About - Sharon Rosen

Learning to trust myself completely is an ongoing journey of discovery.

I’ve been on a path of personal healing and transformation for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been a healing arts practitioner in many realms – as a massage therapist, Reiki teacher, Kabbalistic healer, meditation teacher, writer – for over three decades.

This stuff is what I live for, and what makes my life worthwhile.

Being of service, and remembering the bigger Mystery that I serve.

Along the way, I’ve had to learn how to have both strong and healthy boundaries; not easy for a sensitive, big-hearted person.

I also found that a focus on self-care wasn’t enough – I needed to commit to practices that give me a firm foundation of soul-care, and an ability to rest into the questions that life endlessly hands me.

Thank God I’ve been blessed with wise mentors to see me through.

I was able to study and immerse myself in the deep practices of mindfulness, Kabbalah, non-dual awareness, and energy healing; potent ground I could root into as I traversed times of emotional difficulty and years of big change.

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Another great blessing was learning to not believe every thought in my head.

It’s not that I don’t have them. It’s just that I no longer get totally lost trying to follow every lead, every channel, every thread.

We all have the ability to do this, to question our thinking, to change channels, even if it feels like a radio station that fades in and out at times (because it is; static is part of the programming). It requires slowing down and listening deeply, two things that are not given much respect in this world of information overload. High speed, next generation wireless networks keep us always plugged in “out there” but not “in here,” the only place where our unique answers can be found.

The essence of what I offer is learning to listen and respond from new vantage points. It’s about paying mindful attention to body and soul to figure out what truly is needed, moment to moment.

I’ve learned how to feel all of my feelings, and to be gentle and kind with myself when I don’t feel like the strong, clear, connected person I wish I could be in all circumstances, every day (oh so human).

I trust that I can successfully navigate rocky paths, times of feeling lost in the abyss, and periods of being frustrated from banging into too many walls and apparent dead ends.

And, through taking many forward and backward steps, what’s helped me most is learning how to be compassionate, always begin again when I’ve fallen off course, and honor the small steps along the way.

This is what I look forward to helping you embody in your own journey to whatever lies ahead.

Want to know details about my training?

BA in Liberal Studies with emphasis in Social Sciences from San Diego State University (1981)
Shiatsu and Swedish Massage Certification from the New Jersey School of Massage (1986)
Certificate in Gestalt therapy approaches (1989) to understand more fully how our emotions live in our tissues.
Reiki Master/Teacher Certification (1998)
Certification in Non-Dual Kabbalistic Healing, a 4-year program with Jason Shulman at A Society of Souls (2001). Kabbalah is a beautiful, deeply holistic system that helps anyone of any faith (or lack thereof) understand intimately how healed and whole we already are, in spite of — and along with — our very human foibles and challenges.
OM Certified Meditation Instructor (2011)

Along the way I’ve also studied Polarity Therapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Neuro-Muscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, and Health Kinesiology. It’s all given me a better understanding of how we are created, body, mind, and spirit.

Fun facts about me that inform my work

I was a Girl Scout until my senior year in high school — which means that on the weekends I wasn’t partying with my hippie friends, I was camping or helping at fundraisers with my troop. I didn’t have the most badges on my sash, but I did achieve the level of First Class Scout. Among other things, I learned that if I wanted to have a hot dinner, I had to know how to make a fire…
I played guitar in high school and college, which made me the unofficial music director on those weekend camping trips. I gave it up when learning the more advanced chords felt too difficult. Now I’m learning to play the ukelele; only four strings and lots of one-finger chords make it easy and fun. A great lesson in the fact that effort and practice are necessary, but sometimes ease can get you where you want to go.
My favorite job (besides what I do now) was as a Page in our town library. That meant I was responsible for covering, fixing and shelving books, as well as checking people out at the desk. I still sometimes fantasize about being a librarian, surrounded by books and helping people connect with the information they need. And it’s why I’m always beating back the piles in my home office — despite the convenience of Kindle, I can’t resist buying actual books! Their very presence is healing to me. And I love connecting people with helpful information.

Wherever you are now, let’s co-create the bridge that will get you where you want to go.