The treatment takes place on a therapy bench. You will be covered with a blanket, and I will ensure you are comfortable. With my hands and presence, I listen to your body and its signals. The body and breathing rhythm are slower than thoughts, and the touch can therefore feel very calming.
Rosen therapy creates a sense of connection, making you feel seen and acknowledged for what you are experiencing in the moment. Your breath is given space. Unconscious emotions, forgotten experiences, and old patterns may be released. Your process is followed with attention, touch, and words. Feeling like your true self means experiencing how it is not to have to pretend. Through gentle and calm touch, you have the opportunity to sense what it feels like to be met without having to do anything.
As a client, your only task is to show up and lie on the bench. That is all you need to do. You can simply be.
Reactions during a session can vary greatly. For many, it is a deeply relaxing and meditative experience. Some may cry, others talk or laugh. Some initially feel little beyond physical relaxation. It is a process that takes the time it needs. The body only releases what you are ready to handle. When we become aware of what we have had to suppress, this can give us greater freedom of choice and more opportunities for self-expression.
Some choose to come regularly and use therapy as part of their self-development and self-care. Others want to address specific areas in their life, and the number of sessions will vary. From experience, most people choose to have around 10 sessions, as it is a process. I recommend having the first 2-3 sessions fairly close together to stay focused on the process and what arises. Later, you can extend the time between sessions, allowing life to unfold and integrating emotions and insights along the way.
In a Rosen session, I often use what we call body reading.
The body has the ability to support us when we need it, both physically and emotionally. In body reading, I start by observing how you stand and move. Your body reflects much of what you have been through and can provide insight into the story it carries.
Every person has a unique history, as do you. I gain a lot of information from your body by observing how it bears the marks of your life experiences. This provides a strong foundation for further treatment on the bench, where we work with the breath and invite the body to release tensions it no longer needs.
Body reading can also be booked separately.
Talking and sharing thoughts and feelings can help clarify the emotions underlying the desire for treatment. Sometimes, it is also helpful to express what is on your mind before lying down on the bench. This allows the session to provide an opportunity to listen inwardly and reflect without being "interrupted" by words or dialogue. The first conversation allows us to get to know each other before treatment starts and can also be used as needed during the process.
Conversations can also be booked separately, and if desired, we can have them digitally.
Head massage is deeply relaxing yet energizing. If you experience stress, clenched jaws, headaches, neck pain, or shallow breathing, you will likely "love" this treatment. The massage includes shoulders, neck, face, and scalp, making it a full anti-stress treatment.
Many tensions and pains in the head, scalp, and face are often stress-related.
By tensing and then relaxing, breath and pulse can find their natural rhythm.
Head massage may help with:
The Rosen Method is suitable for those who feel like their breathing is restricted, experience pressure, stress, or feel stuck. Maybe you have tried other forms of therapy but haven’t found the results you were looking for. You long to feel free just to be. The treatments are equally beneficial whether you are young or older. Rosen therapy can also be a great support for those with purely physical ailments. While we do not treat the illness itself, relaxation and acceptance can make it easier to cope with chronic diseases or pain. Emotional traumas are met with respect and understanding, and the treatment can be very liberating.
Rosen therapy is a relaxation method performed on a treatment table. It is a touch-based method. Through a Rosen session, one can access emotions and experiences stored in the body, and the therapist can help release these tensions. Muscle tensions that have formed when the body had to suppress emotions and experiences that could not be expressed or handled at the time can be revisited together with your Rosen therapist.
The method contributes to inner personal growth, which is the core function of the Rosen Method. Its very essence. This inner growth can have significant effects on the physical, emotional, and even spiritual levels.
Muscle tension acts as a form of protection, making it feel like you are living only a fraction of your true potential rather than your full, free self. That is why it is so freeing to experience what happens when old emotions and patterns are released.
Muscle tensions also restrict breathing from flowing freely through the body, which in turn can lead to pain, fatigue, aches, and other issues.
The treatment can help remove blockages in the body or emotions caused by emotional stress. We shift the focus from the mind—into the body.
The method was developed by Marion Rosen (1914–2012). She was a trained physiotherapist and, as early as the 1930s, studied massage, relaxation, and breathing techniques. She practiced these techniques in various groups, including with psychoanalysts. In these collaborations, relaxation and the significance of breathing were emphasized. She was also passionate about dance and the natural, releasing movement of breath in the body.
Marion Rosen herself referred to the method as "massage for the soul", emphasizing that it is about transforming from the person you think you are into the person you truly are.
"Touching the body – Reaching the soul – Changing the world"
– Marion Rosen
Discounted prices for students and seniors can be arranged with the therapist.
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My name is Linda M. Svendsen, and I became an internationally certified Rosen therapist in 2011. I have had my own practice and given thousands of Rosen treatments since 2009. I am a member of the official Norwegian organization for Rosen therapists, NRF.
My background includes dance and movement. I trained as a dancer and choreographer at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London in 1994. I have specialized in stretching and relaxation techniques and have been teaching these since 1995, including for professional football teams, university athletes, the MS Association in Oslo, and corporate clients.
Using the body as a reference and tool throughout my career—whether as a dancer, teacher, or body therapist—has given me a deep understanding of the body’s emotional and physiological foundation. I use this knowledge both consciously and intuitively in my treatments and in my interactions with clients.