SOMA
has been effective in treating.....
Sports injury
Auto injury
Chronic pain
Whiplash
Fibromyalgia
Carpal tunnel
Joint pain
TMJ
Depression
ADD
Tension
Aches & Pains
Improves
Posture
Balance
Athleticism
Energy
Health
Flexibility
Appearance
Awareness
Increases
Self Confidence
&
Body/Mind Connection
SOMA's Beginnings
SOMA Neuromuscular Integration® as a modality formally began in 1977. Bill Williams Ph.D. and Ellen Gregory-Williams Ph.D. together developed SOMA as a distinct form of Structural Integration. Ten-session Structural Integration began 55 years ago by Dr. Ida P. Rolf. The Rolf Institute® was founded in 1971 as the first organization to train Rolf practitioners. Dr. Williams was the first Rolfer to leave the Rolf Institute to develop a structural school: SOMA Institute of Neuromuscular Integration®. Many structural schools now exist as heirs of Dr. Ida Rolf.
In the early development of structural bodywork, the focus was primarily on body structure and how that structure related to gravity. Dr. Williams, a Psychologist , began to embrace the body, mind and spirit as a non-separate whole. The SOMA theory and teaching continues to reflect this basic foundation of wholeness of the body, mind and spirit.
Soma Vitality
Soma Neuromuscular Integrationâ
SOMA Neuromuscular Integrationâ Structural Integration
Creating Awareness, an Option, and a Will to Change.
Welcome to Soma Vitality,
a practice of SOMA Neuromuscular Integrationâ
& Somassageâ treatment bodywork.
Structural Integration in Auburn Washington.
The dictionary defines Soma as the entire body of an organism, Neuromuscular as affecting both nerves and muscles, and Integration as centering or bringing separate parts into a harmonious whole. Combine these words together relating to therapy you get...
"A body therapy that changes you physically and psychologically, making you whole."
SOMA is a deep tissue therapy, 10 session series of bodywork (11 with optional arm session) based on the work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. Her work is known as Structural Integration or Rolfingâ
through fascia manipulation, awareness, and movement re-education we work to release chronic structural imbalances and effectively realign the entire body. Each session builds upon the last, addressing layers of tissue throughout the process. The series is designed to balance your body in segments, with each session addressing a different aspect of your structure and movement. This work will help remove compensations your body has developed over the years that may no longer benefit you. With movement re-education, we allow the body to experience new movement patterns that are more biologically optimal. We educate the body's options of movement so you will not fall back into old habits, creating change that will allow the work to carry forward. Structural Integration develops a life long change in your body, whereas massage is only temporary. As a result you receive a feeling a vitality in ones own body. All types of people have benefited from Structural Integration.Children and older people alike can benefit from improved structural alignment.
253-444-7047
Denise@SomaVitality.com
"When you change movement and the way a person stands in the world, their whole self-image and behavior begins to shift. We don't just get the person vertical. We also talk about how that affects them in the world ... we help them find the personal meaning."
~ Karen Bolesky, MA, LMHC, LMP,
Director of The Soma Intitute of Neuromuscular Integrationâ
www.Soma-Institute.org