Rosen Method Bodywork: Accessing the Unconscious through Touch

by Marion Rosen, Susan Brenner

In this long-awaited description of the body-centered therapy developed by Marion Rosen, the reader begins to understand how emotional and physical ailments can be addressed through the gentle touch of the Rosen practitioner. Rosen explains how the practitioner identifies tensions in the body that point to the source of a problem and how that awareness guides the healing process. With the help of psychotherapist Susan Brenner, the director of Rosen Center East and one of Marion's first students, she describes the origins of her method; how people reveal their emotions in body postures; barriers they set up to love, self-expression, and intimacy, and how Rosen work enables a client to move beyond these barriers. Treatments for asthma, migraine headaches, heart problems, weak immune systems, and psychosomatic illnesses are chronicled. Essays by doctors, psychologists, and Rosen practitioners describe how this method of touch, words, and acceptance guides their work, and complete this remarkable tribute to a visionary woman.

Genres: Psychology

136 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2003

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recommend trying Rosen Method BEFORE and then reading this book to contextualize it. We all can benefit from learning more about how the body holds our wounds and subconscious and shadow etc. and how releasing it leads us to our highest self, free from self-protective armoring and unconscious resistance and hiding. Wonderful quick background to the basics of somatic bodywork, core energetics principles, and Rosen herself's life story was revealing and fascinating.

[Maggie Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to know MORE. One of my favorite subjects to learn about.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a form of bodywork that I found I do naturally during my sessions. It is much more detailed and had many helpful hints. The woman whose work this is named after is gentle and carries over in her work.