The body is designed to heal. What gets in the way is almost always a pattern — a thought, an emotion, a story the body has learned to carry. Here, those patterns are invited to release.
"The deepest bodywork I have experienced in my life. My energy level has raised immensely, my nervous system has reset. I feel like a completely different person in my own body — lighter, freer, more myself than I have felt in years."
— Lydia, World Renowned CeremonialistYour back, neck, hips, and joints — met with a depth of attention that invites them, at last, to let go.
The history your body carries — from birth through every fall, accident, and surgery — invited, at last, to let go.
Migraines and headaches traced to their origins — concussions, dental work, the history of the skull — and invited, at last, to release.
The body knows how to heal. After surgery, it simply needs the right conditions to remember.
The patterns that keep you on high alert — invited, at last, to soften, and find their way back to rest.
Your thoughts, your words, your reactions — the body holds all of it, and here, it is invited, at last, to let go.
The vitality that is already yours — invited, at last, to come fully alive.
The athlete's body — realigned from the ground up, with more mobility, more resilience, and more room to grow.
A performer's body — shaped by years of devotion, and invited, at last, to move without restriction.
The patterns of how you stand and walk were absorbed long before you were aware. Here, the pelvis finds its balance — and you learn to walk in a way that keeps the freedom, rather than walking it back in.
When the breath moves freely, everything moves. Come and feel what that sets in motion.
The transformation you traveled here for — given its fullest expression, in Jonathan's hands.
"The bodywork I received from Jonathan helped to support a meaningful opening and freer flow of energy in my body and life."
— Erin, Uvita · Life Coach
Most bodywork hunts for what's wrong. But the body doesn't change through resistance — it changes through yes. When you say yes to a sensation, allow it, breathe into it, the nervous system knows you are safe. From there, everything connected begins to shift — the sensations, the patterns, the stories. This is not about fixing you. It is about waking you up to what is already possible.
Most people arrive speaking only what is broken. But the body listens to our words. When we complain, when we make problems, the body keeps them alive. The shift begins when we change what we say — and what we say yes to. When we support what is already working, the body understands: there is something worth healing toward. This requires you. It asks for your words, your breath, your willingness to see differently.
Every pattern in your body has a reason. It came from birth, from injury, from how you learned to move, from accidents and interventions. These patterns protected you once. Now they are ready to shift. What we do is calm the nervous system and the reflexes so the body can let go of what no longer serves it. From there, vitality returns — and that is what you are actually asking for.
The body holds more than physical patterns. Emotional wounds, mental stories of lack, limitation, and victimhood — these live in the body too. They shape how we breathe, how we stand, how we move through the world. Most people who come through the door are asking for relief from pain. What they find is something larger — an awareness of everything they have been carrying, and the beginning of a different relationship with themselves.
"Keep your lips slightly parted throughout the day. This relaxes the jaw — and the jaw holds the neck, the neck holds the lungs, the lungs hold the heart. One small shift, held with awareness, begins to soften the whole chain."
— Jonathan
The feeling of aliveness, the sense of being at home — that is what we are after.
— Dr. Ida P. Rolf, PhDReal people. Real transformation.
And in their own words —
Called to this work by his own body
Boulder, Colorado steeped him in movement culture before this work ever found him. But it wasn't philosophy that brought him to this work. It was pain.
For over three years, Jonathan suffered from severe sciatica. He tried everything — multiple modalities, multiple practitioners — and nothing helped. Then a friend mentioned a kind of bodywork he had never heard of, and pointed him toward someone who would become one of his teachers. Dr. Ida Rolf taught only three people to teach her work. Jonathan went on to study with two of them.
He still remembers his first session clearly. The practitioner looked at him and said: "This is going to really hurt." When the hands made contact, Jonathan saw stars. He felt he might pass out. And then — when the hands let go — he was completely out of pain. Three years of sciatica, gone in a single session. That moment convinced him this was his path.
Before bodywork, I spent years as a professional juggler — performing on cruise ships and in Las Vegas — and I have taught Ashtanga yoga for over 30 years. I trained and certified through the Guild for Structural Integration, founded by the teachers Dr. Rolf personally chose to preserve her original vision. I have been in practice for 35 years. I have not needed a session myself in all that time — because the point is to become so empowered in your own body that the work is done once, deeply, and does not need to be repeated.
Sixteen years ago, I came to Costa Rica looking for community. Eight years ago, I found my home in the Chirripó region — one of the most energetically alive landscapes on earth. I work here with a small number of clients. Each session is as personal as the story that brought me to this work.
Learned directly from the founders
In every session, I draw on these modalities precisely and intuitively — not as separate treatments, but as tools woven into the structural work exactly when your body calls for them. Here is what each one brings.
Taught by Leon Chaitow ND DO — founder
A systematic approach that takes every muscle group through precise, held resistance — approximately 10 seconds — challenging the muscle spindles to release. The result is a profound calming of the neurology and the reflexes within that muscle group. Used within the sessions to prepare the structure for deeper fascial work.
Taught by Til Luchau — founder
This work opens the door to understanding how bones and joints relate through the fascial system. Fascia is continuous through the bones, the blood, the organs, and the muscles. It creates an extended blueprint of how the entire structure communicates. When bones and joints move with fluidity, the nervous system and the reflexes follow.
Taught by Brian Dobbs — founder
The bones are not solid — they are trabecular, a living lattice of fluid and vascular channels. Brian Dobbs calls himself the Bone Whisperer — and once you experience this work, you understand why. His theory is radical and precise: all pain resides in the bones. All bones are tubular, which means all bones move. The body is essentially a hydraulic system — made of water, even the bones themselves — and what matters is how that water flows through the joints and whether everything is floating as it should be.
The work uses osteopathic principles to relax the vascular system surrounding the bones, allowing them to untwist and return to their natural movement. When the bones float freely and the hydraulic system flows, pain resolves — not because it was treated directly, but because the condition that created it no longer exists.
Brian Dobbs currently has a six-month waiting list. Jonathan is the only apprentice he ever trained — studying directly under him for three years. This knowledge exists nowhere else.
Taught by Dr. John Ray — founder
Dr. Ray called his work Body Electronics. It is a profound craniosacral approach in which specific points on the body are held for extended periods, sometimes hours. That holding can invoke deep emotional release and a softening of the cranial bones. His method involved practitioners building an electric charge within themselves through high-dose liquid minerals before working. They became a living conductor for the body's own intelligence to move through. The result is a regulation of the nervous system and the reflexes at the deepest possible level.
Taught by the hands Dr. Rolf trusted most
Dr. Ida P. Rolf initially taught only two people to carry her work forward — Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior. Together they formed her institute and were the original transmission of her method. Years later Dr. Rolf trained three additional teachers, but Emmett and Peter were the first — chosen before anyone else, present at the very beginning. Jonathan studied directly under both of them. They have since passed away — and with them, a transmission that can no longer be replicated. What they gave him lives on in every session.
"Emmett was the first teacher. In one session he healed my back — and convinced me this work was significant, an important part of my destiny path. His work was like a laser beam cutting right into you, going to the core of every issue quickly and precisely. He knew this work inside and out. He had an amazing sense of humor and a quality of touch that was rare and masterful."
"When Peter touched you, you felt his entire presence penetrating you. His touch was light — almost imperceptible at times. When he was done, a lightness and a relief would wash over you. It's hard to describe somebody like Peter. He was so gifted, and such a contrast to Emmett's work, that they were the perfect match of teachers to have studied with."
"Dorothy worked directly with Dr. Ida Rolf to develop movement patterns for each of the 10 sessions. They were created with Dr. Rolf's personal approval. They were meant to accelerate and deepen the structural work. She taught these patterns only a handful of times in her life. I was one of those students. When you are on the table, that lineage is in my hands."
✦ Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior were the first Dr. Rolf taught — they co-founded her institute and carried the original transmission. Dorothy Nolte came later among a subsequent circle of teachers. All three have since passed away. Their teaching endures in every session.
Your body has been waiting for someone to listen.
"I can absolutely say that I've experienced more conscious, structural change within my body, through working with him, than I ever had with any other 'body-worker' in my life."
— David Zappasodi, Weight Loss CoachIf this speaks to you, reach out.
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Location — My home studio in the Chirripó region. Easily accessible on paved roads. When you book, I'll send you personal directions by WhatsApp.
First session — Approximately 90 minutes, including a full history intake and the hands-on work. Subsequent sessions approximately 60 minutes.
What to wear — Loose, comfortable clothing. You stay fully clothed throughout. No oils, no belts, nothing tight or restrictive.