Red Beard Bodywork And Structural Integration

Specialties

Using a refined sense of breath and posture to facilitate deep and lasting changes in clients, we believe bodywork is about working with the mind, body, and kiai (spirit)

Featured services include:

Rolfing

Structural Integration

Myofascial Release®

Zero Balancing®

Integral Bodywork®

Zen Bodytherapy®

Somatic Experiencing®

TRE® Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises

Psoas Release

Pelvic Alignment

Breathing Release

Meditation Instruction

Somatic Exercises

East-​West Integrated massage

Cupping

Acupressure

History

Established in 2010.

I get a lot of questions about the namesake of my company, Red Beard. To set the record straight, I don’t actually have a red beard — instead, the name refers to the founder of Zen Buddhism, Bodhidharma, who travelled from India to China and established the Zen school of Buddhism there in the 5^th Century.

He was said to have blue eyes and a red beard and many legends and iconography have developed around him since that time. In modern day China, Korea, and Japan, Red Beard is often used as a symbol of blessing, strength, or good luck. In Japan, he is often invoked at New Year’s time with papier-​mâché dolls symbolizing good fortune.

Red Beard is a frequent theme in Zen artwork. The logo I use is from an ink painting brushed by the famous 19^th Century Japanese swordsman, calligrapher, and Zen master Yamaoka Tesshu.

Both 5^th Century Red Beard and 19^th Century Tesshu are part of my own lineage of Zen training, and in using his image I endeavor to bring that spirit into my work.

Meet the Business Owner

Alex G.

Business Owner

Ordained as a priest in the Chozen-​ji line of Rinzai Zen in 2008, I spent 3 years as a monastic trainee at the Daihonzan (headquarters) Chozen-​ji in Honolulu, Hawaii under the tutelage of Abbot Taiken Yokoyama Roshi. Currently, I am an instructor at the Chozen-​ji Betsuin/​International Zen Dojo of Wisconsin, teaching Zen meditation and martial arts in Madison and Spring Green.

Although based in Madison, I provide bodywork to clients around the country and have sat on the Council for Integral Bodywork®. I am also a faculty member and Bodywork Coordinator for the Institute for Zen Leadership, a not-​for-​profit organization that seeks to bring insights from Zen training into the work and development of leaders internationally.

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