Move Into Life®: Gentle Movement Classes for Balance & Ease in Portland

Gentle NeuroMovement® Lessons for Ease, Balance & Vitality This Summer

If your body feels stiffer than it used to…if getting up from the floor feels harder…if balance, pain, tension, or fatigue are quietly shrinking your world…

you are not alone.

And things can change.

This spring, join Phoebe MacRae for a special 5-week Move Into Life® series at Taborspace designed especially for adults in midlife and beyond who want to move more easily, feel more confident, and enjoy life more fully.

Inspired by Phoebe’s beloved Move Into Life® retreats and workshops, this shorter Portland series offers gentle micromovement lessons that help awaken the brain-body connection and create new possibilities for comfort, mobility, balance, and joy.

Move Better. Feel Better. Enjoy Summer Again.

Imagine sitting comfortably on a picnic blanket in the park, playing with grandchildren without fear or hesitation, walking with more confidence and less strain, or simply feeling steadier, stronger, lighter, and more energized in your daily life.

These classes are not about forcing, stretching, or pushing through discomfort. Through gentle awareness-based movement lessons, your brain receives new information that can help improve coordination, flexibility, balance, posture, and ease.

Participants often notice reduced pain and tension, easier movement, better sleep, increased vitality, and more mental clarity and joy.

Class Details

Move Into Life® — Portland Spring Series

📍 Taborspace 5441 SE Belmont Street, Portland OR

Wednesdays beginning May 27🕙

10:00 AM⏱

45-minute classes

5-week series (may 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24)

Classes include gentle chair lessons and floor-based brain-body explorations, with accommodations available for anyone who prefers not to get on the floor. The atmosphere is welcoming, relaxed, and suitable for many levels of mobility and experience.

No previous experience is needed.

TaborSpace is located at

5441 SE Belmont Street, Portland OR, 97215.

It is housed in the Mt Tabor Presbyterian church and is a vibrant and beloved community hub!

A Different Approach to Movement in Portland

Unlike fitness classes that focus on effort and repetition, NeuroMovement® lessons use slow, novel movement and mindful attention to help the brain discover more efficient and comfortable ways of moving.

This approach can be especially supportive for adults experiencingstiffness, chronic pain, balance concerns, reduced mobility, fatigue, or the feeling that aging is making life smaller.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is making the impossible possible. The possible easy and the easy elegant!

Gentle Movement Classes for Adults in Portland

Many people searching for gentle movement classes in Portland are looking for something that feels safe, intelligent, and encouraging rather than exhausting or intimidating.

Move Into Life® may be a wonderful fit if you are looking for support with balance, mobility, chronic pain, flexibility, healthy aging, nervous system regulation, or simply wanting to feel more at home in your body again.

About Phoebe MacRae

Phoebe MacRae is a certified Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Practitioner, musician, educator, and founder of Brilliant Movement in Portland, Oregon.

Her teaching blends gentle movement, curiosity, mindfulness, and compassionate guidance to help people reconnect with their bodies and discover new ease and vitality.

Her classes are known for being welcoming, calming, encouraging, and surprisingly transformative.

Ready to Move Into Life® This Summer?

It’s time to Move Into Life because life is more fun when you can move with ease.

Picnics. Parks. Grandchildren. Gardening. Walking. Dancing in the kitchen.

Move better. Feel better. Enjoy more.

Learn more about Phoebe and NeuroMovement at Brilliant Movement