House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies

House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies House for Wellness: Rolfing and Movement Therapies focuses on improving your health and fitness.

No headbands for a while but still can play the part. Sometimes I get asked if I still teach yoga and Mobility classes,...
04/18/2026

No headbands for a while but still can play the part.

Sometimes I get asked if I still teach yoga and Mobility classes, which mostly I don’t. Still enjoy it when I do get to, however, and currently I substitute teach group yoga and meditation at a local behavioral health center. Much different than the studio or gymnasium vibe, however very much a suitable environment for a practice focused on breath, body, and mindfulness. A space like this requires more flexibility and adaptability than the most bendy of us have. Using skills and training from yoga therapy, somatic experiencing, and Rolf movement we’ve been able to find a way to practice that works well.

How do you practice when half the room says they don’t want to do “yoga”? Or being called names and labeled negatively? Or there is no response at all? The world outside isn’t that much different. Probably the only difference is that everyone has the freedom to avoid each other.

Well, we focus on breath, body, and mindfulness, things that aren’t exclusive to “yoga.” We establish connections to what’s present, encourage acceptance around the present moment, and promote a still point around which people can orient, find calm, and look at things with a bit more clarity, even if just for a moment.

Just a moment of this awareness has helped me remain hopeful that it’s always available, regardless of what’s going on. Sometimes more challenging to find, sometimes less. So we like to share.

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Remember when “copedendency” was just your unyielding attachment to your electric blanket? …And your treasured blanket’...
04/11/2026

Remember when “copedendency” was just your unyielding attachment to your electric blanket? …And your treasured blanket’s unhealthy attachment to you. Then you realized your electric blanket increased your risks of dying in a house fire by 75%, information which caused you to leave behind your old appliances. Leaving no one left to snuggle, your blanket went through a severe depression. It journeyed through a process of learning to love without an object, almost coming close to learning to love itself… yet something within your blanket caused it to chase after you in what could be described as a “relapse”.

Suddenly, after a near-death experience trying to save your blanket from complete destruction, you find yourself bringing your electric blanket with you to college to take a little slice of home into a new world, carrying old things because you’re too broke and can’t afford anything new. You feel the judgment from others, but none of them can keep you from the warmth you feel at night with your old blanket. A couple of weeks later, you meet a new person who lights up your world. Even when walking back to your room, you can’t stop thinking about the encounter. The weather is warm, and you open the window before sitting down in your bed. You look over at the blanket and hesitate before impulsively reaching for it, and think, “Maybe I don’t need you tonight.” A breeze flows in, and suddenly you feel goosebumps. The blanket wraps itself around you, and together you both slip back into bed, not knowing who chose who this time.

Remember when “codependency” was just your unyielding attachment to your heated blanket?Remember when “copedendency” was...
04/11/2026

Remember when “codependency” was just your unyielding attachment to your heated blanket?Remember when “copedendency” was just your unyielding attachment to your electric blanket? …And your treasured blanket’s unhealthy attachment to you. Then you realized your electric blanket increased your risks of dying in a house fire by 75%, information which caused you to leave behind your old appliances. Leaving no one left to snuggle, your blanket went through a severe depression. It journeyed through a process of learning to love without an object, almost coming close to learning to love itself… yet something within your blanket caused it to chase after you in what could be described as a “relapse”.

Suddenly, after a near-death experience trying to save your blanket from complete destruction, you find yourself bringing your electric blanket with you to college to take a little slice of home into a new world, carrying old things because you’re too broke and can’t afford anything new. You feel the judgment from others, but none of them can keep you from the warmth you feel at night with your old blanket. A couple of weeks later, you meet a new person who lights up your world. Even when walking back to your room, you can’t stop thinking about the encounter. The weather is warm, and you open the window before sitting down in your bed. You look over at the blanket and hesitate before impulsively reaching for it, and think, “Maybe I don’t need you tonight.” A breeze flows in, and suddenly you feel goosebumps. The blanket wraps itself around you, and together you both slip back into bed, not knowing who chose who this time.

lol! AI has it uses. So does intranasal work and intra-oral work, yet they’re often treated with the same trepidation a...
04/10/2026

lol! AI has it uses. So does intranasal work and intra-oral work, yet they’re often treated with the same trepidation as this comic may illustrate.

“Are you going to go up my nose?” It is not an uncommon question when we talk about 7th hour or cranial work. It’s not always the case…but sometimes….

Just as with jaw work, nose work can have acquired uncomfortable taste to it, yet it can be nonetheless very helpful in restoring order in the viscero and neurocraniums. Which then serve to help the rest of the body. Sometimes it’s a better option to, at least, explore before diving into even more invasive medical procedures.

In my opinion, for any structural issues, if you can get your hands on it, try that first. Try that before a knife, needle, or whatever other tool we’re willing to use.

Getting back on the counseling train with this semester’s Assessments & Addictions Counseling courses along with my thir...
04/02/2026

Getting back on the counseling train with this semester’s Assessments & Addictions Counseling courses along with my third module in Somatic Experiencing International’s Certification Program. Busy times…

03/24/2026

One more workshop offering before the next massage license renewal cycle in June. Join us for a weekend of stretching, self-care, and ethics for a total of 14 CEs approved by the NCBTMB. Come to one or all three courses at the most affordable prices for live, in-person training.

See link in bio for class information.

Here is a little preview of content covered at the 2024 AMTA Convention in Florida. Improved functionality in just minutes with these principles and techniques.

03/23/2026

Shifts and Tilts

It’s one thing to look at static posture, it’s another thing to look at movement as movement is a representation of life...
03/20/2026

It’s one thing to look at static posture, it’s another thing to look at movement as movement is a representation of life. No movement, no life. These photos shared by Dr. Rolf in her book on Rolfing illustrate the changes made from 10 sessions with a client, not just in alignment with some center line but an ease that can be seen in having a less strained relationship with gravity. Less effort to live and walk.
Rolfing is more than simply fascial manipulation, it is work on relationships via the whole person in an environment. No part of our structure exists in isolation.

“If you can imagine how it feels to live in a fluid, light-balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress, at ease with itself and the earth’s gravitational field; then you will understand the goals of Rolfing”.

Pretty timely reception of my student evaluation from assisting Phase III at the Rolf Institute, some highlights and roo...
03/19/2026

Pretty timely reception of my student evaluation from assisting Phase III at the Rolf Institute, some highlights and room for improvement. Looking forward to next time.

Feeling full circle today leading a massage CE class at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort where I grew...
03/18/2026

Feeling full circle today leading a massage CE class at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Beaufort where I grew up and where I stared massage school 20 years ago. Denise Van Nostran is still running the show and I can remember my initial conversation with her about joining the program, taking me from handling boxes at UPS to a wide world of bodywork. I always wondered if she had any class photos from 2006-2007 and was surprised to see this sitting on the book shelf, a 19 year old Noel.

03/17/2026

“Phoros (-φόρος) is an Ancient Greek term meaning “bearing,” “carrying,” or “producing,” derived from the verb phérein (to bear/carry). It commonly functions as a suffix (-phorus, -phore) in English to denote a bearer or carrier of a specific thing”

In terms of movement “phoricity” may be considered a type of activity where you move as if you’re carrying a sense of HERE and THERE simultaneously to establish a stronger connection between your axis and your activity.

I’ve been recently intrigued by this concept, despite it’s vagueness, and gradually trying t employ more opportunities for embodying it because it does feel as though I am more connected to my activity and can maintain a longer/more adaptable spine. We’ll see what fun is exercised come up.

03/10/2026

A little review of some ways your pelvis can move and have positional preferences or fixations. It’s not just anterior and posterior tilt around the tailbone. It also includes the relationship between your left and right innominate bones, which have some fun and not so fun ways of moving.

Torsion
Flare
and Shears or Slips

are ways in which these bones can get stuck and just some simple mechanics with patience can help coax them back home.

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The only constant is change. Though we may agree with this truth we often find ourselves resisting change in both our minds and bodies which are inherently tied in with our parts of ourselves. Resistance develops through such things as injury, habits, beliefs, norms, models, and other forms of behavioral and environmental adaptations. I was enlightened to these challenges early on and found the capacity to alter my resistance through practices focused on promoting movement and mindfulness. Initially this started as a teenager with martial arts, weightlifting, and meditation. Practices which shifted my perspective on my life’s potential and opened up paths towards other practices such as massage therapy, yoga therapy, and structural integration.​

There’s been a long time of me wearing many different hats in health and wellness starting with personal training in 2005, adding on massage therapy in 2007, and wearing the hat of yoga instructor starting in 2013. In 2016 I decided to consolidate my hats into one by diving headfirst into my practice in 2016 after becoming a Certified Rolfer. This practice has given me the space and freedom to utilize a wide variety of skills and experience while wearing just one outfit. As that outfit became more adaptable I began to truly appreciate the holistic effects of what we do in the business of health promotion. This awareness continues to lead me towards further training and education.

With each year that passes and each human being that I help there is so much palpable change in both my visitors as well as myself. My purpose is to help continue sharing the benefits of structural integration and movement based therapies. I believe this requires being always open to shifting my own perspective on how to help support optimal movement, radiant health, and purpose driven lives.

​Though are many valuable questions to ask in regards to making healthy changes I invite you to consider just a few: