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Violet’s work is an evolving process of melting blocks to lead the body in finding fluidity. As her client, you’ll work in gentle collaboration, as a witness, listening to your innate vitality and deep intelligence, using primarily Structural Integration, CranioSacral therapy, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and yoga-based movement. Each session is tailored to your needs at that moment, with conversational flow within the body’s gravitational field and active consent within the mind. Together, you will work with a gentle knowing that clarity and ease are possible.
“A body is something wrapped around a breath; let the wraps flow freely like silk scarves.”
- Dr. Ida P. Rolf
Testimonials
“Craniosacral therapy is Violet’s calling. It is evident in the way that she carries herself, evident in the way that she speaks, evident in the way that she makes you feel when you are around her. Being her client made me feel like an environment, like a landscape that she was visiting. Like a hiker with great respect for the place she traversed, Violet’s sense of wonder and honor filled me with an appreciation for my own vitality, preciousness, and self sufficiency. As a gentle skeptic of alternative treatments, I approached our session with trust and curiosity. I do not understand the minutiae of cerebrospinal fluid and the subtle actions of the practitioner. What I learned during our session is that the beauty of the practice and the skill of the practitioner lie in the careful balance of participating in the client’s body while also allowing that body to work upon itself. In this way, Violet was my silent, present shepherd into my own power to heal. She guided without leading, an ability that requires incredible knowledge and patience and even greater humility. Because she was showing me how my body and mind heal themselves, the effects of our time together lasted many weeks beyond the rich hour that she spent with me. I am filled with gratitude for her care and feel lucky to know someone who has found their true path and walked it so well. I recommend her treatments from the bottom of my heart!”
“My life has changed since working with Violet. I have a new relationship with my body and a deeper awareness. I walked away from the 10 series feeling like I learned many new tools to help me with my traumas and physical pain. Not only did I learn new tools, but I felt inspired to actually use them in my daily life. Violet is incredibly thoughtful and present, so in each session I genuinely felt held for that window of time in my week. Overall, the work was like a clearing or release that created space for new growth within me. Months later I’m still processing and growing from the work. I am so grateful for this experience and truly recommend working with her.”
Anonymous - Santa Fe, NM
SM - Santa Fe, NM
FAQ
What’s the difference between SI and Rolfing(R)?
Rolfing® is a trademarked and reserved term for practitioners of Rolfing Structural Integration® that have graduated from the Rolf Institute®. Rolfing® is the brand name for the process of Structural Integration. The root of the word Rolfing or Rolfer is Ida P Rolf, whose lineage I practice in.  I have been fortunate enough to have learned her ten series and beyond via the first ever university program that teaches it. This was a dream of Rolf’s, and has been realized at UNM under the direction and hard work of Dr. Kirstie Bender Segarra and a handful of other faculty, with an emphasis on accessibility for the program, contextualizing Rolf’s work in the greater field of osteopathy, and what it means to be working as a trauma informed practitioner when it comes to different populations. Though I am not a Rolfer, I am board certified by the International Association for Structural Integration- an association working towards the goal of unifying and legitimizing the work needed to call oneself a Structural Integrator.  I choose to call what I do, Personal Structural Integration, because that is what Ida wanted the work to be called.
How are SI and Craniosacral related?
Ida Rolf spent a lot of her time learning from manual osteopaths, applying those techniques to a goal distinctly Rolf- to create length and balance in the whole body in the field of gravity. Where Manual osteopathy focused on bones, Rolf put an emphasis on segments and in between spaces. During this time she also worked with Craniosacral. This is evident in her teachings for the 6th and 7th hour which are largely concerning the sacrum and cranium. When I talk about SI and Craniosacral I relate them as two branches off of the tree of Osteopathy. Further, my practice in Cranio carries the bias that when there is greater vitality in the rest of the fascia, working with the nervous system can be much easier and more long lasting. Both Rolf and AT Stills (founder of osteopathy) held the ethos that we teach principles and anatomy, NOT techniques- which is also why you can see 8 practitioners under one of these disciplines and find that there are only some similarities between how they work.
Does Structural Integration hurt?
SI work has an early story of being quite painful, and this is a question I run into often. Because of Rolf and AT Stills being principle focused teachers, they made the allowance for this work to evolve with research- and it has.  Recent fascia research tells us that fascia doesn’t need to be melted to change, and actually is integrally tied to the nervous system.   With this finding we have realized that fascia is like a school of fish- plunge your hand into the water and the fish run, gently place your finger on the surface and everyone comes up to nibble. While there will be times where I will work with more pressure, this would only happen if there was the vitality in the nervous system to support it.  The bottom line about deep work is that it might look better for the first day, but typically doesn’t last, and keeping the persons wholeness (nervous system, family systems, work, etc) in mind leads to greater lasting overall improvement in function.
What do I wear?
I can work with people from fully clothed to traditional Structural Integration attire (black/dark colored underwear), WHAT YOU WEAR WILL AFFECT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH. For Cranial work, I ask that you wear something comfortable that you don't mind being moved around in.
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For SI sessions, the work requires that you change positions and move in participation with the work itself. At the same time, I also rely on visual assessment and direct contact with the skin. I can provide a towel for comfort and modesty at the table, but for the reasons stated above, clients will get the most out of their session if they come prepared to work in partial undress.
- Preferred attire is shorts or underwear and bra or tank top.  You get to decide how you cover up when it comes to your chest.  Please AVOID WEARING OILS/LOTION on your skin. Anything slick interferes with the work.
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For those who would prefer to stay fully clothed, please wear items that can shift for direct contact on the skin. Alternatively consider working purely with the craniosacral therapy modality that I offer.