experience, she teaches in many parts of the world. Her background in dance, theater, and nature inspire her interest in the creative process, transformative healing, and embodied spirituality. Her forthcoming book Soul’s Body®: Active Imagination, Authentic Movement, & Embodiment in Psychotherapy will be available in August (Routledge). https://authenticmovement-bodysoul.com
Roger Tolle is a Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist with 40 years in private practice. He teaches Trager Trainings around the world. Through 15 years as a modern dancer and choreographer, and extensive study with Dr. Trager and other pioneers in the field of somatic movement education, he gained a thorough working knowledge of function in motion and the interconnected influences of mind and body. https://www.rogertolle.com/
Erika Chong Shuch is a performance maker, choreographer and director whose topic-driven ruminations coalesce into imagistic assemblages of music, movement, text, and design. Interested in expanding ideas around how performance is created and shared, Erika’s work has been performed in city halls, theaters, industrial offices spaces, diners, parking lots and food courts. Erika’s recent projects include For You, a dedicated practice of performance making proceeding from these two desires: Make performances based on, and for, specific individual; bring together diverse groups of strangers for intimate encounters. https://www.erikachongshuch.com/
Adriana coached me to use movement and imagination to drop down into my body for visceral non-verbal expression. With these embodied states, I transitioned from loud inner critics to creative freedom and plans of action.
- Kenny Yun, Solo Theatre Director, Writer, & Performer
Adriana has a gentleness about opening us up to ways of self-nurturing through art and movement. She provides us with skills that we may be present with ease, and find aliveness again. Her caring guidance allows for the profound release of whatever needs to be surrendered.
– Risa Tapales, Recovery Coach, Visual Artist
Adriana creates a special safe space that allowed me to drop into my truth and ground as an artist with a unique voice. I felt held and nurtured by the life/art process in the group and individually, and to see, trust, and value my own artistic process.
-Jessica-Sue Burstein, Performance Artist and Writer