Find Your Body’s Potential Through Rolfing Structural Integration
Rolfing® & Scarwork Therapy – Portland, Maine
With over 20 years in the field of bodywork, I work with fascial web and other connective tissue, finding & releasing restrictions so soft tissue, joints and bones can return home.
Providing you with ease in movement in your body and restoring energy so you can experience your body’s best potential.
More Ease of Movement
As the body releases restrictions in the fascial relationships and there is more integration in the system, range of motion increases along with more ease.
Align Your Mind, Body and Spirit
Rolfing® is a holistic practice where we work with the physical body, and yet, there is resonance that impacts the whole being including our energy, mind, and spirit.
Achieve Lasting Results
The work changes your structure which allows you to continue to evolve with less follow up work. The tuneups can be refinements of the new normal that you achieve or can be opportunities to go deeper into the system that may not have been available earlier.
You deserve to feel at ease & pain free in your body.
Whether you need to increase the speed of healing after surgery, have been dealing with a lifetime of discomfort, or want to alleviate temporary ailments, realignment through Rolfing® can support your body to find it’s natural integrity.
Treatments
Rolfing® Sessions
Imagine living in a body with more ease of movement and possiblity to feel better in your daily activities. Rofling allows you to explore your bodies potential despite injury, trauma, repetitive patterns or poor posture.
Scarwork Therapy
Scarwork is gentle but can produce powerful results that can open up restricted tissue, help to create tissue that’s has more sensation, and enhance the appearance of the scar cosmetically.
How is Rolfing® Different From Massage?
What is Rolfing®?
Rolfing is a manual therapy that works to restore ease and to create better alignment through enhancing the relationships of the tissues. We work with the connective tissue which includes fascia, ligaments, tendons, muscles and bone. The classic 10 series helps to realign the body in 10 sessions that work from superficial to deep and finally toward integration so the work may continue after you find completion. Goals can include releasing patterns in the fascial web that no longer serve you and helping you find realignment. This allows you to move more efficiently which creates more energy for you to integrate into your life.
What is Massage?
Integrative massage works to improve blood flow, reduce tension in muscle tissue, work out adhesions, relax the nervous system. Integrative massage sessions are best if you’re looking for deep relaxation, specific muscle pain relief, general wellness or nervous system regulation.
“Massage is like dipping your hand into a river and changing the flow of the water for a period of time, but the water flow resumes its regular flow eventually. Rolfing is like dipping the hand into the river and moving the rocks around on the bottom, changing the flow of the river forever.”
RAY MCCALL
“Rolfing is permanent, as one student put it, after you’re Rolfed you’re like a Jaguar. No matter how long you drive a Jaguar, it’s not going to turn into a Ford. That’s a very good emotional answer. It’s good because it appeals to all levels.”
Dr. Ida P. Rolf
Meet Your Guide
I’m Shannon Murphy, nice to meet you. I’m a graduate of the Dr. Ida P. Rolf Institute® in Boulder, Colorado. I bring an empathatic approach to my practice with intuitive and skilled hands that listen to the tissue and your stories.
I thrive on supporting my clients by helping to create possibility and shifts in their bodies which may reflect in their lives. The work can be truly transformative.
Take The First Step Towards Better Alignment
Move More Freely
I want to support you to find more freedom in your body. My passion is to help you find opportunity where there is restriction, and my canvas is your bodies structure.
Book a Session Today!
What are you waiting for? See what is available to schedule today.