How I came to do this work

I worked in the corporate world as a system’s analyst for 18 years. In 1989 my daughter was born, and in 1991 I went through a divorce. At that point I had never done any personal work and was really wound up as a person, but these two experiences made me begin to engage with inner work. 

In 1995 I heard Jon Kabat Zinn speak and read his book Full Catastrophe Living. Something shifted in me and I realized I desperately needed to leave my corporate job, and wanted to be able to be at home with my daughter while I gave myself the space to figure out what I really wanted to do with my life (the ability to dip into my retirement savings to stay home for a year was a blessing). 

In my year of self-sabbatical I went to Spirit Rock Meditation Center, took classes in yoga and meditation, and was a part of a therapy group. 

One fellow member said he had done some bodywork that he thought was amazing. At Spirit Rock I looked for cards of bodyworkers and, never having heard the word “Rosen'' before, somehow picked up a card for a Rosen practitioner. 

I had a Rosen bodywork session and was blown away. Throughout that year I continued having Rosen sessions, and eventually attended a Rosen Method intro session at Spirit Rock, and then began the trainings.

I can’t emphasize enough how I certainly did not plan to become a Rosen practitioner myself! I thought I was doing the trainings for my own immersion, and came from a family of origin who placed a lot of emphasis on what they considered proper jobs. I had never even imagined doing bodywork- I wasn’t even somebody who went for massages! 

However, to say that Rosen Method caught my attention in a deep way is an understatement. As I continued with the trainings and receiving sessions, I continued to change and to feel more and more like myself. One thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history!