Phone

(907) 229-4422

Email

info@defordsiandmassage.com

How Structural Integration Works

Working with your muscles & connective tissues to release, realign & balance your body

Structural Integration works by re-setting your body’s fascial network. Fascia is a web-like envelope that holds the muscles, tendons, ligaments and organs in place inside the body. Over time we develop holding patterns due to poor posture, injuries, accidents, stress etc... this leads to the fascia becoming dense and fibrous which inhibits the body from moving freely.

We’ll Get You Back On Track

Restore flexibility, revitalize your energy leaving you feeling more comfortable in your body

Relief

Relieve Back, Neck and Joint Pain
Release Pinched Nerves

Relief

Motion

Increased Range of Motion
Better Balance and Ease
Increase Flexibility

Motion
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Recovery

Pre/Post Surgery Recovery
Reduce Scar Tissue

Recovery

Posture

Improves Posture
Relieve Chronic Strain

Posture

Let Us Help You Reach Your Goals

Structural Integration can help you stay active and pain free. To schedule your session, click the Book Now button to email us. We look forward to serving you!

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Here's What Our Clients Think

Meet The Team

We are a dynamic duo, married for 20 years, with over 15 years of Structural Integration experience. We love what we do!

Marnie DeFord

Marnie DeFord

Certified Structural Integrator

Licensed Massage Therapist

Marnie, originally from the Kaitieke Valley, in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. She grew up on a sheep and beef farm riding horses. She moved to Alaska in 2004 to be with her husband Shawn who’s from Alaska. She graduated from The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration in 2013 as a Certified Structural Integrator. Since then she has completed additional Advanced Trainings in: Releasing Nerves & Arteries, Explorations in Wholeness (working with the body as a whole listening & unwinding strain patterns), Movement Education, Visceral Manipulation & Cranio Sacral Therapy. She enjoys helping people understand their body pattern & how to re-balance their body, relieve pain & gain more freedom of movement. She enjoys working with a large variety of people, wether it’s active people (training for Marathons/Triathlons), needing to get out of pain to move more easily or just regular maintenance.

She still loves to ride horses, enjoys many outdoor activities and has a love for animals. Shawn soon joined her as a Structural Integrator and together they enjoy working together helping people become pain free, have more awareness of their bodies and feel more comfortable.

Shawn DeFord

Shawn DeFord

Certified Structural Integrator

Licensed Massage Therapist

Shawn DeFord has been living and enjoying Alaska for over 38 years, currently he resides between Alaska and New Zealand with his wife Marnie. He was introduced to Structural Integration in 2007 and found it benefited him greatly by relieving pain and tension in his body. He also found it allowed his body to have more freedom and ease in function. It had also given him greater body awareness and a curiosity to learn more about the body. He found himself wanting to shift his focus toward health so in 2015 he began his course of study at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration and in 2017 became a Certified Structural Integrator. He then returned home to Alaska and joined his wife Marnie in their private self run practice. He acquired additional hours of Massage Therapy training to obtain his LMT. He would like to help others move in the direction of health and share the benefits of Structural Integration with the community. Shawn also enjoys practicing meditation and yoga and feels they are essential to our mental and physical health and are wonderful compliments to the Structural Integration work. Shawn spends as much time as possible outdoors enjoying a variety of sports and spending time with family and friends.

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Services & Prices

  • Consultation & Evaluation with Marnie

  • 105 minutes / $250

  • Structural Integration Session with Marnie

  • 90 minutes / $200

  • Structural Integration Session with Shawn

  • 90 minutes / $180

  • Massage

  • 60 minutes /$160

  • Massage

  • 90 minutes / $180

Locations & Contact

Alaska

Location

1345 W 9th Avenue, Suite 202
Anchorage, AK 99501

Phone

(907) 229-4422

Schedule

Office Hours: Wednesday's - Saturday's.
Call or email with inquiries.

We accept some insurance plans, please contact us for more details.