ABOUT
Certified Rolfer & Licensed Massage Therapist,
Napa Valley CA
In 2014, as a newly trained massage practitioner, studying for a kinesiology degree, I read about Rolfing® and how transformative it had been for highly trained athletes. I asked around the community of massage therapists and bodyworkers, and found that people only thought about Rolfing as this excruciatingly painful modality that requires a pleasure for pain…
Though this may have been culturally apt for the times to fit the age old mantra of “no pain, no gain”, my curiosity led me to seek a practitioner in my area to see what the commotion was all about. Although it felt diiferent from traditional bodywork, my experience was one I could not compare to any massage I’ve ever had. I felt more noticable shifts in my body and left feeling way more fluiudity in my movement, and re-aligned…
- After having gone through my ten series and several post ten advanced Rolfing® sessions, I’ve noticed a shift into how I feel in my body. A greater sense of ease in my body came into my awareness, and I felt more energized to do the activities I enjoy, playing musical insturments, hiking, and running. These activities all felt more fulfilling and acurate with conscious control. Now, as a Rolfing® practitioner, I get to be the bridge for others to their own growing sense of embodiment. My curiosity and interest to learn about the indidual goals of each client is ever-growing. I learn greatly from each client, wherever they are on their path…
MISSION
Provide more options for physical health and wellbeing. By actively supporting individuals to achieve a balanced natural vertical & horizontal alignment of the whole body using the Rolfing Structural Integration system. I help my clients to realign and reorient to allow more authentic expression in everyday living.
VALUES
AUTHENTICITY: To acknowledge the fact that everyone’s experience is unique. Although we may experience the same life events, our experience is through our own sense of authenticity.
COURAGE: The implementation of one’s highest potential. The drive to achieve one’s goals, and to be fulfilled in life.
LOVE: A transcendental truth.
CURIOSITY: There are no answers without questions. Through inquiry we can come to know each other better, and ourselves more.
LAUGHTER: Totally medicinal!
ADVENTURE: “Life’s an adventure which we must throw ourselves. Failures cannot hold us back if we have fire in our hearts. We must allow ourselves to encounter God” -Pope Francis
VERTICAL PATH ROLFING
Jordan Shaffer received his Rolfing Certification at the end of 2022, and lives in Napa California. In addition to being a Rolfing® practitioner, Jordan is a Certified California Massage Therapist with more than a decade of experience in various bodywork modalities including Myofascial Release, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Esalen® Deep Bodywork, and many others.
Today people are realizing they have options to live without misalignment and discomfort from chronic stress. At Vertical Path Rolfing, the aim is to help individuals build a deeper sense of their embodied Self, bringing more awareness to their inner landscape and help in awaking a better relationship to the gravitational field.