Rolfing® Structural Integration

Bodywork and Movement Education for Healing and High Performance

Rolfing Structural Integration is…

Rolfing is a form of somatic therapy in which we use hands-on touch and movement education to deepen self-awareness and free restrictions that limit mobility and cause pain. Rolfing is a holistic process: through movement assessments, we see how chronic patterns of strain and compensation have developed through the whole mind-body system over our lifetimes. By working with the connective tissue, or fascia — and through it, our nervous systems — to reorganize these old patterns, we can support the body in finding new, more adaptive options for movement. Empowered with these new options, we can return to our natural capacity for balance, ease, and trust in ourselves as we move through the world.

Benefits of Rolfing

  • Improved body awareness

  • Increased balance & stability

  • More fluid, aligned, easy movement

  • More trust & adaptability

  • Easier breath

  • Improved range of motion

  • Improved athletic, musical, and vocal performance

  • More ease and well-being in the whole soma

Rolfing can support:

  • Repetitive Motion Injuries (carpal tunnel, tendonitis, etc.)

  • Headaches (including from TMJ, migraines, whiplash, etc.)

  • Injury, accident, and surgery recovery

  • Trauma healing

  • Back and neck pain

  • Foot, ankle, knee, and hip issues

  • Moving through and integrating major life transitions

  • and more

Let’s Get Started.

Reach out for a free 20-min consult call to see if the work is a good fit for you.

  • Sessions generally follow a consistent structure. When you arrive, we will check in about how you’re doing and what you’ve noticed since our last session. If you haven’t already, you will change into your Rolfing clothes, and we will do a short movement assessment. We will then have about an hour for bodywork on the table, including hands-on touch and movement cues, with opportunities to stand, move, and take note of what’s happening. We will close with movement integration, if appropriate, and a short post-assessment to notice what’s changed and where we’ll go next.

    For more on what to wear and what to expect, check out the For New Clients page.

  • New Rolfing clients generally start with the basic Ten Series. This gives us the space to be thorough and systematic with our work and set you up with a new baseline experience in your body. Read more about the Ten Series here.

    You are encouraged to begin by scheduling 1-3 sessions. This will allow us to assess whether Rolfing is a supportive fit and what might be possible for you at this time. A minimum of 3 sessions is generally recommended if there is a project you want to explore together.

    Our aim with the Ten Series is to create lasting changes in your experience of your body. There’s no requirement to return for continued work. Some clients will return to go deeper in the form of a Post-10 three or five session series, or for semi-regular tune-ups. These sessions are always adapted to your individual needs, at the time and pacing that works for you.

  • Session Length

    Sessions are 75-90 minutes. Your first session will be 90 minutes, to allow ample time for intake conversation and getting oriented to the work. Subsequent sessions are designed according to your needs: most sessions are around 75 minutes, but we schedule for 90 to create space for integration and the unexpected, and we will use all 90 if needed. I encourage you to leave time for yourself after to transition slowly (go for a walk, sit, journal, whatever works for you) to support integration before your next activity.

    Session Frequency

    Rolfing sessions engage the body in a process that builds on itself over time. In order to build momentum, especially if you are in your initial basic Ten Series, it’s best to schedule every 1-3 weeks. If this is cost prohibitive, we will work together to find a session style, schedule, and payment plan that work for you. If needed, we can also schedule breaks into the series if you are planning a longer time away.

  • Rolfing sessions are on a sliding scale of $110-$150 (flat fee for 75-90 minutes).

    Check (to Jen Wenz Somatics) and Venmo (@jwenz12) are the preferred forms of payment, due at the time of your session. Cash and credit cards will be accepted if need be.

    I am committed to supporting all who would benefit from the work. If this cost is prohibitive to you, please contact me about reduced rate sessions, and we can work together to find a setup that is generative for both of us.

  • Check out the For New Clients page for more on what to expect and answers to frequently asked questions.

    Check out the Rolfing© Ten Series page to go the next layer deep on Rolfing!

My Approach

  • Adaptive: There are many ways to work as a Rolfer®. My commitment is to meet you where you are in each session, and adapt the work to your interests and goals, whether we work together for one session, ten, or many more.

  • Aware: I understand that each of us are shaped by the cultures and systems we live in, and by how we feel about ourselves as we navigate these waters. My commitment is to continue deepening in my own awareness of myself and our world, so that I can better get to know how you have been shaped by the world we live in and are shaping our world in turn.

  • Collaborative: In Rolfing, change doesn’t happen to you — we work together to create change. My commitment is to support you in paying attention to and saying what works for you, whether it’s a kind of movement, a depth or direction of touch, or a position on the table. Together, we’ll find what works for you.

  • Trauma-Informed: Too many, if not most, of us carry the imprint of specific and/or ongoing experiences of trauma and oppression in our somas. My commitment is to work with you to stay within your window of tolerance and support your system in finding boundary, safety, and stability when needed. Rolfing is not “no pain, no gain” — we are here to get to know ourselves more deeply and heal at the “speed of trust” (adrienne maree brown).

  • Joyful: Healing is most integrated when it is full of curiosity, play, and joy. To quote Rabbi Alan Lew, “joy is any feeling fully felt.” My commitment is to engage with you in the process of discovering your body’s wisdom while trusting in your inherent wholeness and capacity for joy.

  • Transformational: Rolfing aims for lasting change. My commitment is to work with you to find the possibilities for change that are available now and that your system will be able to integrate and then rely on in the months and years to come.

Photo: Sonia Wilk

“It’s not how deep you go, it’s how you go deep.”

— Dr. Ida Rolf