The Zero State Method
A somatic movement practice for breaking patterns, accessing authenticity, and returning to the intelligence of the body.
The Zero State Method is an invitation to move beneath habit, conditioning, and performance into a more receptive state of listening.
Through breath, sensation, rhythm, improvisation, and creative inquiry, we create space for movement to arise from the body rather than from what we think movement should look like.
What Is the Zero State?
Much of the way we move through life is shaped by familiar patterns—physical, emotional, and behavioral.
The Zero State is the space before those patterns take over.
By slowing down and bringing attention to sensation, breath, gravity, impulse, and our relationship to the environment, we begin to discover another way of responding: less automatic, more curious, and more alive.
Movement becomes a practice of listening.
The Glitch
At the heart of the method is what I call the glitch: the unexpected moment when a familiar pattern is interrupted.
We lose the rhythm. We make a mistake. We move in an unfamiliar way. Something happens that does not fit our usual sense of ourselves.
Instead of correcting it, we become curious.
The glitch creates an opening—a moment when the known falls away and another possibility can emerge.
The Practice
The Zero State Method draws from decades of experience in dance, Pilates, somatic practice, breathwork, meditation, and movement exploration.
A session may include grounding, breath, rhythmic movement, shaking, spatial awareness, guided imagery, improvisation, contemporary dance, Butoh and Gaga-inspired exploration, playful pattern disruption, and periods of stillness and integration.
The emphasis is not on performing movement correctly.
It is on developing the ability to sense, respond, experiment, and trust what emerges.
No dance experience is necessary.
Embodiment Liberation
Embodiment Liberation is one of the primary workshop experiences through which I teach the Zero State Method.
It explores the space between structure and freedom—between the patterns we know and the impulses we have not yet allowed ourselves to follow.
Through somatic awareness, breath, rhythm, improvisation, creative disruption, and embodied play, participants are invited to experience themselves in new ways rather than simply think about change.
The work is ultimately an invitation to become more present, more creative, more responsive, and more fully embodied.
A Six-Part Journey Into Embodied Liberation
The upcoming Embodiment Liberation series unfolds over six distinct sessions, each exploring a different dimension of the Zero State Method.
The series is designed as a journey, but you do not need to attend all six sessions. Each workshop is complete in itself, and you are welcome to join at any point. Come for one session, several, or experience the full arc.
Part 1 — The Zero State
Entering the Field of Possibility
Slowing down, listening deeply, and entering the space before habitual movement and identity take over.
Part 2 — The Glitch
Breaking Patterns & Deconstruction
Interrupting familiar pathways, embracing the unexpected, and discovering possibility inside the mistake.
Part 3 — Somatic Intelligence
Awakening the Wisdom of the Body
Deepening sensory awareness and learning to recognize the subtle information carried through sensation, breath, weight, rhythm, and impulse.
Part 4 — Emergence
Trusting the Wild Impulse
Moving beyond control and allowing instinct, spontaneity, imagination, and authentic expression to emerge.
Part 5 — Relationship
Moving with Others
Exploring presence, connection, boundaries, responsiveness, and the ways we affect and are affected by one another.
Part 6 — Embodied Authenticity
Living the Practice
Bringing the discoveries of the practice into how we move, create, relate, and inhabit our everyday lives.
Experience the Zero State
Each Embodiment Liberation: Breaking Patterns, Embracing Authenticity session is a 2-hour immersive experience of the practice.
Drawing from contemporary and jazz dance, somatic practices, pranayama, Butoh, and Gaga-inspired movement, we explore how sensation becomes impulse, and how impulse can expand into full-bodied expression.
Through gravity, rhythm, momentum, imagery, guided explorations, and layered movement phrases, we soften familiar patterns and make room for a more instinctual, playful, and authentic way of moving.
You’ll be invited to:
deepen sensory awareness
access the body’s innate intelligence and responsiveness
awaken creative energy
expand beyond habitual ways of moving and expressing yourself
experience greater freedom, playfulness, and authenticity
All levels are welcome. No dance experience is required.
Each session stands on its own. Join the series at any time—there is no requirement to attend previous workshops.
Upcoming Sessions
To book, click on each date:
[SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026}
[SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2026]
[SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2026]
[SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2026]
[SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2027]
[SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2027]
Information for all workshops:
4:00–6:00 PM
Light & Space | Ojai, CA
$45–$65 sliding scale
Contact me for more information