The Generative Body
Somatic coaching for awareness, connection, and change.
The Generative Body is Emily’s approach to somatic coaching: a space to slow down, listen deeply, and explore your inner world with curiosity and care.
Drawing from years of experience in dance, somatic movement education, experiential anatomy, and embodied practice, Emily supports clients in developing a deeper relationship with their bodies, emotions, patterns, and ways of being in the world.
What is somatic coaching?
Somatic coaching works with the understanding that the body carries information, memory, intelligence, and adaptive patterns that are often overlooked in daily life.
By paying attention to sensations, emotions, impulses, movement, breath, and nervous system responses, new possibilities for awareness, choice, connection, and change can begin to emerge.
This work is collaborative, relational, and grounded in curiosity rather than judgment or performance.
What This Work May Support
navigating life transitions
reconnecting with your body
building capacity for stress and uncertainty
shifting long-held patterns
deepening self-awareness
supporting creativity and meaning-making
developing greater self-trust
creating more space for rest, connection, and aliveness
You do not need dance or movement experience to participate in this work.
Emily’s Approach
Emily’s coaching practice is deeply informed by her background in dance, Contact Improvisation, somatic movement education, experiential anatomy, and community-based artistic practice.
A central thread throughout her work is creating spaces where people feel supported in listening to themselves more fully and relating to their experiences with greater compassion, clarity, and curiosity.
Emily is based in Charlottesville, Virginia and teaches dance at the University of Virginia.
How to Get Started
If you’re interested in learning more or booking a session, email me to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.