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My name is Teagan.
I am a Somatic Therapist, Embodied Movement Facilitator, Vocal Empowerment Coach, an Actor and Artist. I have been fascinated with human nature since I was 12, when I started acting. I was always a high creative—drawing, writing, singing, imagining other worlds—and have been a professional actor for 16+ years. I have mostly worked in the theatre, performing in plays in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and Indianapolis, and dabbled in TV and film during my time on the LA scene from 2015-2018. I was trained in musical theater as well as straight acting, but I truly fell in love with dance about 8 years ago when I entered an ecstatic dance space for the first time. That day changed my life. Ecstatic dance and spaces like it gave me a whole new lens through which to discover human nature. Recognizing that the body intuitively knows what to do to heal itself. Since then, dance and movement have been an inseparable part of how I unite my work in the arts with the health and wellness world, and an inseparable part of how I connect with myself daily. From there I found myself passionately leaning towards trainings which heightened my awareness and knowledge of somatics—such as somatic therapy, flow movement, holistic health coaching, yoga of the voice, and more. The more I learn, the more I return to this truth that the body is the teacher. This is the truth that guides my work. |
ON MOVEMENT
Movement is an essential piece of life being able to thrive.
All plants and animals exist in a state of change—growing, learning, evolving, expanding—this is movement.
The more we, the human animal, can support and encourage the movement of nature within ourselves, the more we are able to manifest living in a thriving state. This especially includes exploring movement pathways that are unfamiliar, to keep the body and mind supple in its ability to change.
Free-form dance and movement can liberate the things we can't liberate with our minds.
The mind is essential to our experience of life—it is our problem solver. Where we can often get stuck is when we see our life, our body, and our emotions as a problem to be solved...
Rather than seeing our life, our body and our emotions as an opportunity to learn and play.
Non-linear movement, ecstatic dance, contact improvisation, embodied dance techniques, physical play, (and vocal exploration as it is an integral part of the body!), these are all ways we can become more fluent in the language of our bodies, and create a relationship with ourselves that truly feels like home.
ON VOICE
The voice IS movement. The voice is a powerful and primal method of communication and healing. It is one with the body and all the sensations in it.
When we are in moments of grief, pain, exhilaration, pleasure, hilarity, the voice creates extra vibration in the body to be able to move the energy of emotion and sensation through and out. Could you imagine dropping a weight on your foot and not making any sound at all? Or could you imagine seeing the person you love most for the first time in 5 years and holding all your sound inside you?
Many have learned through cultural norms and expectations to denounce expressive emotional sound. I'm of the belief that the shaming of sound-making has restricted our ability to experience the depths of sensation and emotionality that are available.
I'm here to support vocal, emotional and physical freedom.
ON ACTING
Acting as an art provides the opportunity to explore the Self through the body and psyche of the many different characters of existence (including the many characters living within us!).
I learn so much about myself through becoming someone else. How I'm similar to the character, how I'm very different, where I feel discomfort and triggers in portraying this character, where I feel liberated, and so on. It is valuable to risk looking silly, strange, ugly or "out of character" in order to develop the muscles of self acceptance and self knowing, and to bring deeper understanding to patterns of human behavior. We may never know our own brilliance, power, nature, wisdom, unless we risk trying something new.
Through acting we can explore our psychology from the inside out, and we are able to do it with fun, silliness, and curiosity. This art has allowed me to see every life event as an opportunity to learn something, to grow, to stand in awe of the grand play of life.
TRAINING/CREDENTIALS
Current: Somatic Bodywork Training through the Somatic Therapy Center in PA
Embodied Dance Temple Keepers Training with Mana Mei.
WildGrace Foundations Training with Sigourney Belle, Kathryn Rollins, and Saya Hayashi
Journeys of Wisdom Holistic Coaching Training with John McMullan.
BFA in Performance from the University of Michigan.
Professional Actor/Performer 16+ years.
Embodied Movement Investigator 8 years.
Dance and Contact Improvisation 7 years.
A member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA.
Movement is an essential piece of life being able to thrive.
All plants and animals exist in a state of change—growing, learning, evolving, expanding—this is movement.
The more we, the human animal, can support and encourage the movement of nature within ourselves, the more we are able to manifest living in a thriving state. This especially includes exploring movement pathways that are unfamiliar, to keep the body and mind supple in its ability to change.
Free-form dance and movement can liberate the things we can't liberate with our minds.
The mind is essential to our experience of life—it is our problem solver. Where we can often get stuck is when we see our life, our body, and our emotions as a problem to be solved...
Rather than seeing our life, our body and our emotions as an opportunity to learn and play.
Non-linear movement, ecstatic dance, contact improvisation, embodied dance techniques, physical play, (and vocal exploration as it is an integral part of the body!), these are all ways we can become more fluent in the language of our bodies, and create a relationship with ourselves that truly feels like home.
ON VOICE
The voice IS movement. The voice is a powerful and primal method of communication and healing. It is one with the body and all the sensations in it.
When we are in moments of grief, pain, exhilaration, pleasure, hilarity, the voice creates extra vibration in the body to be able to move the energy of emotion and sensation through and out. Could you imagine dropping a weight on your foot and not making any sound at all? Or could you imagine seeing the person you love most for the first time in 5 years and holding all your sound inside you?
Many have learned through cultural norms and expectations to denounce expressive emotional sound. I'm of the belief that the shaming of sound-making has restricted our ability to experience the depths of sensation and emotionality that are available.
I'm here to support vocal, emotional and physical freedom.
ON ACTING
Acting as an art provides the opportunity to explore the Self through the body and psyche of the many different characters of existence (including the many characters living within us!).
I learn so much about myself through becoming someone else. How I'm similar to the character, how I'm very different, where I feel discomfort and triggers in portraying this character, where I feel liberated, and so on. It is valuable to risk looking silly, strange, ugly or "out of character" in order to develop the muscles of self acceptance and self knowing, and to bring deeper understanding to patterns of human behavior. We may never know our own brilliance, power, nature, wisdom, unless we risk trying something new.
Through acting we can explore our psychology from the inside out, and we are able to do it with fun, silliness, and curiosity. This art has allowed me to see every life event as an opportunity to learn something, to grow, to stand in awe of the grand play of life.
TRAINING/CREDENTIALS
Current: Somatic Bodywork Training through the Somatic Therapy Center in PA
Embodied Dance Temple Keepers Training with Mana Mei.
WildGrace Foundations Training with Sigourney Belle, Kathryn Rollins, and Saya Hayashi
Journeys of Wisdom Holistic Coaching Training with John McMullan.
BFA in Performance from the University of Michigan.
Professional Actor/Performer 16+ years.
Embodied Movement Investigator 8 years.
Dance and Contact Improvisation 7 years.
A member of Actor's Equity and SAG-AFTRA.