Your Body Has Changed.
Have you Updated How you move?
Whether you're recovering from surgery, living with chronic pain, worried about your balance, or simply noticing that your body doesn't move like it once did, there's good news.
Throughout your life your brain can continue learning ways to make your movement easier and more pleasurable!
Gentle movement lessons with Phoebe help you move with greater ease, confidence and comfort through every stage of life.
Living Well in a Changing Body
Bodies change.
That isn't failure.
It's life.
We get older.
We spend years sitting at desks.
We have babies.
We gain weight.
Lose strength.
Recover from illness.
Have surgery.
Develop arthritis.
Live through menopause.
Break bones.
Become caregivers.
Our bodies keep changing.
The problem isn't that your body changed.
The problem is that your brain is often still running yesterday's operating system.
When your brain continues organizing movement the way it did years ago, everyday activities begin to feel harder than they need to.
Walking.
Standing.
Getting out of a chair.
Reaching overhead.
Climbing stairs.
Getting down onto the floor.
Feeling steady.
Feeling confident.
My work helps your brain update the way you organize movement so you can meet today's body with today's operating system.
Your Relationship with Gravity Is Always Changing
Gravity never changes.
We do.
Every birthday.
Every injury.
Every illness.
Every surgery.
Every season of life changes the conversation between your body and gravity.
Many of us respond by holding ourselves tighter.
Trying harder.
Bracing.
Stretching more.
Pushing through.
Ironically, those strategies often make movement feel less comfortable.
Instead of asking your body to work harder, I help your brain discover easier, more efficient ways to organize movement in gravity.
People often notice they feel
• steadier
• lighter
• more coordinated
• less effort
• more confident in their patterns.
Our human systems are designed to learn, adapt, and reorganize throughout life.
Sometimes we simply need richer information, new experiences, and the space to explore different ways of moving, learning, and being.
My work supports change across the physical, cognitive, and emotional parts of life because they are deeply connected.
Through gentle movement, careful observation, and whole-system exploration, I help people discover greater ease, stronger capacity, and more freedom in their bodies and lives.
I believe there is often far more possibility available than we realize.
Whether you are seeking relief from pain or looking for new possibilities for your child, Brilliant Movement is a place to explore what else might be possible.
I'm fascinated by how the brain learns and functions.
For more than fifteen years I've helped people discover that better movement isn't about trying harder.
It's about giving the brain better information.
Using gentle, thoughtful movement lessons, I help people build a richer movement vocabulary so everyday life becomes easier.
Whether you're hoping to garden again, walk farther, recover from surgery, feel steadier on uneven ground or simply enjoy your body more, our work is guided by curiosity rather than force.
Because when the brain has more options...
your body usually does too.
Hi, I'm Phoebe.
Certifications & Trainings
Fully Certified Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Practitioner
(Specialties - Children, Anti-aging, High Performers)
15+ years helping adults and children
Master of Music (UBC)
Graduate Micro Credential in Child Behavioral Health, Ballmer Institute, UOregon
Assistant Teacher and Support Staff for ABM Trainings and Workshops
Craniosacral touch training (Carol Gray, Portland)
Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) training (NeuroGenesis, South Africa)
WHO I HELP
Most of the people I work with are adults who want to move better and feel better.
They may be
• noticing changes that come with aging
• recovering from surgery or injury
• living with chronic pain
• experiencing balance or mobility concerns
• navigating neurological conditions
• wanting to stay active and independent
I also continue to work with babies and children with disabilities or developmental differences.
I help families to support learning through gentle, brain based movement.
Adults
I help adults uncover the out-of-date movement patterns behind chronic pain, tension, anxiety, and movement limitations.
Many of my clients have tried stretching, strengthening, therapy, or rest and still feel stuck.
Together, we look beneath the symptom to understand the patterns shaping how you move, hold yourself, and respond to effort.
By creating greater awareness and offering new movement experiences, we help your system reorganize toward greater ease, comfort, and confidence.
This work can support:
• Back pain
• Joint pain
• Knee pain
• Foot pain, including Plantar Fasciitis
• Balance challenges
• Mobility limitations
• Adult stroke recovery
• Scoliosis
• Anxiety and nervous system tension
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children
I work with children, with or without diagnosed disabilities, whose families sense there is more possibility available than they’ve been told.
Together, we create rich opportunities for learning, connection, and development by helping the brain gather new information, make new connections and discover new movement, cognition and emotion options.
This work can support children in building skills, reaching milestones, improving emotional regulation, and expanding their capacity for learning and movement.
Conditions and challenges I support:
• Cerebral Palsy
• Developmental delays
• Genetic conditions
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Sensory processing challenges
• Pediatric stroke recovery
• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
• Periventricular Leukomalacia
• Cortical Visual Impairment
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Scoliosis
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Your Body Doesn't Have To Go Back in time.
It can go forward.
You don't need yesterday's body.
You need today's body supported by today's brain.
I'd love to help you discover how that’s possible for you.