Duffy Allen
Certified Advanced Rolfer™
Rolf Movement® Integrator

Bio & Credentials

Duffy is a graduate of the University of Vermont (1988) and the University of Washington (1990). Duffy was certified as a Rolfer™ and Rolf Movement® practitioner in 1995 and received her advanced certification in 2002. In addition, she has studied the fascial systems of the viscera (organs), the nerves and the cranium in order to include these structures in her work. This allows her to work sensitively with the body's nervous system to allow this work to permeate deeply and to be thereby integrated into everyday life. She has also been a SourcePoint Therapy practitioner since 2008. SourcePoint Therapy facilitates all her work. SourcePoint helps by integrating the work very quickly,enabling greater function with every intervention.

Duffy lives in Middlebury, Vermont, and practices out of The Rolfing® Space. Her husband, Phil and son, Felix are both native Vermonters. As a family, they enjoy skiing, hiking and yoga. They are guardians of a tortoiseshell cat, Rumi.

On Becoming a Rolfer™

Education & Certifications

2007
Board Certified Structural Integrator, International Association of Structural Integrators
2006 - present
Faculty Member, Rolf Institute of Structural Integration®
2002
Certified Advanced Rolfer™, RISI
1995
Certified Rolfer™ and Rolf Movement® Practitioner, RISI
1990
M.S. Speech and Hearing Science, University of Washington
1988
B.A. Communication Science and Disorders, University of Vermont

Additional Training

2006 - present
SourcePoint Therapy
2005
Biodynamic Cranio-sacral therapy
2003
additional Rolfing® movement training with Hubert Godard
1998 - present
Visceral manipulation

Publications

  • I tried it: Rolfing® Structural Integration
    BOKUR, Debra Publication: Healing Lifestyles & Spas
  • How the Principles of Anusara Yoga are like the Rolfing® Structural Integration Series
    ALLEN, Duffy
  • Overview of Research Designs for Rolfing® Structural Integration
    ALLEN, Duffy Publication: Structural Integration / Language: English Date: 12-2004 / Vol: 32 / Issue #: 4 / Page: 17-19
  • Co-Laborare
    ALLEN, Duffy / PRADO, Pedro Publication: Structural Integration / Language: English Date: 03-2005 / Vol: 33 / Issue #: 1 / Page: 25-28
  • What Did Dr. Rolf Want?
    SCHREI, Robert / McCALL, Ray / MAITLAND, Jeffrey / ALLEN, Duffy Publication: Structural Integration / Language: English Date: 03-2008 / Vol: 36 / Issue #: 1 / Page: 35-38
  • Self-Care for Rolfers™
    ROSSI, Cornelia / SALVESON, Micheal / SCHLEIP, Robert / BERG, Valerie / WALKER, Thomas / ALLEN, Duffy Publication: Structural Integration / Language: English Date: 09-2009 / Vol: 37 / Issue #: 3 / Page: 2-5
  • Advances in the Theory and Practice of Rolfing®
    PEDRO, Prado Publication: Structural Integration / Language: English Date: 09-2008 / Vol: 36 / Issue #: 3 / Page: 40-53
  • Strategies for Using Movement
    ALLEN, Duffy Publication: Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute / Language: English Date: 06-2012