What People Are Saying
“Coming out of a period of grief after my husband died, my body tended to repeatedly clench up, causing persistent pain in my shoulders and neck. My balance was off, my gait tottery, and I no longer felt at home in my body. Physical therapy didn't help all that much, but Sara certainly did. After just a few sessions with her healing hands and spirit, I began to feel normal again. By the end of a series of treatments with her, I felt better than I had in years. My range of motion had expanded, the pain brought under control, and my core strengthened through exercises she recommended. I'm deeply grateful to Sara for the intuitive way she helped to heal my spirit and to give me back a feeling of physical confidence and stability. She is an extremely gifted and gentle healer, and one I highly recommend.”
— Kimberley Snow, writer & teacher
“The benefits of Rolfing for me, have been enhanced physical well-being and greater mental clarity. I just feel more like my self.”
— Sarah Stewart
Something major changes in my life after each session, Recently, I re-arranged the furniture in my house to create an office for my self, and now, not only do I have more space for me, but everyone else also has more space.And the other thing, I wake up singing!”
— Chien-ei Yu, Filmmaker, Incest Survivor
“Sara is really exceptional! As a Rolfer, she has been able to efficiently and effectively address chronic ailments in my body that I thought were unresolvable. Really amazing! As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, she has shown me how to listen more carefully and courageously to my body and how to welcome emotions into my physical well-being. She has given me the tools and the support I have needed to help me recognize what it means to truly heal.”
— Cheri Scripter, Music Teacher, Doctoral Candidate and Literacy Coach
“I began getting Rolfed while in my mid fifties. The pain from fibromyalgia had limited my mobility to where even walking was an effort. Sara’s great skill has freed my body by making my flexibility better than it has been in 30 years. I also had a very serious horse accident that left the rib cage on my right side compressed.
Sara has been very creative and tenacious in addressing the scar tissue as well as the skeletal “congestion”. I look forward to my sessions with Sara because I know that she is continuing to keep my body flexible which allows me to be very active hiking, gardening and horseback riding. Sara definitely has healing hands!”
— Lillian Stevens, Retired Teacher, Avid Equestrian
“I think Rolfing is essential for anyone over 45. Stuff just accumulates in the body and there is nothing like Rolfing to clear the decks for the next level in life. After a Rolfing session with Sara, I feel as if I’ve sprouted like a bean stalk.”
— David Florimbi, Artist
“Sara is a gifted healer and her healing efforts go well beyond Rolfing. I've been getting Rolfed since the mid 1990s on a pro active basis- for stress relief and general well being. I began getting Rolfed in San Francisco initially and later on Santa Barbara. As luck would have it , Sara had been a student of the Rolfer I worked with in SF, so I was familiar with the general technique.
It was after a pretty horrific car accident that I really came to understand and appreciate her skill set and abilities. Like the "little boy" in the Rolfing before and after pictures, my body was badly damaged with bones and muscles pushed way out of whack.
Sara carefully evaluated my body and requested medical records such as MRIs etc. She then set after aligning my body (muscles and neuromuscular system?). She systematically gets after the major problems (head, neck, ribs and knee) and tried various methods to determine which had the best long term results. I am still a work in process, but I don't see how anyone can survive a serious accident without this kind of assistance.
More than 25 years after her initial training, Sara continues to actively educate herself within Rolfing and other healing techniques. She truly enjoys helping other people get better and improving their lives. I cannot recommend her enough.
Please do feel free to ask Sara for my contact information if you'd like to hear more.”
— Steve W.
“I was riding my horse after I had a session with Sara, I felt so centered, so connected, I just knew there was No Way I was going to come off that horse. I felt invincible.”
— Chantal Wunderlich, Therapist, Horse Woman
“Somatic Experiencing has changed the quality of my life. I am a survivor of a Traumatic brain injury some 45 years ago. I had spent endless energy trying to prove to both the world and myself that I was “just plain fine” I had no trauma everything was okay. Yet, I was in pain, caregivers would help me align my muscles, relieve the pain, only to find the same muscles and the same pain the following week.
I had been receiving the Rolfing®, structural integration work with Sara when she asked if I might consider working with the Somatic Experiencing to see if she could help me break the cycle.
We broke the pain cycle, Wow! It is hard to describe the doors that we opened and the journey that the somatic experiencing enabled. I stopped maintaining and began healing. I have a much richer life style today than I had before this work. I am so grateful; and my family is, to Sara for leading with her instincts and talent.In my opinion, the success I experienced from working with Sara, was enhanced by a strong mutual trust and I found that trust to be well placed.”
— Mark Palmer, CEO, Corporate & Individual Coach