Deb Barb
Certified Rolfer®
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (200 hr)
Master's Degree, Biology, Miami University
Bachelor's Degree, Biology, Hiram College
7th-12th Grade Life Sciences Teacher (Ohio)
My journey to becoming a Certified Rolfer® and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) began with practicing martial arts as a child. My teacher, Sir Michael Veninschek, always emphasized the importance of form, posture, and balance as the foundations of our practice. Eventually, form, posture, and balance became guiding principles throughout my life -- developing my skills as a college basketball player, balancing work/life responsibilities as a high school biology and anatomy & physiology teacher, and eventually deepening my yoga and Rolfing® practices.
I completed my Yoga Teacher Training at The Source Energy Yoga School in Lakewood, Ohio in 2017. This foundation deepened my understanding of movement and mindfulness. My personal yoga practice involves combining Vinyasa and Yin elements, embracing the balance offered between the two. My teaching style is kind, authentic and always open to everyone - I truly believe yoga is for EVERY BODY.
In 2021, during a long and difficult experience with COVID-19 and its lingering effects, I discovered Rolfing®. At a time when I felt disconnected from my body and was struggling to feel like myself, Rolfing® gave me new ways to understand movement, tension, posture, and how I experienced my body as a safe vessel to live life in again.
While Rolfing® did not cure my illness, the work became an important part of my journey toward feeling more comfortable and reconnected to my body. I was fascinated by the changes I noticed—not just physically, but in my awareness of how I moved through the world and how I carried myself.
Experiencing such profound changes as a result of receiving Rolfing® treatment ultimately led me to pursue my education in Structural Integration. In 2023 I took a leave of absence from teaching high school science to train in Rolfing® Structural Integration at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado, with the intention to help others feel better in their bodies.
Looking back, I realize my lifelong interest in the human body, movement and education, have been leading me toward this work all along. The knowledge and experiences I gained as a martial artist, yogi, basketball player, teacher, coach, biologist and traumatic illness survivor have all prepared me to support others on a mission to feel their best.
About The Ten Series™
The Ten-Series™ is thoughtfully divided into three distinct phases, each targeting specific areas of the body to facilitate comprehensive integration: The Ten Series™ is a whole-body journey through Rolfing® Structural Integration, conducted over ten sessions. Sessions 1–3 — The Sleeve Exploring the body's superficial layers and establishing greater freedom of movement. Sessions 4–7 — The Core Exploring deeper relationships within the body and building on the changes established in the first sessions. Sessions 8–10 — Integration Bringing the work together and exploring how the body functions as a more integrated whole.
