Now taking clients for Rubenfeld Synergy Internship

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Hello, all,

Some time ago, my friend and colleague mattlistener and I posted about needing practice clients for the Rubenfeld Synergy Method, a bodywork modality involving both talk and touch, in which we are both working toward certification. Thanks in part to some of you, we're now a lot closer to that goal, and are both in our internship phase.

Our skills have grown and expanded, and we are now seeing clients for pay, at internship rates. I am seeing clients for $65/session, and would also like to offer packages of 5 sessions for $200.

Your body holds the story of your entire life. The Rubenfeld Synergy Method is a gentle yet powerful system for drawing out and coming to understand that story. Through gentle touch and open inquiry, we help you expand your bodily awareness, get in touch with hidden emotions, and achieve greater freedom of movement in your body and in your life.

Message me here for more details! And thanks.

Comments

[bluesauce.livejournal.com]

Can you explain a little bit about the Rubenfeld Synergy Method?

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Absolutely. I'll type a little here, and if you want to know more, just send me a private message so we don't clog up the community. :)

RSM is a healing method that involves talk and touch together. It is one of the only modalities that does this, and was born out of Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis Method, and Gestalt therapy, and developed by Ilana Rubenfeld, a symphonic conductor.

The client lies on a massage table fully clothed, and the practitioner makes gentle contact with the client mainly at the head, feet, knees, hips, and shoulders, not doing hard manipulations or massage but rather encouraging lengthening, widening, and loosening toward a greater freedom of movement. While this is going on, the practitioner will ask questions or give direction to the client about what he or she is experiencing or noticing. Often, these inquiries will lead to discoveries, not just about a client's body, but about his or her life. Sometimes, emotional releases occur. Sometimes, past traumas can be addressed and healed over time. Sometimes a person just learns about how they hold themselves habitually, and how to shift that to create greater ease and comfort in their day to day lives.

It's pretty amazing, really. :) I have been absolutely floored by some of the things I have seen in sessions, and the change and healing that has happened for people as a result.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

She was originally a professional musician, just as FM Alexander was an actor before he developed his bodywork technique. Ilana became an Alexander teacher, then later trained with Moshe Feldenkrais, and finally worked extensively with Fritz and Laura Perls, the founders of Gestalt Therapy, in the heyday of the therapeutic experimentation of the 60s and 70s. Eventually, what she had been developing became its own modality, named Synergy at the suggestion of Buckminster Fuller.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing additional information. I'm pretty much unfamiliar with Rubenfeld (as are many of the folks here, I'd suspect), so it's good to learn a little more about it so that we can make informed decisions about whether it's right for us or not.