Stephen West

Experience

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  Purnam Wellness

  Jan 1997 - Mar 2024

  Massage Therapist, Owner

  Specializing in a holistic appraoch to the body in movement, with an emphasis on seeing the patterns that govern our movement and posture. Stephen addresses the body's habituations through hands-on approaches, including myofascial release. trigger point therapy, muscle energy techniques and joint release and range-of-motion, He further supports change with movement to release patterns, the wisdom and presence of yoga and breath-work, and strengthening and proprioceptive exercises. Stephen is thrilled to now offer Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, a powerful and empowering tool for anyone to access deep, but safe, somatic release of trauma and tension. All of Stephen's work is marked by years of study of the body and a passion for supporting the whole well-being of others. Show less

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  Stephen West Body Wisdom

  Jun 1998 - now

  Registered Massage Therapist

  Stephen offers diverse manual care, therapeutic movement and holistic health education gained from over 20 years of private practice, teaching and working in an array of clinical settings. His work is very focused on balancing patterning in the body. He employs myofascial and trigger point release, deep tissue, joint mobility, hydrotherapy and cupping. He also educates clients on movement--healthy movement patterns, posture, exercise strategies, etc--and holistic health to optimize well-being.

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  Self-employed/owner, Purnam Wellness

  Jun 1998 - Mar 2024

  Massage Therapist, Yoga/movement and TRE Teacher
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  Tension Releasing Exercises

  Jun 2009 - now

  Level I Practitioner

  Stephen is passionate about sharing the gift of Tension Releasing Exercises. A simple, accessible but powerful door into purely somatic release of tension, stress and trauma, TRE is something that anyone can learn and practice on their own. Stephen teaches in the Boulder-Denver area, groups, organizations and individuals, incorporating his rich understanding of the body and movement into this remapping of the nervous system. Stephen is a founder of TRE Boulder, which offers classes open to anyone the first and third Friday of every month. Show less

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  Creekside Physical Medicine

  Apr 2010 - May 2013

  Massage Therapist

  Working in partnership with two osteopaths, providing hands-on care, joint mobilization, movement and strengthening, postural and proprioceptive support, and nervous system downregulation. Addressing primarily pain issues and migraine-related issues.

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  The Academy Mapleton Hill

  Oct 2023 - now

  Community Life Director

  I am one of two Community Life Directors for The Academy Mapleton Hill, Boulder's newest and highest-end retirement community. With my co-Director we create an extraordinarily dynamic range of activities for an unusually young, active and vibrant community of residents. I have created Mapleton Ideas Festival, originally inspired by The Aspen Ideas Festival, where we host in-person and virtual conversations about a very broad range of current issues. I established our thriving Art Program, a Documentary Series, host special showings of independent films, support our on-going and very popular Mahjongg group, and am developing relationships with a wide range of organizations in order to expand our offerings and create opportunities to involve our community more in the local community, and vice-versa. I love what I do. Show less