Meet Ivana Moncekova

Therapeutic Massage Therapist, Rolfer®, Yoga Teacher, TRE® and SE® Provider

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The Partial Story...

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I entered the field of Therapeutic Massage in 1997 in Cape Town. My field of interest then was mainly in sports, deep tissue and remedial (postural, life-style related) massage. After the birth of my two children in 2003 and 2006 I became interested in pre- and post-natal massage and worked with women during and post their pregnancies to alleviate discomfort associated with falling pregnant and giving birth.

 

My strong interest in Yoga practice and Body-Mind approach to therapeutic treatment led me to study Yoga Teacher's course (2005), part-time course in Somatic Counselling course at the College of Applied Psychology in Cape Town (2008), and in 2014 have completed my studies in Rolfing® - Structural Integration at the SARA (SA Rolfing® Association). These studies have deepened my knowledge and understanding of the human body as a whole and its connective/fascial tissue network which changed the way I have come to view and interpret what our bodies are presenting.

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I have been fortunate to have worked with a variety of clients. Most come presenting some level of pain or discomfort in their bodies and a sense of fatigue and weariness that develops from living with pain every day.

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Others come and use the physical therapeutic interventions as an adjunct to psychotherapy, with the understanding that for real healing to take place - it needs to happen on the body level as much as the psychological level.

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Others still come to engage in, and to increase their awareness of how they live, move and use their bodies on a daily bases and how their present way of 'being' in their bodies might be 'adding' or 'taking away' from their sense of wellbeing.