"I was referred to Catherine Mac Guinness for lymphedema therapy for a condition I had for 28 years.

She has helped me tremendously. When I first went to see her, my leg was very swollen and hard to the touch due to the stagnation of the lymph fluid. I could not feel the kneecap. My abdomen felt full all the time and uncomfortable.

Catherine began working with me two years ago, and now I only see her once a month for lymph drainage therapy and maintenance care. She was able to soften the whole left leg and get the lymph fluid moving. The shape of the leg has returned. I am so thankful that I was led to her. It has really helped me to accept my disease. My leg is much healthier because I am now less prone to cellulitis.

I highly recommend Catherine because she is the only lymphedema therapist from whom I had any real results."

-- Marianne

Rosen Method Bodywork

Rosen Touch invites us to connect with what is in ourselves, to discover who we really are, to listen and respond rather than react, and to trust in what we know. It is a completely unique means of using touch to access the knowledge within us and to reach our true consciousness which bypasses the thinking mind and comes from a different place deep inside us.

Rosen Touch explores the connection between breath, muscle tension and the emotions. It is gentle yet deep, inquiring and supportive and never intrusive with an accompanying verbal interaction. It is a touch that meets the recipient, that doesn’t wish to fix or change. It is an allowing touch which invites people to experience what is really within them, which reveals the persons they really are, and not only the ones they show to the world.

In the course of our lives we are at times faced with things and events that are too much for us, so we  put them away. The energy spent in holding "unacceptable" feelings  in our bodies suppresses our vitality, takes its toll in our bodies and in our lives. In Rosen Method muscle tension is seen as the physical reflection of our holding back, and breath as the physical reflection of  the opening to truth. Rosen Touch meets and listens to who we are as we are.This connection leads to awareness which allows, not only ones muscle tension to release, but also the underlying emotional holding. With this release there is often a deep sense of well-being and connection with ones true self.

When one gains access to that which has been put away, there is surrender to what has been held and a release of feelings and memories. Rosen clients often remember traumatic or other painful events in their lives and so Rosen Method is about recovering all that has been suppressed. In this process one gains access to ones ability to heal, to connect with ones strength, and joy, and to live more fully. Attitudes and beliefs that have been unconscious can be examined and the way opened to new possibilities and transformation.

Rosen Touch, when combined with psychotherapy, helps you connect to a deeper place within yourself. Gently the felt sense of old patterns, belief systems, held feelings, and unresolved conflicts which limit spontaneity and freedom can be acknowledged, explored and released.

Rosen Method honors the body and the truth and wisdom that it holds.

Who Benefits?

  • People with physical pain, discomfort and / or muscle tension
  • People with stress, anxiety and who feel overextended
  • People in transition
  • People seeking to break the cycles of addictions- eating disorders, alcohol etc.
  • People receiving psychotherapy
  • People looking for physical, emotional and /or spiritual transformation
  • People experiencing past, present, emotional ,or physicalabuse.
  • People with postural problems due to injuries or lifelong tensions
  • People who use their bodies for self- expression: athletes, public speakers, and performers