Wake up to the infinite wisdom of the body

Sense your way to freedom

We are so much more than the limits of our beliefs and what we think we know about ourselves. And so much more than the pain that we feel. I’m Gena Rho, a clinical somatic educator (CSE). With a deep background in movement and how the body holds the truth that may be unconscious, held in our painful or numb body, I work with you to offer a sensory experience of your potential freedom, beyond the limits of your mind.

Offerings

Online Learning

Join me online for group classes, workshops and on-demand practices to deepen your learning and education.

In-Person Learning

Join me in person for retreats and workshops to learn more about integrating somatic awareness work into your life.

Work With Me 1:1

Take your healing into your own hands with guidance working one-on-one with me, either online or in-person.

Upcoming Course

A Poetics of Pandiculation

A four week course

with Gena Rho and Matthew Stillman

Friday May 30th-June 20th

10-11:30am EDT

To have beauty available as a habit in our mouths is a skill not generally cultivated; to speak and invoke poetry that is appropriate and nourishing in the moment. For fragments of a poem to find their way into your language, that poem must be nestled into the bed of your heart, given love and care as it decides to stay a good long while. In a time bereft of capacity to witness beauty, committing poetry to heart is a way to bring it in. It’s a discipline to have beautiful thoughts circling in your head instead of the more common and often caustic ones.

Pandiculation is a method of reconnection to the fullness of being human and to sensing more. While we commonly use pandiculation in a somatic movement practice to relieve muscle tension or to regain control, we also wake up our sensory awareness. We become more available for the nourishment and beauty of words. Pandiculation can be used to tap into playful explorations and creativity.

In these four weeks, you will learn principles of memorization, a method drawn from years of research, applicable to both poetry and prose, helping long- and short-term memory.

This is not a course in poetry analysis or discussion of meaning, though snippets might show up. The focus is on the skills of memorization, recitation, oration, elocution, listening, play, aliveness, and sharing and how that tracks into the body of the individual and the relational body - even online!

Free Introductory Audio Course

Start your journey and learn about clinical somatic education with a free video and two short audios from Gena. You’ll be guided through a series of movement explorations designed to sense more as you move with awareness and connect to the wisdom of your body that has been dormant.

What clients say about working with me…

  • Rob

    “Your teachings (which I apply daily), your suggestion to work with a personal trainer, and my work of training over the last few months have taken me to a level of fitness and comfort in my life that I haven’t experienced since my twenties, prior to hurting my back…

    Thank you again, Gena, for your care and your knowledge, they have proved invaluable to me as I have journeyed back to wellness. You made such a difference in my everyday life, and the knowledge you gave me allowed me to dramatically increase my physical capabilities in just a few months.”

  • Michele

    “In her teaching and in her mentorship, Gena Rho models curiosity, clarity and intentionality. Rooted in education, and forever a learner, Gena guides mentees to explore--our habits, our deep patterns--so that we encourage our students to do the same. The depth of this awakening impacts how we interact with the world--as unfettered and as inquiry-driven as the practice she inspires us to cultivate, both as teachers and within ourselves.”

  • Amy

    “Learning somatic movement with Gena has been such an amazing way for me to connect with my body, reduce pain, and find calm. It has been the best way for me to release tension. I work with Gena in class, and private sessions, I use what I have learned at home and throughout my day. This allows me to continue to work with my body to reduce pain and find peace and calm throughout my week.”

  • Sara

    “I’m in constant gratitude to and for you reflecting me back to myself in such an insightful way. I always feel seen and heard when in conversation and in practice with you, especially in the moments of tremendous change (which seem to happen more often than not). I wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am without having met and worked with you. So much of how I think about my body (and spirit) in the world is from the work we’ve done together. THANK YOU!”

  • Kim

    "As I hang out on the floor today and work to release the pain I feel, I am just so grateful to have a solution, somatics and you as my teacher. Your patience reinforces my desire to learn...I pray that I never lose this wonder of healing.”

  • Anne

    "Thank you for an absolutely transformative experience...I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your gentle, grounded presence and teaching. I feel like a light has been thrown on inside me--like my spirit and my body are at last holding hands.”