Cheryl Pallant is an award winning author, poet, dancer, healer, somatics and writing coach, professor and workshop leader. 

She has published over 200 reviews and interviews with dancers, writers, performance artists, and spiritual practitioners from around the globe and was dance critic for a local newspaper for twelve years. 

She received the Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts. Into Stillness was Finalist for the Virginia Books Award and the Southeastern Book Association. Her essay “Gifting Poetry” was chosen as Finalist for the Bechtel Prize. She has received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Richmond Arts Council. She teaches at University of Richmond and leads workshops on writing, poetry, contact improvisation, 

Writing From the Body, contemplative movement, ecosomatics, meditation, mindfulness, embodiment, and healing at schools, hospitals, and art and spiritual centers throughout the U.S. and abroad. 

Her latest book is  Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing.