Bruce Schonfeld, Certified Advanced Rolfer

In 1994, Bruce Schonfeld completed Certified Rolfer and Rolfing Movement Integration trainings through the combined studies program at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (RISI). Bruce has studied with three of Dr. Rolf's teachers - Jim Asher, Michael Salveson, and Jan Sultan and he has taken the Advanced Rolfing Training three times. Also through RISI, Bruce co-taught Unit 1 with Mary Bond and co-taught Unit 2 with Jane Harrington. Bruce has assisted the RISI Advanced Rolfing Training with Jan Sultan and Michael Salveson. Bruce has studied Visceral Mobilization with Certified Advanced Rolfers Jan Sultan, Christoph Sommer, Peter Schwind, Jeffrey Maitland, and Liz Gaggini. Between 2017-2018, Jan Sultan and Bruce Schonfeld teamed up and co-taught the Structural-Visceral Integration curriculum. Bruce is the IAHE modality developer of Structural-Visceral Integration | Fascial Integration bridging the musculoskeletal and visceral systems. CE emphasizes clinical reasoning, troubleshooting, and manual therapy technique. He teaches domestically and internationally.

Bruce has studied Visceral Osteopathy and Visceral Manipulation Technique taking a first class in 1996. Bruce has clocked 300+ hours directly with Jean-Pierre Barral DO and has studied VM additionally with Alain Croibier DO, Gail Wetzler PT, Didier Prat DO, Alain Gehin DO, Claudia Kohn DO, Olivier Bazin DO, A.J. de Koning DO, Marc Naudin DO, Rene Assink DO, Bonnie Gintis DO, Mark Bookhout PT, and Dee Ahern PT.. Bruce has assisted the Barral Institute's Visceral Dissection classes for many years.  

Bruce is an Approved Continuing Education (CE) Provider for the Rolf Institute Of Structural Integration (RISI), the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI), and the International Association of Healthcare Educators (IAHE). He has taught CE Classes for LAc's at Yo San University, Emperors College Of Traditional Oriental Medicine, and Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM). He is an Approved Continuing Education Provider through the California State Board of Acupuncturists teaching manual therapy for Visceral Integration. Bruce taught 'Skills In Structural Integration' at IPSB in LA for over a decade. Bruce has trained in Continuum extensively with the founder Emilie Conrad as well as Susan Harper, Barbara Mindell, Gael Ohlgren, and others. Bruce was a Jungle Gym Teacher at the Continuum Studio in Santa Monica and taught Movement Carnival classes. Bruce has completed the yearlong Bodynamics Developmental Psychology foundation training with Anne and Joel Isaacs. Bruce has studied somatic psychology, attended supervision classes, and worked clinically with Somatic Experiencing (SE) developer Peter Levine PhD during his experimental hands-on phase in Boulder in the early - mid 1990's. 

Bruce is an Independent Documentary Filmmaker who is the Director and Producer of The Secret Life of Fascia. The Docu-series is available at Vimeo On Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/secretlifeoffascia

Bruce maintains a private practice in Santa Monica California working both inside and outside the recipe. Bruce primarily works with clients in two different scenarios. (i) The first is the classic '10-Series Recipe' wherein the strategy is global, addresses the whole body, and that of the Generalist. The 10-Series Recipe approach does not primarily focus on the client's symptomatic issues/areas as its main agenda, rather the objective of the recipe is to not miss the forest for the trees, think systemically, and address the whole body. It seeks to work with the whole person and balance the whole body. (ii) The second scenario focuses on addressing people's orthopedic and/or pain problems more specifically. Often the focus is on regional anatomy related to the local issue. Bruce specializes in troubleshooting and problem solving tricky pain and orthopedic problems from structural, functional, and biopsychosocial perspectives. 

Please contact Bruce directly for additional information about his practice and/or continuing education class offerings at www.advancedrolfing.com

Office: Sundance Physical Therapy 2212 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica CA, 90405