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Rosen Method: the Berkeley Center faculty and community. "This was a wonderful film to guide the co-creation of that shows the depth of Rosen Method Bodywork, a way of wholistic holding for tender healing that I am so happy to be learning and a part of. For more info see my healing oriented website and the Rosen Method: The Berkeley Center website." Paul Antico

An Interview with Sandra Wooten showcasing her more than four decades of history and experience with Rosen Method, her perspective on its evolution, and nuggets of her wisdom. Some questions posed: How did you get to Rosen and what was it like to participate in Marion's first class? How have Rosen Method Bodywork and Movement changed since those early years? How have they stayed the same? You have been instrumental in taking Rosen Method worldwide. In addition to teaching and maintaining a private practice, you founded the Rosen Institute, founded and directed the Rosen Method Center Southwest, developed InBody Somatic Education(r), wrote the book Touching the Body Reaching the Soul, among many other endeavors. As you look back on these many accomplishments, what elements have been most meaningful to you? What have been the most rewarding aspects of your involvement with Rosen Method? What have been the most challenging aspects for you? What do you hope your legacy will be? About Sandra Wooten: Sandra Wooten MA, CMT, CHT, practiced and taught Rosen Method for more than 40 years. She began her studies with Marion Rosen in 1978 and was a member of Marion’s first class of 12 students who graduated in 1982. She founded the Rosen Institute in 1983 and was the founding president of the Board of Directors.   Since 1984 Sandra taught Rosen Method Bodywork in the US, Mexico, Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. In 1986, she began teaching in Santa Fe, NM, and in 1990 founded the Rosen Method Center Southwest. In addition to teaching workshops in Rosen Method Bodywork, Sandra developed and leads a continuing education course, InBody Somatic Education®. She was also a member of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area, Berkeley, CA, and has lectured at conferences and academic symposiums.   Sandra published several articles and wrote the book Touching the Body Reaching the Soul: How Touch Influences the Nature of Human Beings, which was first published in 1995.

Valerie Luoto shares her approach to a Rosen Method bodywork session. She is interviewed by Grace Wu regarding how she approaches a bodywork session, about the important components of Rosen Method bodywork, how to work with our insecurities and doubts and the ultimate goal of our work.  Rosen Method is not simply a technique; it is a way of life. About Valerie Luoto: Valerie Luoto is a Senior Rosen Method Bodywork Teacher. She has a degree in Art and specialized in Special Education. She has been a bodyworker since 1977. Valerie studied Hauschka massage with Frau Irmgard Marbach, Polarity Therapy, and Swedish Massage. Valerie traveled and taught with Marion Rosen domestically and internationally. She co-taught intensives with Marion twice a year from 2006-2011. Valerie worked at the Integrated Medical Clinic in Santa Rosa over 15 years until the pandemic. She still has an office in Ukiah. During these uncertain times, Valerie has a limited in-person practice and is available for phone consultation. About Grace Wu: Grace Wu is a trained practitioner of several bodywork modalities (Acupressure/Tui Na, Ortho-bionomy, Hendrickson Orthopedic Massage, Bowen Technique). Grace was a software engineer and manager in the hi-tech industry for 17 years. She met Marion Rosen and Valerie Luoto in 2006 and has been co-organizing the Ukiah workshops and intensives since 2007. Grace has extensive Rosen Method bodywork and movement training with 6 Rosen 'schools' worldwide over the last 15+ years. In the past 1.5 years, Grace has been providing technical support for the Rosen Method Open Center Movement Zoom intensives.

Deborah Marks and Mary Kay Wright engage in a broad conversation about their many years of participation with Rosen Method. They discuss the unfolding development of the Rosen community through time, and how it has evolved. Using the process of discovery and personal growth that occurs through giving and receiving Rosen Method bodywork sessions over time, and/or immersing in the unfoldment that occurs with regular Rosen Method movement, they share how the community has also passed through many stages of change over more than 40 years. The evolutionary process has included human dynamics such as bonding, rejection, competition, generosity, dedication, creative expression, struggles with unconscious material, family systems patterns, fear, joy, honesty and dishonesty, willingness to serve, nationalism, financial struggles, resilience, and vision. As the community has lived through change and growth, which has included conflict and cooperation, there seems to be more flow, more collaboration and integration, and a broader shared mission to engage in and serve human health and wellness locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. About Mary Kay Wright: Mary Kay was raised in New Mexico and Colorado and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977 to pursue graduate studies at John F. Kennedy University. She met Marion Rosen in 1979 when Marion began teaching a weekly elective class at JFKU and joined Marion's first bodywork training group in 1980, followed by Marion's first teacher training in 1982. As a founding member of the Rosen Institute, she was involved with building the business and governance structures for Rosen Method for 35 years, founded the Russian training center, and created the Global Congresses for international gatherings of the Rosen community. Mary Kay produced a documentary series on the life and work of Marion partially released in a series of DVDs. She currently teaches in the Austrian center and hosts a bimonthly coaching group for interns and practitioners sponsored by the UK Rosen center. Her primary profession for the past 22 years is working as a private wealth advisor and financial life-planning specialist. About Deborah Marks: Deborah Marks met Mary Kay in 1983, at a Bay Area somatics conference at John F. Kennedy University, which Mary Kay organized that included presentations by Marion Rosen, Sara Webb, and Louise Barrie. She started her Rosen Method training a few months later. As a participant of the third training class Marion taught, Deborah was also a founding member of the very first RMPA. She is a senior bodywork teacher and has taught in several schools abroad, most especially in Russia (since 1993) and in Austria (since 2015). Deborah has been teaching Rosen Movement classes since 1986 and is now a trainer of movement teachers. Her wide-ranging studies over the decades have included ballet, modern, and ethnic dance, aikido, tai chi, Da Yan Qigong, Eutony and Living Anatomy, and Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing.

A conversation with Rosen Method Senior Bodywork Teacher and Founder of Essential Motion, Karen Roeper. Karen guides us into a brief process of grounding and dropping in to our listening bodies. Then, in conversation, Karen offers a window into her 40 years (and counting) journey with Rosen Method and the evolution of Essential Motion. She shares how she first met Marion Rosen and some of the uncanny synchronicities, and how her Rosen Method bodywork training led to the creation of Essential Motion. For those interested in learning more about Essential Motion and its relationship to Rosen Method, there is a wonderfully informative article entitled “Essential Motion: An Improvisational Movement Approach to Embodied Awareness and Its Relationship to Rosen Method Bodywork” in Volume 9, Issue 1 of the 2016 Journal. About Karen Roeper: Karen Roeper has an M.S. in Counseling and Dance Therapy. She became a certified Rosen Method Bodywork Senior Teacher in 1994 and was a member of Marion’s 3rd training group. She is the Founder of Essential Motion – A Practice of Embodied Awareness and is guided by love, spirit, the wisdom of the body, as well as the immense power of connection to self, other, and community.

Grace Wu on Her Journey (1/16/22) A Talk by Grace Wu Entitled: The Marion I Know and My Rosen Journey Grace share stories of Marion Rosen (accompanied by photos and videos.) She shares some of what she learned over the last 15 years in six different Rosen schools, and how Rosen has influenced and supported her through the years. Grace teaches her audience some seated Rosen movements and shares her unique perspective – not just as a student, but as a class organizer and as one who gave Marion Rosen weekly sessions for 4.5 years. Facilitated by Valerie Luoto, a close friend who has witnessed Grace’s transformative journey from the beginning. About Grace Wu: Grace Wu is a trained practitioner of several bodywork modalities (Acupressure/Tui Na, Ortho-bionomy, Hendrickson Orthopedic Massage, Bowen Technique). Grace was a software engineer and manager in the hi-tech industry for 17 years. She met Marion Rosen and Valerie Luoto in 2006 and has been co-organizing the Ukiah workshops and intensives since 2007. Grace has extensive Rosen Method bodywork and movement training with 6 Rosen 'schools' worldwide over the last 15+ years. In the past 1.5 years, Grace has been providing technical support for the Rosen Method Open Center Movement Zoom intensives.

Alan Fogel (5/15/22) with Jacqueline Fogel teaching movement Alan Fogel is the author of two major books touching on Rosen Method and he sat for some Q&A’s. Fogel focuses his talk on his most recent book: Restorative Embodiment and Resilience: A Guide to Disrupt Habits, Create Inner Peace, Deepen Relationships, and Feel Greater Presence.   Alan is also the author of three insightful articles on embodied self-awareness, all published in the Rosen Method International Journal. About Alan Fogel, PhD, LMT: Dr. Fogel is a Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner and Senior Teacher, as well as founding editor of the Rosen Method International Journal. He has a part-time practice in online Embodied Self-Awareness Consulting and in-person Rosen Method Bodywork. Fogel is also a Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Utah and has been an active contributor to research on emotional development in human relationships from infancy through adulthood. His latest book is Restorative Embodiment and Resilience: A Guide to Disrupt Habits, Create Inner Peace, Deepen Relationships, and Feel Greater Presence (North Atlantic Books, September, 2021). Further information and links to publications can be found at http://www.alanfogelrosenmethod.abmp.com/ and at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-fogel-701a03122/ About Jacqueline Fogel: Jacqueline Fogel wears many hats. In addition to earning an MA in Art, an MS in Counseling, she is also a Rosen Method Movement Teacher.  Although she is not currently working in these fields, she is a certified NIA instructor, a licensed massage therapist, and a Watsu practitioner. She has taught Rosen Method Movement in North America, Russia, and Europe and has been teaching weekly Rosen-inspired Movement classes via Zoom and once there is less health risk from Covid, will again teach in-person in Salt Lake City. She says she has not been teaching traditional Rosen Movement in her online classes. She has been working with Karen Roeper, studying Essential Motion, and incorporating that work into her teaching.   Miriam Cantor with Jeanie C. Williams & Jetta Van Hemert (11/20/22) An engaging and enlightening conversation with Miriam Cantor who offers up an incredible wealth of experience and information suited to our work. This is a conversation that will surprise and delight in its spontanaiety and transparency! It’s “Rosen” as you’ve never experienced it before! As real as it gets! Miriam is captivating and not afraid of shadows!

An open-hearted discussion led by Meg Butler with Kato Wittich In this discussion, Meg and Kato explore: ~ How we as Rosen practitioners meet the needs of clients, such as people of color or trans people, for whom the world is a dangerous place and who are therefore continually subjected to new traumas.  ~ Is safety possible for anyone in this time when even the most privileged live with the trauma of a disintegrating ecology and the constant menace of violence and instability in our political realities?  ~ What can we learn from advocates of social justice who work with trauma and somatic practices and have a long history of adapting somatic work to the needs of communities at risk?   ~ How does Rosen Method become a practice that is fully inclusive, diverse, intersectional and skillful at supporting the fullest possible life for all humans, not just those who are privileged? Meg and Kato open the discussion with a sharing of what matters to each of them around these issues, they share about how they each work with these issues in their actual practices, and where they feel support and training may be needed. About Meg Butler: Meg Butler has been helping clients find their own path to wellbeing by exploring the connection between their habitual tension and their inner landscape since beginning her internship in 1998. She is a Rosen Method Certified Teacher and a Rosen Method Movement teacher. Meg also taught massage for six years before turning her focus completely to Rosen Method because Rosen Method allowed her to touch people more deeply. She is on the faculty for the Rosen Method Berkeley Center. About Kato Wittich: Katarina (Kato) Wittich is a Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Yuen Practitioner, Family Constellations facilitator and Conscious Dance facilitator as well as a filmmaker/writer.  Rosen Method is the core of her approach to all her practices, and she continues to work regularly with Rosen clients.  Her Family Constellations work is the focus of episode five of the “Sex, Love and Goop” documentary series, available to watch on Netflix.  Kate O’Shea with Karen Peters (6/8/23) A lively and informative conversation with senior Rosen Method Movement & Bodywork teacher Kate O’Shea, and senior Rosen Method Movement teacher, Karen Peters Karen interviews Kate O’Shea starting from when Kate first “discovered” Rosen Method and Marion Rosen, up until the present. Kate shares her evolution as a student, intern, practitioner and teacher. She shares how she began offering Rosen Movement in the Serra Monte Shopping Center in Daly City, California and what prompted her to begin to videotape Marion Rosen teaching Rosen Method, as well as how she began to interview other teachers of the work along the way. Kate O’Shea is a walking encyclopedia or Google search on all things Rosen Method, and is deeply respected in the community!