Both the movement work and the bodywork in Rosen Method are about bringing optimal function back to the body and moving with ease. Both are also about becoming more self aware and embodied. 

 

The movement work was based on Marion Rosen’s physical therapy practice as early as 1956. At that time she had clients who were asking her for exercises they could do at home to keep from getting reinjured. 

 

As she gave out these exercises they developed into group classes to music that were designed to warm up the body and move every joint in the body. This happens in 5 different sections throughout class with different supporting rhythms. 

 

The movements are incorporated with a lot of pauses because the pauses are just as important as the movement. We need tension to move through space, but we also need pause and relaxation so that we have the full potential of the movement. In our culture with everyone doing, doing, doing that relaxation part of the cycle doesn’t happen enough, and so in the movement classes there is a lot of emphasis allowing yourself to let go into gravity, and to not rush past awarenesses.