Welcome!
Louisville Rolfing is the practice of Catherine Taye Slattery, Certified Rolfer, Rolf Movement Practitioner and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
Hi! I'm Catherine. I’m glad you're here. Please be in touch if you have any questions or simply want to connect about your interest. I’d love to hear from you.
I’ve been in practice helping people feel better for over 25 years. I have smart, strong, sensitive hands, a compassionate presence, and tremendous confidence in the body's capacity for healing. I've seen a lot of people get a lot better.
Rolfing and Somatic Experiencing help with the accumulation of injury, tension, stress, effort and trauma in your body. If you’d like to schedule, you can do that here.
Rolfing Structural integration is direct, thorough, detailed, hands-on soft-tissue work that works with the bracing, contraction and compensation patterns created by the body for support and protection. There’s more about this on the Rolfing page.
In Somatic Experiencing, we use light touch or a conversation to help the nervous system resolve trauma. There’s more about this on the Somatic Experiencing page.
I do hands-on Rolfing bodywork with most of my clients. I work with people who have a single issue (like a sprained ankle that never got all the way better) and with people who have complex medical and surgical histories. For about half my clients, trauma healing is a significant part of the process. Much of this happens automatically with Rolfing, and, when needed, I weave in or transition to SE methods. I also do SE sessions without any Rolfing bodywork.
How to know what's a good fit for you? You might see if any of the experiences listed below describe what it's like for you right now. (And see a longer list here: 24 reasons for Rolfing and SE). Classic Rolfing situations are at the top of the list, and Somatic Experiencing is increasingly a part of the process as you go down.
- Your body is increasingly uncomfortable and tense because of layers of injury, effort, strain and/or stress.
- You are active, and have accumulated some pains and strains that aren’t resolving.
- You have injuries that are “healed” but still don’t feel ok.
- You aren’t able to do your preferred sports or exercise.
- You feel stuck in life.
- You’ve had significant medical or surgical experiences.
- You are quite limited, and can’t travel, do housework, or socialize as much as you want or need to.
- You have anxiety, or don’t feel like yourself, after a stressful time or significant event.
- You have pervasive feelings of being alone with your difficulties, and have the sense that “it will never get better for me.”
I’ve helped people in these circumstances and more. It would be a privilege to work with you too!
My work reliably helps people have pleasurable and positive body experiences, including lightness, support, groundedness, release, calmness, lift, energy, spaciousness, aliveness, fluidity, alignment, balance, relaxation, and connectedness.
With Rolfing and SE we are working to restore, or discover for the first time, a true sense of health—physical capableness and comfort, and a sense of agency and personal effectiveness. The process can include lasting improvements like:
- less pain, tension and stiffness
- ease of movement
- easy good posture
- access to calm, clear, joyful and optimistic mental and emotional states.
- more body connection and self-awareness
- a sense of flow and momentum in life
Something wonderful happens when we show up for our bodies. Yes, we feel more comfortable, and can do more of what we need to do, or love to do—and we also make it possible for body to show up for us, with a tangible experience of being deeply supported and companioned in life. It’s really hard to do life without this, and is life-changing to discover.
Client testimonials and my blog give a good sense of what it is like to work with me. You can read testimonial excerpts below, and full testimonials are here.
I’ve put some often recommended resources here.
Some interesting articles and links to research about Rolfing, fascia and trauma are here.
You can reach me at (502)408-6552 or catherinerolfing@gmail.com, and it would be lovely to hear from you!
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