The Healing Heroes: Holistic Wellness for Women
Welcome to The Healing Heroes: Holistic Wellness for Women where high-achieving women finally learn how to heal for real. Each week, host Chandler Stroud sits down with world-class healers—her very own “Heroes” who helped transform her life—to reveal the unexpected, science-backed, and soul-centered practices that calm anxiety, unwind stress, heal stored trauma in the body, and rebuild self-worth from the inside out.
If you’ve ever felt like you should be happier, healthier, or more at peace… you’re not alone. This show is your invitation to come home to yourself.
The Healing Heroes: Holistic Wellness for Women
Excavate, Expand, and Elevate with Rolfing
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Exploring the Practice of Rolfing with Moylan Ryan
What if the way you move—how you stand, walk, and even breathe—could unlock a deeper sense of freedom and alignment? Rolfing, a powerful form of structural integration, offers a profound way to release tension, improve posture, and reshape both body and mind. More than just a physical adjustment, it is a process of unraveling old patterns, restoring balance, and reconnecting with your authentic self. By working with the body's fascial system, Rolfing helps break free from restrictive habits, allowing for greater ease, fluidity, and presence in everyday life. It’s not just about movement—it’s about transformation from the inside out.
In this episode, we talk about the somatic practice of rolfing with a special guest, Moylan Ryan. Moylan is originally from Ireland, where he trained as a somatic psychotherapist, but eventually relocated to the US nearly 21 years ago to study at Dr Ralph Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Moylan recognizes Rolfing's structural integration as a profound means of bringing deep change to one's psychology, a reshaping of both neural and fascial plasticity. Moylan has a private practice as a somatic therapist in Tempe, Arizona, where he offers all things structural integration, neurodynamic breathwork, and movement education as integral parts of his healing process. Moylan is currently completing his book, Living Aligned, a compilation of over 40 years of experience exploring the landscape of both the inner and outward world.
Tune in!
What You Will Learn:
- [00:01] Intro and a bit about our guest today, Moylan Ryan
- [05:33] Why people seek Moylan’s guidance and expertise
- [08:28] What rolfing is and what happens in a session
- [16:51] The recipe of rolfing’s 10-successive sessions and their restorative power
- [31:57] How Moylan creates a sense of safety and connection in rolfing session
- [31:57] What intrigued Moylan about Rolfing and how he got started
- [40:03] The most surprising lesson Moylan has learned from healing others
- [43:44] Empowerment: Re-embodying yourself and planting seeds of consciousness
- [48:45] The value Aikido presents and what makes it unique
- [50:02] Simple rolfing practices that you can try at home
- [52:36] Wrap up and end of the show
Standout Quotes:
- “When a person is conditioned to play small, they begin to disappear.” [18:34]
- “Rolfing helps people to move away from reacting to old limiting scripts into developing full responsibility, further wellbeing and dharma.” [24:08]
- “It’s only when we have a front and a back awareness that we can have a center; if we don’t have a front and back awareness, you’ve to create a false center, which is being self-centered.” [26:16]
Resources Mentioned
Reset Breathwork Episode with Katie: https://healingheroespodcast.com/transform-your-idea-of-self-worth-with-reset-breathwork/
Let’s Connect
Moylan Ryan
Website: https://www.moylan-ryan.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moylanryan/
Chandler Stroud
Website: https://healingheroespodcast.com/
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