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What
is
Rosen Method Bodywork?
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Healing
touch...
Connecting to the essence of the self...
Reaching unconscious limitations...
To live life in the world as the one you really are...
Bringing
forth what is within you...
Taking charge of your life...
Shifting what holds you back...
Creating self-healing, self-love, self-respect
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Method Bodywork and Empowerment is a hands-on practice that
addresses the body, mind, spirit, and emotions. It uses non-manipulative
touch and gentle conversation to bring awareness and release
to muscle tension held in the body. As one becomes aware of
this tension (where we hold stress), what emerges is relaxation
of the muscles, ease in the breath, and new possibilities for
living one's life.
Rosen
Method Bodywork and Empowerment is a holistic approach to
physical and emotional health that releases what is stored
in the body—sometimes painful memories, emotions, and
old behavior patterns. Learning to be with one's own fears,
hesitations, and emotions and listening to the wisdom that
comes from the body bring forth renewed creativity and an
honoring of our deepest sense of ourselves, our truth.
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Potential
Benefits of Rosen Method Bodywork and Empowerment
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- relaxed
muscles
- greater
ease in the breath
- faster
healing from trauma or injury
- relief
from joint stiffness
- release
from old behavior patterns
- nurturing
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reduced anxiety and stress
- deepening
awareness
- trust
- acceptance
- learning
to receive
- getting
a voice
- greater
capacity for intimacy
- personal
transformation
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CONNECTIONS:
Rosen Method Bodywork is for people who have wishes and visions
of what life really could be like. It is for those who wish
to use a holistic approach to physical and emotional health,
and to empower themselves in their personal lives. It is for
those wishing to
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gain more self-confidence, feelings of self-esteem, and
self-worth
- restore
their life of feelings, including their childhood ability
to unconditionally love
- experience
the power of safe, gentle, healing touch
- reintegrate
the connections between body, mind, and spirit
- release
emotion and tension stored in the muscles of the body and
relieve the accompanying physical pain
- reclaim
the vibrancy of their senses
- support
continuing recovery from addictions by developing a strong
sense of self
become free from the effects of early childhood hurts, physical,
sexual, or emotional; it is especially for those who no
longer want to hold themselves back in their past painful
experiences
- bloom
into their full intelligence and creativity and live without
limits
Philosophy
CONNECTIONS:
Rosen Method Bodywork and Empowerment uses Rosen Method Bodywork
to release tension held in the body—tension that can
hold one back in life. Deep contact through gentle touch in
those places of holding tension encourages awareness through
relaxation, through the breath, and by connecting to the deep
essence of the person. Often, painful emotions or unconscious
limitations can be released, and by moving past the history
of experiences, the possibilities of fuller life can unfold.
CONNECTIONS
maintains that we are our own healers. We are designed to
live our lives in complete creativity, with full power and
intelligence, full of awe and wonder, fully connected to each
other in loving cooperation. This is your inherent nature,
and it is possible to live from this place. The Rosen Method
practitioner can support the client's unfolding self-discovery,
self-expression, and healing.
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Rosen
Method Bodywork is not designed as a substitute for
mental health professional therapy or for treatment
of medical illness. It is a holistic, alternative approach
to emotional self-healing outside the medical model.
It can be used, however, in an adjunct capacity, as
a nationally recognized bodywork supporting and correlating
with professional mental health or medical treatment,
and to provide relaxation and self-care with enhanced
communication between the physical body and the emotional
and spiritual self.
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Training
and Education
Practitioners
of Rosen Method Bodywork receive a rigorous formal training
before being certified by the Rosen Institute. The average
length of study is four years, in part because one's preparation
to do the work requires a good deal of self-discovery. During
the internship, which includes 350 hours of practice sessions
and 25 hours of sessions supervised by senior teachers, the
intern is also expected to receive Rosen sessions him- or
herself. Receiving the work is an essential component of learning
how to practice the work.
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What to Expect from a Session
There
is no typical Rosen session. Each session is a unique experience
for both client and practitioner. There are, however, several
elements that you can generally expect:
- A
session is about an hour long.
- The
client is invited to lie on a massage table.
- The
practitioner may talk to the client, inviting her or him
to notice and perhaps respond in words to what is happening
in the body as it is touched.
- No
oils or lotions are used. Touch may be received directly
on the skin or through clothes, as the client wishes.
There
is also no typical Rosen client. We work with people who want
to experience the wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. Some
people come because they are suffering from physical pain
or discomfort, some because they sense a general dissatisfaction
with their lives, some because they are excited by new possibilities
and want support in exploring those new options.
The
work is not designed for those with severe mental health issues,
such as psychosis, or for people who are actively dependent
on chemical or controlled substances.
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Practioners:
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Dorothea
Hrossowyc, M.A.
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Dorothea
Hrossowyc practices as
Connections: Rosen Method Bodywork and Empowerment.
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Dorothea
Hrossowyc, M.A., is a certified practitioner in Rosen Method Bodywork,
trained by Marion Rosen in Berkeley, California. She is a member
of the Rosen Method Professional Association and the American Massage
and Bodywork Practitioners Association. She also has professional
training in Swedish Massage, Reflexology, and is a teacher of Reevaluation
Counseling. She has many years of experience as an educator, trainer,
and personal empowerment consultant, and has led workshops and classes
in women's empowerment, men's liberation, building self-esteem,
couples and relationships, parenting, eliminating racism and prejudice,
healing from the effects of classism and other oppressions, and
healing early sexual and physical hurts. She is committed to human
liberation, and physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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Sheri
Krall
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"What
I love about the Rosen Method is the gentle touch.This work can
move through layers of repressed emotions and experiences to touch
what is real in each of us. We then are able to bring that out into
the world and influence the way we live our lives."
- Certified
Practitioner of Rosen Method
- Trained
at the Rosen Method Center Southwest in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Member
of the Rosen Method Professional Association
- Member
of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
- Trained
Hospice volunteer specializing in grief facilitation with the
Mayo Clinic
- Trained
in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma
- Currently
training in Sensorimotor Psychotheraphy for Developmental and
Attachment issues.
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