ABOUT JUDITH

Judith Marcus, MA, LMP has been in private practice for over 35 years in Seattle. She specializes in advanced- level CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release as taught by John Upledger, DO and advanced-level Visceral Manipulation as taught by Jean Pierre Barral, DO. She had the good fortune to study directly with both of these teachers.  She has also been trained in the Feldenkrais Method (1987) and other light touch and energy techniques. She treats people of all ages, from infants to elders.

A brief summary of her approach involves releasing energetic, cellular and larger tissue restrictions to the nervous system from ALL kinds of injuries, from birth to sports to car accidents, including illnesses and emotional distress.

She is currently studying advanced brain and neurological tissue work with Dr. Bruno Chikly and Dr. Barral. Just before COVID lockdown she took a course on the Artery System and The Heart, taught by Gail Wetzler for Dr. Jean Pierre Barral.  She is incorporating Tad Wanveer’s Glial Cell work, as well.

She has her MA degree in Somatic Psychology, having studied with Don Hanlon Johnson, PhD, of the California Institute of Integral Studies, with Emilie Conrad (Continuum);  and with Joyce Riveros and Gerda Alexander (Eutony). She completed a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner Training Program in 1987. She has been studying Buddhism since 1978.

After many years of studying yoga, she has added QiGong studies to her special interests. In addition to private bodywork sessions, Judith is also available for mentoring, study groups and classes.

Licensed Massage Practitioner in Washington #MA00003594 since May 1987.

Judith has written a book, Uncoiling: A Memoir of Anxiety, Aneurysm and Renewal.  She is self-published; on her own Kousa Press, (September 2012). Free copies of the second edition (2020) are available from her. Donations accepted.