Liesje
(lee-sha) she/her
“ We gain in vitality as we embark on our journey toward balance and that is a gift to our world.” - Liesje.
Advanced Rolfer™,
Rolf & Somatic
Movement Educator,
Dancer
Liesje has held a private bodywork practice for 26 years. She offers structural bodywork and somatic movement therapy with an emphasis on injury treatment and prevention through hands-on sessions and guided movement repatterning. She works primarily with muscular tension, skeletal alignment, and fascial tensegrity, and functional movement but also practices visceral manipulation, joint mobilization, craniosacral therapy, scar work, embodied anatomy.
You can now receive online virtual services with Liesje in:
SourcePoint Energy Medicine
Rolf Movement Integration
TAG Method
Somatic Trauma Repatterning
Liesje integrates movement reeducation within hands-on sessions and movement education, empowering clients with the skills to find their own pathways to healing.
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Liesje’s training includes her basic training of Rolfing Structural Integration with Duffy Allen, and Rolf Movement with Kevin Franks, Caryn McHose, and Per Haarland, Aline Newton and Rebecca Mills(2020-2024), as well as her ongoing Advanced Rolfing training and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Duffy Allen, Ray McCall, Carol Agnessess, John Martine and Ron Murry. She studied Embodied Ethics with Christiane Pelmas (2022) and received her advanced training in SourcePoint Energy Medicine from Bob Shrei and Donna Thomson (2015). She’s received training in trauma resilience from Lael Keen (Somatic Experiencing and Rolfing) and Katherine Allen and Maria Bowen (TAG Method).
She also has studied Continuum Movement with Bonnie Gintis, Susan Harper, Rebecca Lawson, and Robin Becker. She’s maintained a deep practice in somatic embodiment and embryology with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. She’s a graduate from Moving On Center, studying with Martha Eddy and Carol Swan among others (1999-2024). Liesje taught somatic movement at Community College of Vermont (2008-2011) Middlebury College (2019), Main Street Landing and Being/Body Somatic Arts (2024).
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Feel better, move better and live better.
Liesje is currently working as a full-time Rolfer in a busy clinic at Thrive Integrative Medicine in Athens, Georgia.
Liesje maintains and deepens her knowledge through mentorships, workshops, and teaching. Known for her grounded presence and warmth, Liesje continues to inspire others through her passion for fostering peace, personal healing and vitality in the world.
