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 Body Intelligence (Inteligencia Corporal) as a way to discover one’s potential through one’s body.

She has remained at the leading edge of BodyMind treatments and education in southern Europe as well as enjoying a rich family life. Her love and enthusiasm for healing work and for people is immediately evident in her whole being, in her state of the art Physiotherapy clinic and in the vast number of programs she has created to assist people to realize their potential in body, mind, heart and spirit. Bibiana has developed one of the most comprehensive residential treatment programs available in the world today for Rheumatoid Arthritis, working with more than 2000 RA patients – adults as well as children. She is co-creator of the innovative Terapia Integral Acuatic – an exciting aquatic therapy, as well as Myofascial Release Trainings, both of which she teaches internationally. Bibiana works with a wide variety of patients and different conditions, from sports people to children and the elderly.

A pioneer in connecting and building bridges of contact among distinct therapeutic disciplines, Bibiana searches for an inter-disciplinary dialogue through health which can be accessible to everyone. She created Bodywisdom Spain to fulfill this vision.

In today's conversion we'll discuss what brought Bibiana to this path, the current situation of Bodywork in Spain amidst Covid, what Rolfing is for her and why she loves this work.

You can find out more about Bibiana at www.bibianabadenes.com

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Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 during his early twenties, Michael shifted gears and quickly enrolled at The Rolf Institute® in 1998. Immediately following his graduation in 1999, he was invited to re-enter the classroom as a teaching assistant and has been involved with teaching in Rolfing and Continuing Education classes ever since.

After almost 20 years of study, Michael still has the same beginner’s excitement when it comes to exploring the art, science, theory, and practice of Rolfing. Through consistent study and continuing education classes with Rolfers, as well as with Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Psychotherapists, and Movement/Rehab experts, Michael learns more about what is possible with this work each year. His enthusiastic curiosity of how people (and their bodies behave) fuels his passion for understanding how anatomy, physiology, movement, posture, pain, and healing potential all come together with this work.

Michael is so easy to talk to, and each conversation I have leaves me both wanting more time with him and also more time on my own to digest the richness.   Check out more about him at https://www.rolfingdenver.com/

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 personal experience have taught him to slow down, be mindful, be present and pay attention to himself that includes his bodies, his thoughts, feelings, as well as other people and the environment.  He practices mindful movement using the Feldenkrais Method and martal arts (Tai Chi and Aikido) and incorporate it into daily life.  Since starting practicing this, he has gained so much freedom in movements as well as in thinking and feeling as he has more options in his movement, thinking, and feeling patterns.  He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and skills to help others move through the world physically and emotionally with a sense of ease, comfort, and freedom.

Today we are lucky to have not just a great conversation but also an experiential practice led by Taro. We are sure you'll learn something from this. 

You can find more about taro at trans4move.com and at his YouTube site at www.youtube.com/c/TaroIwamoto

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

Today's conversation is with Gail Wetzler 

In a few years, she developed her own private practice, at which time she received a large number of head, neck and TMJ pain patients. This became a driver to learn more about cranial osteopathy, craniosacral therapy and how the fields of physical therapy and dentistry could collaborate to help these patients. As she pursued continuing education classes with Dr. John Upledger, he inspired her to learn more about the different systems in the body and how they all integrated for function. During one of her earlier speaking engagements for thew Upledger Institute ( Beyond the Dura), she met Jean Pierre Barral DO, who inspired the importance of anatomy, the ability to listen to the body and the specificity of tissue dialogue in manual therapy techniques. She has listened and followed his mentoring into understanding the body's deeper fascial relationship of the viscera, vascular, neurological and manual articular systems since 1989. Gail has been an instructor for the Barral Institute (BI) since 1991 and became the BI Curriculum Director in 2001.

In her career, she has been invited to speak at multiple professional conferences including National and State levels for the APTA, USC Head, Neck and Facial Pain Clinic, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Beyond the Dura Research Conferences, "Hope" Head Injury Organization, and was the keynote speaker in Italy for the Fascial Manipulation Research Conference presented by Antonio, Carla and Luigi Stecco. She is the Past Director of Physical Therapy for the Integrative Medicine Center at UCI. She is currently part of the Research Team for the Upledger Foundation for their recent studies on Post Concussion Recovery She currently teaches for the Women's Health Section of the APTA "Gynecological Visceral Manipulation"

Gail earned her Diplomate from the Barral Institute in 2005. She earned her Equine Diplomate in Osteopathy from Vluggen Institute of Equine Osteopathy in 2009 and she earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, in 2013.

For the upcoming Symposium Gail spoke about, please visit the site below

For More information on Gail, visit https://www.iahp.com/GailWetzler/

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 communities of over 25,000 women, over 8000 participants and nearly 100 teachers internationally.

She is also the co-founder of the One Strong Mama podcast.

We get into the biomechanics of the pelvic floor, pain philosophy, geeking out on body-mind connections, myofascial release and more.

Lauren is a very easy to talk with person who is clearly passionate and excited about her area of specialty. Check out more about her at https://laurenohayon.com/

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 Integration on soccer athletes and was presented at International Fascia Research Congress in 2018 and 2015. In 2011 Russell formed Stolzoff Sportworks to bring the benefits of Rolfing Structural Integration to professional athletes. Russell lives and practices in Bellingham, Washington. He can be reached online at www.rolfingworks.com and www.stolzoffsportworks.com

We'll talk Russell's history of getting into Rolfing, the Rolfing education process, working with professional athletes, why go further into Advanced Certification, how psychology fits in with bodywork... and more

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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.  

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 Reed College and his Ph.D. in Physical Education from the Ohio State University. He is an instructor of the Feldenkrais Method® of body awareness education.

He began Aikido practice in 1969, and he currently holds a sixth degree black belt in Aikido as well a first degree black belt in Karate. He is the developer of Being In Movement® mindbody training, the inventor of SpineLine® Bicycle Handlebars (patent #5,024,119), and the author of a number of books about applications of body awareness training in various areas of life. For fun, Paul rides his bike, runs, practices Aikido, reads, practices organic gardening, and writes.

This talk was extremely fun for both Nikki and I as we got to be led in different experiences as well as having some of our thoughts and believes tested by a true teacher. I am personally very excited to continue to learn more from Paul.

Find out more of Paul and his work here https://www.being-in-movement.com/

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature.

Heather is a storyteller by nature, whether in the novels she writes or in how she tells the story of her client's bodies by working with them and unwrapping the layers of lived history within.

We are so grateful for our time with her today, and for what she shared with us. We are sire you will enjoy as well!

Find out more about Heather here https://heatherstarsong.com and if in the Boulder Area, we greatly recommend you contact her for a session.

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g

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 to listen to. I recommend for bodyworkers, animal lovers, and really anyone interested in learning something new. Jim’s positive approach to life shines through in this episode. You’ll also learn a bit about Nikki’s dog and some dog psychology. :)

Jim’s been a Rolfer since 1994 and Advanced since 1997. He developed the first Equine–Canine Structural Integration program., wrote a book on Equine Structural Integration and produced a video on the Canine program. Jim got certified as a CrossFit Level 1 trainer in 2010 and has pursued Mastery in this with continued education: Rowing Coach, Endurance Coach, Gymnastics Coach all CrossFit. CrossFit Affiliate owner Integral CrossFit. USA Weightlifting Advanced Performance Coach, Club Coach. OpexFit Coach, Life Coach and Nutrition Coach. He’s a certified meditation instructor and a Shambhala Training Director. Lots of stuff!

We hope to have Jim back sometime soon to hear more about CrossFit and SI.

Find out more about Jim at https://jimtherolfer.com/

As always, we hope you enjoy the show. If you like what we are putting out, please share positive reviews at wherever you listen to us from. And feel free to share with friends. We’d greatly appreciate it as we are doing these podcasts for your enjoyment and education.

You can find more about Andrew at andrewrosenstock.com

Many thanks to Explorers Society for use of their song " All In" from their majestic album 'Spheres' Please check them out here https://open.spotify.com/album/1plT1lAPWEQ1oTRbWOiXm3?si=eAL08OJdT5-sJ6FwwZD50g