Praise for Rolfing and Catherine

Since my first Rolfing session with Catherine in April, 2018, I have experienced ease, further range of motion, more flexibility/strength, and no more strains/pulls in my neck. I'm very active and dance regularly, which involves a lot of turning/whirling. This used to exacerbate an already chronic issue. 

     Catherine creates a safe space, which I deeply appreciate. She's warm, strong, attuned, and knows when to speak and when to be silent. Truly masterful in her craft. I was instantaneously comfortable with her and appreciative of the thoroughness with which she works. It was uncanny how compelled I felt to share my heart with her as she was working on me. Yet, there were no accidents that what I was sharing was connected to the pain I was experiencing in my neck. I gained such clarity on past blocks that were contributing to the chronic, perpetual problems I was experiencing - emotional and physiologically. 

     Catherine worked on me when I was at my worst. Within one hour, I went from a pain level of 10 (I could barely turn my head) to a 2 with full range of motion. When I returned to my chiropractor a few days later, she was shocked by how little of an adjustment she got out of my neck area. (There was nothing for her to do to my neck - this was a first.) She said, "Wow. Your neck seems to be realigning." 

     I am forever grateful to Catherine for illuminating the fact that my neck issues are heal-able. There is hope. Not of mere pain maintenance, but of hitting a new and higher default-level of comfort/ease. 

     I can't recommend her more emphatically than in this letter. Before she worked on me, I had to sit out of a dance class due to the pain. Within an hour after our session, I was dancing full out as if the injury never happened. 

     I've been singing her praises to several friends since I returned to NJ. My only grievance is that I wish I lived closer to Catherine to continue the work! Haven't found a healer of her caliber in my area. But, that's what airfare is for, right? If you live within 100 miles of her, she's worth it!   

~Erica W. 

Catherine is a highly sensitive and gifted rolfer who knows how to listen to the inner voices of her clients, in such as a way as to make rolfing a powerful and healing experience. She is also uniquely capable at the level of the body and has a huge amount of knowledge regarding how the body moves, thus how it heals. I couldn't recommend her more highly.

~Nicole D, Boulder, CO

Catherine is skilled and so capable at helping the body shift and become more aligned, creating more ease in every day life!

~Pam Y, Louisville, KY

     First, some background: at 73, I have been walking the Flamenco (baile) road for nine+ years.  I also added Zumba, Nia, and 5Rhythms to my dance repertoire. During that time, I have engaged the services of an excellent massage therapist, a second massage therapist specializing in Active Isolated Stretching and a physical trainer for gym workouts. The AIS therapist cleared up a problem with hip pain, probably psoas-connected, that kept me from driving a car more than thirty minutes or so before stretching the hip. She's on my regular appointment schedule. The other two did and do their jobs well. 

     Nevertheless, I felt the need for a different approach, as I continued to suffer from occasional plantar fasciitis (left foot) and overall lack of sufficient flexibility for Flamenco, particularly in the torso, upper back and shoulders. Having seen a demonstration of (somewhat extreme) Rolfing done on a friend some years earlier, I was aware of its potential, but rather put off by the pain the subject (a friend) of the demonstration reported. Still, it seemed promising, so I contacted Catherine Slattery and scheduled an appointment. Subsequently, I have been having her work on my aging body every four or five weeks. The first time a case of fasciitis coincided with a visit, she worked on that one foot for forty-five minutes or so; the following morning, the fasciitis was cleared up. Subsequent flare-ups have been greatly lessened as she continued to work on that foot.
    She also successfully worked on a recurrent and elusive chest pain, apparently related to the point of connection of rib muscles with the sternum. Said episodic pain had been occurring for some forty-plus years, not responding to such treatments as I could find. I continue to schedule regular appointments for her notably pain-free technique.
     ~Paul M, Louisville,KY

This is the bodywork of my dreams. I've been waiting my whole life for this.

~K.N, Louisville

I feel you in your hands,

feeling me you are present.

And noticed or not,

we are conversing in a language you can’t speak in words,

though sometimes words too.

Invite.

Open, release, breathe.

Reorganize.

Something leads us

and we dance,

your hands and I,

slow, trusting,

leading and following.

Respectful.

I am so grateful.

Thank you.

~a client

Catherine is amazing!! It’s almost indescribable what she does. She has the most magical hands! My leg feels so much better. I'm in awe of what she does. I can highly recommend Rolfing to anyone who uses their body on the regular;) It’s loving yourself in a very healing way.

~Heidi B, Louisville