Individuals from four different walks of life share how RSM has improved their lives and touched their souls in meaningful ways.
Picture yourself here as you learn about the transformative and healing power of touch.
Jodi, who recently earned her MA in Counseling, is a certified, professional massage therapist and full time Rubenfeld synergist who discovered the missing pieces she was seeking in her personal healing and professional life at a weekend RSM workshop over 12 years ago.
“After that weekend I followed my hearts’ desire and enrolled in the RSM training course. It was a leap of faith over fear, but in my very first RSM lesson of listening and honoring the wisdom housed in my body I knew that my decision to say yes to RSM was the first step of many in coming home to myself.”
Jodi’s Story ↓
My path into the Rubenfeld Synergy Training program was a synergistic blend of personal and professional needs and desires. As a certified massage therapist with a full time successful practice I was comfortable and confident in my ability to work with a person’s physical self. However, during massage sessions my compassionate touch and therapeutic presence often evoked deeper, emotional responses from my clients; responses and emotions that I did not know how to work with or integrate into my treatment. Professionally, I knew, deep down that a major piece was missing for both myself as a clinician and the people with whom I was working.
On a personal note
I had a similar revelation in my own healing journey. I had reached a place in my psychotherapy sessions where my body began to speak its story yet there was no one to guide me through this phase of personal healing – here too a vital piece was missing. Hearing about RSM, and, perhaps unconsciously, recognizing its potential to address my needs, I sought out a certified Rubenfeld Synergist who introduced me to RSM at a weekend workshop hosted by Ilana Rubenfeld. That was a weekend of many gifts and emotions. My immediate connection with Ilana and the realization that I had found my missing pieces surged through my heart and the tears flowed down my face. I knew I needed to do this work and I have never looked back.
Heart’s desire
After that weekend I followed my hearts’ desire and enrolled in the RSM training course. It was a leap of faith over fear, but in my very first RSM lesson of listening and honoring the wisdom housed in my body I knew that my decision to say yes to RSM was the first step of many in coming home to myself. I went on to do post graduate training to teach, mentor and train other certified Rubenfeld Synergists (CSRs). Now I have a successful, full time, Rubenfeld Synergy practice in Pittsburgh. So, if as you read my words, your heart is beginning to sing, take that leap of faith and say yes to the transformational adventure of a lifetime.


