Education
Nicole Corona is a graduate of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration founded by Dr. Ida Rolf PhD. This was Nicole's final stage in becoming a Rolfer. She completed the RISI training in Brazil where she learned profound fundamentals of movement and spinal mechanics.
Prior to RISI Nicole attended International School of Professional Bodywork where she learned Structural Integration under Ed Maupin a Rolfer trained by Ida over 40 years ago.
In 2004 Nicole graduated Vancouver School of Bodywork and Massage. VSBM is where she first learned about this deep bodywork called Rolf Method from her Myofascial Release teacher Amaro Hograefer who himself is an advanced Rolfer with over 10 years of experience.
Way back when, Nicole trained to be an Emergency Medical Technician. This was the first medical training Nicole embarked upon. Unbeknownst to Nicole at the time, driving ambulance would lay the foundation to the rest of her life and career choices.
Personal Experience
"I injured my ribcage from a fall which required stitches when I was 6. I had forgotten all about the event until my ribcage was being Rolfed. All of a sudden I felt a something similar to a highly tensioned rope unravel. My next breath of air was unlike anything I'd ever felt before. It was smooth, cool and effortless. As if the air was rushing into my lungs without me drawing it in. I experienced freedom and from that moment on I knew that I was going to be a Certified Rolfer."
Philosophy
Nicole began sailing at the age of 20. She was drawn to boats the way a bird is attracted to flight. For Nicole sailing encompasses many of the natural traits present in the human form. For example, proper tension between the mast and rigging must be achieved for safety and efficiency. The muscles must not pull to strongly across the joint for safety and efficiency as well.
If the rigging is over tensioned on one side this will cause a chain of events that will eventually lead to dis-masting the boat. This often occurs not at the dock but when the sails are fully loaded and the tensional forces are at their greatest. The same can be said for a knee joint, ankle joint, elbow or shoulder joint. The silent symptoms often begin from an injury a millions years ago, from an event that you don't even remember. Well one muscle or a group of muscles are over tensioned to compensate. You don't dis-mast until a million years later after the compensation has grown weak. A movement, sometimes innocent and small other times strong and forceful toward the weak spot and bam, pain, stiffness, fatigue, become words that you now use. It's simple, remove the compensation that has become weak and the body heal's itself.
