Touching Into Presence

Today's Conversation is with Brooke Thomas. Brooke works in a variety of ways to teach about how to cultivate a relationship with our bodies, and therefore with our being, and how that can have a profound positive impact on an individual and collective level. At its core, her work is a lived inquiry about what it means to shift out of a mental/conceptual lens and into an embodied/experiential lens...

Today's Conversation is with Kaila June Kaila June is the founder of SomaKinese School, a virtual platform for movement teachers and therapists encouraging  personal, social, and planetary change through somatic healing and embodied movement science. Kaila is also the developer of Somatic Groundwork™, a mindful movement practice that soothes the nervous system, restores tissue integrity, and deepe...

Today's Conversation is with Aleš Urbanczik. Aleš's SI journey started in 1993 with his Basic Training. Peter Melchior and Emmett Hutchins, Ida Rolf's very first instructors, were his teachers and inspirations. He has a spiritual background in Zen-Buddhism and was ordained a Zen-Boddhisatva in the French Temple of 'La Gendronnière'. He has been practicing and teaching HathaYoga for 30 years and, b...

Today's Conversation is with Roxlyn Moret. Roxlyn Moret has been exploring, practicing, and teaching movement and the healing arts for 40 years. She has an active private practice in NYC teaching group yoga classes and conducting workshops for professionals. Her background includes dance, studying Tai Chi Chuan with Maggie Newman, Shiatsu, Cranial Sacral therapy, and touch for healing. Bonnie Bain...

Today's Conversation is with Jean Louise Green. Jean Louise became a licensed massage therapist in Hawaii in 1987. In 1991, she completed the Basic Training Program for Practitioners of Structural Integration with the Guild for Structural Integration. For two years In Hawaii, Jean Louise was mentored by advanced level Rolfer® Sharon Miller. Green moved to California in 1999 and worked as a Massage...

Today's Conversation is with Magdalena Weinstein. Magdalena is a latinx cis-gendered woman from Chile, living in Northern California. She is a parent, wife, a trauma therapist, counselor and coach. She offers services (live and online), series and workshops using tools and frames from Somatic Experiencing, Crisis Counseling, Somatic Coaching, Applied Neurology and Yoga. Magdalena believes that our...

Today's Conversation is with Ruthie Fraser. Ruthie is an educator and a guide in the realms of body, psyche, and human potential. A  Structural Integration Practitioner since 2007, Yoga teacher since 2003, Voice Dialogue Facilitator since 2015, Brown University graduate, lifelong dancer, mother of two boys, and author of the book Stack Your Bones (published in 2017), Ruthie brings decades of exper...

Today's Conversation is with Bibiana Badenes.   Bibiana Badenes is a Physical Therapist graduate of the University of Valencia, certified Advanced in the Rolfing © Method of Structural Integration and a teacher of Rolf Movement Integration (USA). She has been educated in different psycho-somatic bodywork therapies throughout the world and is currently investigating and creating a program she calls...

Today's Conversation is with Michael Polon.   Michael’s first introduction to Rolfing came as a client, when seeking help with a series of sports injuries and improvement of moderate scoliosis.  His interest in the body began early as a result of these ailments and he began his college years on track to become a physical therapist. After experiencing the power of Rolfing as a client in Boulder dur...

Today's conversation is with Taro Iwamoto.   Taro is a Feldenkrais practitioner based in Lake Stevens, WA with years of experience in movement fields including: physical therapy, athletic training, and martial arts.  He works with people with physical challenges (pain, balance issues) as well as curious learners who want to learn more about how their bodies move.   Taro's professional career and p...

Today's conversation is with Gail Wetzler  Gail currently owns an integrative physical therapy practice in Denver, Colorado, where they treat orthopedic, fascial/muscular/soft tissue, neurologic, pain, respiratory, digestive, mTBI and women's and men's health issues. After receiving her initial degree in physical therapy, she pursued her first experience in acute orthopedic care at Hoag Hospital,...

Todays conversation is with Lauren Ohayon. Lauren Ohayon is an internationally recognized Yoga + Pilates teacher specializing in core and pelvic floor issues. She has been teaching for over 20 years. Lauren is the founder of Restore Your Core and One Strong Mama - 2 highly acclaimed Online programs designed to restore function for anyone with core / pelvic issues. Her programs boast online communi...

Todays conversation is with Russell Stolzoff. Russell is a practitioner, researcher and member of the Dr Ida Rolf Institute’s Advanced Faculty. Russell has been a practitioner for the past 31 years, has served as the Chair of the Rolf Institute’s Board of Directors, and Chaired DIRI’s Executive Education Committee. His research at Western Washington University examined the effects of Structural In...

Hello Touching Into Presence community.  Today's conversation is with your hosts, Andrew and Nikki.  We'll talk about ourselves, how the podcast started, and how we got to where we are today.  We'll also discuss what we are hoping for our listeners to get out of the podcast and how they can positively effect the show as well.   We'll be planning to have more of these shorter host episodes in the f...

Today we have a very informative and entertaining talk with Paul Linden. Paul Linden is the Chief Instructor and co-founder at the Columbus Center for Movement Studies/Aikido of Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is a specialist in body and movement awareness education, and his work focuses on the interplay between self-exploration and effective action. Paul received his B.A. in Philosophy from R...

We are fortunate to have Heather Starsong with us for today's conversation. Heather is an inspiration for many and just a true force of nature. An original student of what was then known as Rolf-Aston Structural Patterning and later evolving into Rolf Movement, and a pioneer of this movement paradigm. Heather Starsong grew up in New England and graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 1...

Today’s conversation is with Jim Pascucci. Equine Rolfer extraordinaire, Certified Advanced Rolfer, Cross-fitter, and so much more. Besides being an incredibly intelligent and ingenious person, Jim is also extremely funny, as you’ll hear here. 

Jim’s way of sharing his narrative in how he got to where he is today and how he developed his Horse Structural Integration work is fascinating and easy t...

Today’s conversation is with Rolf Structural Integration Certified Advanced Practitioner Dario Di Lorenzo.  Dario completed his Advanced Training with Emmett Huthchins and Neal Powers in 2014 and is also now part of the European Guild for Structural Integration (EGSI). Our talk spread across different topics, how Dario was brought to bodywork, what is the EGSI, a celebration of Dr Rolf’s 125th bir...

Today we have a delightful treat for you, a conversation with Jan Sultan.  Jan is a legend an elder and a sage in the Rolfing SI community. Jan Sultan’s initial encounter with Ida Rolf was in 1967 as her client. In 1969 he trained under her, and after having assisted several classes, was invited by Dr. Rolf to become an instructor in 1975. After further apprenticeship, Dr. Rolf invited him to take...

n amazing, knowledge filled and heartfelt talk with Master Embodiment Educator Russell Delman.  Russell is the developer of “ The Embodied Life, ” referencing an approach to human transformation. These programs are an integration of the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, Zen based meditation and Guided Inquiry. All of the practices are based on learning to be present with the reality of our inner exp...

Today we are speaking with Jade Wood. Jade is a somatic movement educator, Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist and a Feldenkrais practitioner in her final year of training. She’s an all-around appreciator of the art of movement and stillness and loves a good cuppa and a book of poetry. Jade is also the director of a 100hour Somatic Yin Training, a unique blend of somatic self-awareness practice and...

Today's talk is with Nikki Olsen. Certified Advanced Rolfer® and Rolf Movement Practitioner, Private Trainer, Gyrotonics, Yoga Teacher, kettlebells and much much more.  A constant student of movement and the body. You can find more about her at  https://nikkiolsen.com/   Today's conversation was very enjoyable for me and I hope we'll be hearing much more of Nikki here.  Thanks to Explorers Society...

Today’s conversation is with Zo Ajani. Zo is currently living and working in India as a Certified Rolfer™️ and Certified Ayurvedic Wellness Consultant, combining Rolfing with traditional Ayurveda therapies and protocols. Find out more about Zo at AZtribe.com

Hello everyone and thanks for tuning in to Touching into Presence.  This is our first episode and we are excited to get this podcast off it's feet and rolling.  This episode is a little introduction to who and what we are about.  We hope you enjoy and we look forward to figuring out the little details in these first few episodes to eventually have flawless content for you all. Thanks again for com...