When and how did you decide to become a bodyworker? It was really a blessing in disguise. During my third year studying Mechanical Engineering I caught Hepatitis A from a local fast food restaurant. There was a small epidemic and about 100 people got sick. It knocked me out for a couple of months and […]
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How did Real Bodywork start making massage videos? Sean and Geri Riehl taught massage in Santa Barbara, California. At the request of their students as a way to remember the information that was being taught, they created a set of DVDs that mirrored the information shown in class. Their first DVD set, Deep Tissue and […]
1. When and how did you decide to become a bodyworker? 1978. I was living in Sydney and thought about going to the osteopathic college that a friend of mine was teaching at. But I also wanted to travel and live where I could ski. So I ended up in Boulder, Colorado at the Boulder […]
1. When and how did you decide to become a bodyworker? I guess it was a few years after I graduated from PT school. I was unhappy with what they taught and the outcomes I was getting. I also had the misfortune of possibly causing one of my patients a spondylolisthesis (broken back bone) while […]
1. When and how did you decide to become a bodyworker? I decided to become a bodyworker (Rolfer) when I was in graduate school in Chicago, after learning a bit of acupressure massage in my Tai Chi classes, and seeing the impact of Rolfing on my mother. 2. What do you find most exciting about […]
1. When and how did you decide to become a bodyworker? In my twenties I was studying psychology at Heidelberg University, being fascinated by the way how mind, body and emotions interact. At that time Gestalt Therapy, Primal Scream, Transactional Analysis, Reichian Therapy and Encounter Groups were very popular. However, I became more and more […]