It would be great to hear about your experience, feelings & thoughts about my work. You can add comments below to help spread the word about Rolfing. If you would like to link to your website please stick it in the main body of the text. Thanks James.
Sessions with James have been amazingly insightful and helpful. Not only have they helped significantly with a voice problem i had for over 5 years they brought about an incredible sense of balance and relaxation in my body. Thanks James!
http://www.solutioninmind.net
Have always been curious about rolfing as i first heard about it through contemporary dance and bodywork. As a dancer and aerialist I am constantly relying on, using and abusing my body in many different ways. James has brought me back to being mindful of my body, helping it to open up in an intelligent and informed way as well as highlighting areas where I need to work on. James is extremely knowledgable of the body, takes the time to be specific to what you need and gives you great tips to keep working on outwith the sessions. Thank you! Im really enjoying it all.
http://www.aerialdance.co.uk
I had the full ten sessions of Rolfing and it really is no understatement to say that it has been life-changing. I have chronic upper back, shoulder, arm and sometimes leg pain on the right side and for years had been focused on this side of my body because of this. With James, I learnt to understand the role that my left side plays, to relax my body more and as a result my body pain has reduced by more than half. I now feel infinitely more in control of my body and how it responds to, for example, desk work and a mammouth amount of typing and I am able to relax my body at will.
What I have really enjoyed about Rolfing is how much of it is done outwith the hour spent with James. I think about Rolfing when I’m walking, sitting, and lying in bed breathing. I love that it is holistic and individualised and that it treats the body with respect. James has been very sympathetic and always positive. He has taught me to focus as much on what my body can do as what it cannot (which, it turns out, isn’t much!).
I had 10 sessions with James and was really pleased with the affects, both mentally and physically. Rolfing not only treats the symptom but also tries to target the root of the problem. It has made me more aware of my body and how it should feel, something that I’ve often taken for granted as my life has become more hectic. I was recommended Rolfing for muscular problems and issues with a trapped sciatic nerve and have felt a big improvement. James also provided useful hints, tips and exercises that i could take away and work on in my own time – so still making improvements.
Thanks James!
I had my first of 10 sessions with James 2 years ago and have felt great ever since. My addiction in life is speedskating and the sessions just freed up parts of me I didn’t know existed.I still feel the benefit everyday and skating is just so much more fun. I am looking forward to my next round of sessions,thanks again
Thanks Doc It was great to catch up with you again. Tell those speed skaters they need to race both clockwise & anticlockwise for the sake of balance.
Thank you James for the incredibly professional and knowledgeable experience I had over the 10 Rolfing sessions. Despite my body fears you made me feel comfortable. The series of 10 sessions have reconnected me with my body. I feel stronger; I’m free of aches and pains that I thought I just had to live with. The plantar faciitis I had in BOTH feet is completely gone & back pain I have had since the age of 12 is now so much more manageable. I learnt lots about my body and how I carry myself!!! I look forward to continuing on the path to improved health with your help and support.”
http://www.acupunctureglasgow.co.uk
I approached James after a yoga class to ask for specific exercises to help my sore hips.The pain was beginning to have an impact on my daily life and particularly when I played tennis.James suggested Rolfing which I had never heard of but I was ready to give anything a go to avoid surgery.I had 10 ten sessions and truly can’t believe the difference-I feel like a new person and have been pain free since the end of the treatment about 4 months ago.Just a word of warning-the treatment is addictive and you will want to go back for more!
Thanks for your words Leslie, I’m glad Rolfing helped. I find it addictive to that’s how I ended up doing it.
I suffer from regular bouts of chronic back pain.With a sedentary job and a lot of deadlines, it often goes into spasm and needs a lot of maintenance work to keep it behaving properly. After just one session with James, who worked very hard on the position of my shoulders, breastbone, cranio-sacrum and tailbone, my posture had improved, my back felt loose and light and my shoulders had dropped down, pulling my chest up. This was my first-ever Rolfing session. it was very gentle but at the same time very intense, with James working his fingers deep into the fascia around my joints. I won’t hesitate to book another session, James actually works with you and collaborates until he finds out what makes the difference.
http://www.leith.co.uk
I came to James with little or no hope after six years of increasingly severe pain in my hip, pelvis, lower back and legs and trying many different treatments. I had almost given up but now, months after my amazing sessions, I am still pain-free with a new lease of life in my sixties. I recommend Rolfing, and James’ fantastic skill and sensitivity in particular, to everyone.
Thanks Joan, I really enjoyed the humour you brought to the sessions, glad you’re still feeling good.
Thank you so much James. I found the rolfing work hugely beneficial: as a dancer and dance scientist I am impressed by the nature and approach of the work which I feel is particularly helpful for dancers giving them therapeutic support through injury but also opening up knowledge about the body which is vital if dancers are to thrive and develop. From a personal perspective you gave me exactly the right kind of support and environment to talk about my body concerns and the hands on work and imagery suggestions were brilliant! I definitely want to do more.
Debbie thanks, it was really interesting working with you, your knowledge & dancers awareness. See you soon.
Rolfing has helped deepen my experience of life, opening doors into new perspectives, on movement, on thinking, on living and what it is to be human. It is the most beautiful gift I could ever have given myself, throughout which James has offered generous understanding and insightful guidance into what is a truly amazing and ongoing process, still unfolding…
http://www.brigidcollins.co.uk
Thanks Brigid great that things are still unfolding…