Marion Rosen

Rosen Method bodywork and movement was developed by Marion Rosen, now in her
mid-nineties. In the 1930s, Marion studied breath and relaxation in Munich, Germany,
with Lucy Heyer, who had been trained by Elsa Gindler, a renowned innovator of body
therapies. Heyer worked with her husband, Dr. Gustav Heyer, a colleague and former
student of Carl Jung. Lucy and Marion did bodywork on patients who then saw Dr.
Heyer for psychotherapy. The Heyers found that with the bodywork, the patients could
experience their emotions more easily.Because of her Jewish origins, Marion had to flee
Germany at the beginning of W.W.II. She came to America in 1940 and settled in
Berkeley, California. For many years she worked as a physical therapist, first at Kaiser
Medical Center and then in private practice.

Rosen Method developed over the years that Marion practiced physical therapy.
Marion observed that clients who talked about their lives recovered more quickly
and did not come back again with the same problems. She watched for the
interconnections between the physical posture and the emotional state of the
person, and noticed how the body is a living metaphor of a person's inner state.

In the mid-seventies Marion began to teach and draw more specifically on her early
training in relaxation and bodywork. As the body/mind renaissance flourished in
California, students were drawn to Marion and her gentle, powerful work. In 1983
the Rosen Institute was formed.  Since then Rosen Method training centers have
been established in many countries around the world. Rosen Method is now a
recognized modality for somatic exploration and personal growth, as well as a
powerful complementary healing therapy.

Marion's purpose is to realize a vision of health and well being by making the benefits
of the Rosen Method widely available to the general public. Through her unique
approach to bodywork and movement, she has gained recognition as a leader and
originator in the field of body-oriented therapies.

Marion and Sandra Wooten first taught together in Stockholm, Sweden in 1984.
Following that, they taught in workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  This was the
beginning of establishing the Rosen Method Southwest Center.  Trainings began
in 1990 when we held our first Intensive at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico.
In 2006 we became Two Rivers Center for Healing Arts and Creativity, a
not-for-profit Center where the Rosen Southwest Program is taught.