I was first Rolfed between and The experience had such a profound effect that I decided to change my career from teaching college English to Rolfing. In the process of becoming a Rolfer, I first became a massage therapist in , graduating from the New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics.
I was certified as a Rolfer in August of , having studied with Gael Ohlgren and Stacey Mills who between them had over a half-century of Rolfing experience. The school was a six month residential program, providing a thousand hours of education. The curriculum covered Swedish massage, shiatsu, polarity, foot reflexology, anatomy and physiology, Bach flower remedies, homeopathic first aid, hydrotherapy, colonic irrigation, nutrition.
Association for Research and Enlightenment: member since American Massage Therapy Association: member since Rolf Institute of Structural Integration: member since The school was a six month residential program providing a thousand hours of education. I describe somatic education as discipline to change your body through my touch, my suggestions of images which you may feel, see, or hear, and through expanding your awareness of how you function, walking, sitting, standing.
Professional Associations Association for Research and Enlightenment: member since What is Somatics?
