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More about Rosie
It all started when…
After a long career in the corporate world, Rosie decided in 2006 to make the momentous switch and start her own bodywork and movement practice, The Body Praxis, in Oakland, CA.
Rosie has been passionate about moving by being involved in all kinds of different athletic activities from a young age. She has expanded this passion by learning and understanding how to move most efficiently and effortlessly and then finally how to coach her clients to do so. Using her thorough understanding of anatomy and kinesiology in putting together appropriately customized movement programs, Rosie has been able to help her clients break out of chronic pain such as back pain, hip issues, knee or foot discomfort, shoulder injuries and more.
Rosie very much enjoys teaching, sharing her passion about the intricate workings of the brain and the body, and she ceaselessly tries to encourage her clients to be curious about their body, their movement patterns, and how they can help themselves stay out of pain.
Rosie sees herself as a coach, a facilitator and educator for her clients by striving to enable them to have only positive movement experiences.
After several years abroad, Rosie lived and ran her studio in Freeland on South Whidbey Island, WA, for 8 years.
In November 2025, Rosie is relocating to Green Valley, AZ. She will be available for private Zoom sessions starting December 2025. She’s also planning on offering her services in some local studios. Stay tuned!
When she is not in a session with one of her clients or studying the latest findings about neurocentric movement coaching, you can find her in her garden planting or in her kitchen baking bread or somewhere cozy knitting yet another shawl or sweater.
Credentials:
• Z-Health® Master Practitioner
• National Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT)
• Balanced Body Master Instructor
• NASM Certified Personal Trainer
• Licensed Buff Bones® Instructor
• Certified in Oov Fundamentals and Oov Pilates Apparatus
You can reach her directly at (360) 632-8005 or email her at rosie@thebodypraxis.com.
