Gentle Movement Lessons
for Adults & Children
with Disabilty, mobilty, pain
in Portland, OREGON
FREE DOWNLOAD FOR PARENTS:
HELP YOUR CHILD REACH DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AT HOME with 4 Steps to Connect with Your Child
A PDF and video series for parents and caregivers who want to help their child reach developmental milestones at home using simple songs and gentle moves.
Our Services
Support for Children with Developmental Challenges
If your child is not meeting milestones, or something just doesn’t feel quite right, you may find yourself wondering:
Are we doing enough?
Why isn’t this getting easier?
Is there another way to help my child?
You may have already tried therapies that focus on strengthening, repetition, or correcting movement—yet your child is still struggling to roll, sit, crawl, communicate, or feel comfortable in their body.
NeuroMovement® offers a different approach.
Instead of trying to fix your child, we gently support the brain in creating new connections—through slow, intentional movement that builds awareness, coordination, and possibility.
In our lessons, your child is never pushed or forced.
We work with the nervous system to:
increase comfort and ease in the body
support developmental progress (movement, communication, attention)
create the conditions for meaningful, lasting change
Parents often notice:
new movements emerging (sometimes unexpectedly)
greater calm and engagement
more curiosity, connection, and joy
You don’t need to do more or push harder.
Sometimes, a gentler approach is exactly what the brain has been waiting for.
If you’re living with chronic pain like plantar fasciitis, back pain, or joint pain, you may already have tried everything you were told would fix it.
Stretching. Strengthening. Special shoes. Being careful.
And still… every step feels uncertain.
Not quite steady. Not quite easy.
You might notice yourself bracing as you walk.
Holding yourself up off the ground instead of moving with fluidity.
Wondering if your body is becoming less reliable or even fearing a fall.
This work offers a different way forward.
Rather than forcing change in the body, we work with the nervous system and the brain—the parts of you that organizes how you move, balance, and respond to gravity.
Through gentle NeuroMovement® lessons, you begin to sense how your whole system is working together… and where it’s not.
As your brain receives clearer information, it can reorganize how you move. Reorganization reduces strain, restors coordination, and allows you to feel more steady, capable, and at home in your body again.
This is how people begin to return to walking, hiking, traveling, and living fully—without fear guiding every step.
About Brilliant Movement
Nestled in the shadow of Mt Tabor at Taborspace in Portland, OR, Brilliant Movement specializes in the neurodevelopmental approach called Anat Baniel Method® NeuroMovement®. It is a cutting-edge method that uses gentle, mindful movements to remove pain and limitation by rewiring your brain-body connection.
Phoebe’s mission is to support and empower adults and seniors by alleviating chronic pain, making everyday movements easy and managing anxiety by addressing it where it lurks - in your habitual, body patterns.
Her distinctive approach to working with children includes lots of music and song! If your child loves songs and music Phoebe will not disappoint. (if they don’t like music we do other super-fun things!)
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Request a free, 20-minute Discovery Call with Phoebe MacRae
Learn how Brilliant Movement can help you or your child achieve new heights in health and well-being. During our call I will answer your questions and we will decide if working together is a good idea for both of us!