Stack Your Bones

I am a former high level athlete and Broadway dancer whose body has had its share of abuse. As such, I have become a consummate connoisseur of massage. Ruthie knows the body brilliantly and is one of the few people who just get to the right place immediately. In all my travels, in all my years, taking massages from India to Japan to Greece, she is one of the few body workers I will recommend with 5 stars. Many times she has healed me. Christopher Harrison

Being a performing artists, I’ve had lots of bodywork. Ruthie is wonderful. She was aware of my body and my needs and was very helpful not only addressing them on the table but giving me tools to take home. I would highly recommend her.

Ruthie is my Rolfer, and she’s excellent. Rolfing is a form of structural integration bodywork – like myofascial massage only far more studied, intentional, in depth, structured. For years I’ve tried to find a massage therapist I liked, but none worked for me. I don’t like a «feel good» massage, and I hate the feeling that the massage might have been nice during or just after, but the next day the effect would be gone. I sought out Rolfing for its potential to have a long-​term effect on my body – to make me taller, more fluid, less creaking and tight.
I’m half-​way through the ten-​series, and I feel much better. My body feels younger, even. I even felt terrific after just the first session. Ruthie is very strong; for me, Rolfing with her does not feel «good» in any kind of relaxing, soothing way. It can be very uncomfortable, but in a really good way. She stretches and moves my muscles, fascia, and other connective tissue in ways I’ve never had moved before. She is also teaching me some exercises to improve my body awareness and movement. It’s been a really interesting experience.
I highly recommend Ruthie. She’s strong, easy to talk with, listens really well, and seems to have incredibly intuitive hands. She’s terrific!
She also teaches yoga. And, her rate is quite competitive.
I go to her studio in Brooklyn, but she also has a studio in Manhattan, on 17^th at B’way.