Anxiety Support with NeuroMovement®
When Anxiety Feels Overwhelming
Anxiety can have a debilitating effect on your life.
It might stop you from doing something you long to do.
It might keep you from talking to a person you want to meet.
It might hold you back from performing at your highest level in the moment you need it most.
For some, anxiety feels like a racing heart or shallow breath.
For others, it lives as tension in the neck, pain in the gut, or a constant undercurrent of alarm.
However it shows up, anxiety is not just in the mind.
It is deeply rooted in the body.
Anxiety in Children
Children are not immune to anxiety.
They may express it through meltdowns, avoidance, difficulty sleeping, or physical complaints like stomachaches.
NeuroMovement® helps children with anxiety by gently calming the nervous system, giving their brains new ways to process experiences, and building resilience through movement.
Parents often notice their children becoming calmer, more confident, and more at ease in daily life.
The Brain–Body Connection
The brain and body are inseparable in the way they create and maintain anxiety.
When your mind feels stressed or overwhelmed, it sends signals to your nervous system.
Your nervous system responds by activating fight-or-flight — tightening muscles, changing your breath, and heightening your sense of alarm.
This response is not random.
It is a learned survival pattern from your past.
While it may have protected you once, today it can fuel anxious thoughts and keep you stuck in a loop.
The good news: your brain can learn new patterns.
How NeuroMovement® Helps Break the Anxiety Cycle
What if gentle micromovements could help interrupt these old patterns?
Slow, safe, exploratory movements regulate the nervous system by bringing you into the present moment.
And when you are fully in the present, you cannot simultaneously be caught in the future with anxious thoughts.
By releasing physical tension and the “holding” patterns in your body, the anxious thoughts in your brain no longer have a foothold.
NeuroMovement® helps create new neural pathways that support:
Calmer breathing and reduced muscle tension
Improved self-regulation in stressful moments
A greater sense of presence and awareness
More freedom to do the things you want without fear holding you back
What a typical session with Phoebe looks like
Sessions are fully clothed and customized for your goals.
We may work with you lying on a padded table, seated, standing, or even on the floor.
The touch is gentle.
The focus is on clear, comfortable movement and sensory information that your brain can use right away to ease your anxiety.
You can expect:
A short conversation about your history, concerns, and goals
Gentle movement explorations that do not provoke anxiety or pain.
Time to sense changes and integrate what you notice
Practical ideas for daily life so your improvements stick
Why Gentleness Matters
Many approaches to anxiety focus on controlling thoughts or forcing relaxation.
But anxiety is not something to push against.
NeuroMovement® lessons are different.
They are gentle, respectful, and designed to reduce effort instead of adding more.
Each lesson is about creating safety, curiosity, and possibility.
When we slow down and meet the body where it is, the brain naturally learns to let go of old patterns of alarm and create new patterns of calm.
Your path with Brilliant Movement
Step 1.
Free Discovery Call
We’ll talk through your pain story, questions, and goals, then decide together if this is a good fit.
Step 2.
Initial Consultation and First Lesson
Experience NeuroMovement® and leave with a personalized plan for your pain relief roadmap.
Step 3.
Short Series for Momentum
Most adults start with 6 to 8 lessons to reset unhelpful patterns, build ease, and establish new movement options your brain will actually use.
Step 4.
Integrate and Maintain
Enjoy your newly organized movement.
We’ll space out maintenance lessons to support your new normal.
Why you can trust this approach.
Experience
I’m a fully certified (since 2011) Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement® Practitioner based in Portland, Oregon.
I work with adults in chronic pain and anxiety who want sustainable, brain-body change.
Expertise
My sessions are individualized and gentle, in line with how the nervous system learns best.
I help you sense differences, not push through anxiety or pain.
Trust
Clear process, realistic expectations, and easy ways to contact me.
You can work with me in-person or online.
Your comfort and safety set the pace.
Frequently Asked Questions about NeuroMovement®
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Frequently Asked Questions about NeuroMovement® *
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It’s different. Rather than stretching or strengthening a specific muscle, we invite your brain to discover easier whole-body co-ordination. Many clients say they feel calmer, more organized and empowered afterward.
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No. Pain is a signal to adjust.
We stay well within comfort so your brain is ready to learn to find new solutions to your pain.
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Most adults start with 6 to 8 lessons. We’ll review your progress and adjust the plan together.
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Yes. Remote lessons are effective because your brain does the learning.
I guide you to sense and move in ways that translate to daily life.
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NeuroMovement® practitioners don’t call this practice Energy Work but it might feel it!
Explore NeuroMovement® for Anxiety Relief
If anxiety is holding you back from living fully, there is another way.
NeuroMovement® offers a gentle, brain-based approach to calming your nervous system and opening new possibilities for freedom and ease.
📞 Call me directly at (971) 266-1911
💻 Book a consultation online at brilliantmovement.net/contact
Anxiety does not have to rule your life.
With the right support, your brain can learn to move out of the cycle of alarm and into calm, presence, and possibility.
Whether you are an adult living with chronic anxiety or the parent of a child who struggles, NeuroMovement® offers a safe and effective way forward.