We gain aliveness when we embark on a journey toward balance and that is a gift to our world.

My Background

I grew up in nature, on a back road with thousands of acres of woodland mountains around me in Vermont. I was enchanted by the movement of the trees in the wind and the changes of seasons and I gained a deep love for nature and for movement as life. I decided early that I wanted to make movement of the body my life’s work. What I didn’t realize is that there is a dissociation in this culture to relate to our bodies as they interact within the environment. I studied dance through college and beyond and I studied healing since college.

When I discovered Rolfing, I found something that was practical and evolutionary, that can solve people’s structural dilemmas and encourage them toward a greater engagement with their life. I found something that really offered far reaching strides in transformation and give people something that could really make a difference. That is truly meaningful to me. My studies also have been greatly influenced by the teachings of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and her school, Body-Mind Centering, which like Rolfing, inquires into Embryology and the earliest influences on the making of a human.

My passion for somatic work has brought me to many places around the US and in Europe and my interest in the body-mind-spirit connection has only grown. I spent 20 years in a Buddhist community and find that developing presence and awareness influences my work everyday. I strive to stay present and help connect my clients to their presence along with me. Now I spend time studying from indigenous healers because I feel they have a connection with the Earth and with Nature that has been badly depleted by the force of colonization, something that has exploited all of us, some much more then others.

Though new to Athens, I’ve held a private bodywork practice for over 26 years. I offer structural bodywork and somatic movement therapy with an emphasis on injury treatment and prevention through hands-on sessions and guided movement repatterning. I work primarily with structural imbalances, postural awareness, scoliosis, as well as visceral manipulation, SourcePoint Therapy (a form of energy medicine), craniosacral therapy, scar work and embodied anatomy.

I currently am developing individual programs to incorporate multiple techniques for greater support in somatic recovery.

My approach to Rolfing®

Although my personal experience with the Rolfing ten-series had a strong emotional component, as a Rolfer, my focus with my clients always begins in the physical realm. If clients communicate a desire to explore emotional issues, or emotional stuff comes up, I’m more than happy to facilitate this work. But I feel lack of physical motion as one of the most significant health dangers in America. I see every day that most of our health problems result either directly, or indirectly, from lack of motion.

I aim to help clients attain structures that are more functional and more comfortable. One of my greatest challenges is to help people learn to take advantage of Rolfing changes by incorporating greater range and frequency of motion in their lives. If they can do this, they will maintain and continue to improve their physical alignment—and overall health. To this end, I instruct clients in range of motion exercises, stretching with a focus on alignment, and Rolfing movement techniques throughout the ten-series.

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