Roots & Wings

Roots & Wings: Yoga School | Somatic Work| Coaching

Helping people navigate change through embodiment.

For women and individuals navigating physical pain, midlife & menopause, empty nesting, recovery, and life’s major transitions.

Through nervous system regulation, somatic healing & embodiment, mentoring, yoga, community, trainings and transformative retreats.

Location: Serving Boulder, CO, and surrounding areas.  Remote support online.

A New Chapter Begins Here

Change is inevitable and can become an opportunity to pause, reflect, and re-evaluate what matters most.

For years, maybe you’ve been caring for others—raising children, supporting family, managing responsibilities, and putting your own needs on hold.

You may have become so focused on taking care of everyone else that you’ve lost touch with yourself.

Life is challenging you to ask different questions:

Who am I beyond the roles I’ve played?

What do I want for this next chapter?

How do I care for others without abandoning myself?

This season invites you to reconnect with your own needs, values, and purpose so you can move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust.

Who I Work With

While much of my work focuses on supporting women through midlife and life's major transitions, I also work with individuals seeking a more embodied approach to healing and transformation.

Through Nervous System Regulation and Somatic Work,

I support:

Women navigating big changes in midlife, such as menopause, loss, and identity shifts

Individuals experiencing chronic pain, injury, and postural misalignments

Individuals seeking releif from stress, anxiety & depression

Individuals needing to integrate the body from psychedelic experiences

Healthcare providers and professionals seeking embodied support for themselves or clients

Families in recovery from the disease of addiction

Meet Alison Litchfield

Alison Litchfield, Certified Rolfer® | E-RYT 500 Yoga Instructor| #1 Bestselling Author | Rolf Movement and Somatic EMDR Inspired Practitioner

Hi, I’m Alison!

For more than 30 years, I’ve been helping people reconnect with their bodies as a source of healing, wisdom, and resilience.

My path began as a yoga teacher and evolved through decades of study in Structural Integration (Rolfing®), movement, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed practices, and women’s health. Along the way, I discovered that while insight can be powerful, lasting change happens when we learn to embody what we know.

 

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Ways To Work Together

Strengthen Your Roots

Different ways to work together to strengthen your body.

For Pain, Posture & Physical Well-Being

  • Rolfing®SI
  • Therapeutic Movement
  • Injury Recovery Support
  • Therapautic Yoga

For Midlife & Life Transitions

  • Midlife Mentoring
  • Women’s Circles
  • Retreats
  • Therapautic Yoga

For Psychedelic  Integration

  • Integrative Bodywork Sessions
  • Somatic Support
  • Trauma-Informed Yoga
  • Nervous System Regulation

For Nervous System Regulation & Embodiment

  • 6-Week Nervous System Reset
  • Nervous System Coaching
  • Trauma-informed Yoga

Expand Your Wings

Once you have a good foundation, the wings pathway is about applying it. These offerings help you step into leadership, deepen your wisdom, and expand your capacity to serve others.

Learn

Yoga School. Teacher Training. Continuing Education Workshops. Hatha yoga, anatomy, nervous system regulation, and the art of living and teaching with greater depth and integrity.

Grow

Midlife Mentoring. Women's Circles. Personal Growth. Tending the Fire. Develop greater self-awareness, resilience, and trust in yourself

Retreat

Immersive group experiences at Sleepy Hollow Retreat Center in the Colorado Rocky Mountains of Ferncliff, CO.

Roots & Wings: A Body-First Path Forward

Roots & Wings is a transformational process of healing the body, regulating the nervous system, and reconnecting with who we truly are. Strong roots provide us with foundation. Wings allow us to grow, evolve, and fully express our authentic selves.

Roots is about building the foundation your body needs to feel steady again—regulating your nervous system, realigning your structure, and restoring the body’s ability to support you through change. This is fascia-based work, alignment awareness, and practices that help you settle into your own presence.

Wings is about taking that steadiness and grounding and integrating it into your relationships, your boundaries, your decisions, and your sense of purpose. Wings are about embodied confidence, self-trust, and stepping into the second half of life with clarity and choice. You build your roots first, and your wings expand you.

#1 Amazon Best-Selling Book

In this grounded, body-centered guide, Alison Litchfield invites women to navigate perimenopause, menopause, burnout, and identity shifts through somatic healing and embodied practice.

Root deeply. Rise fully.

What Clients Are Saying

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A holistic integration that has affected my whole being.
"When I first began to work with Alison, it was for a shoulder issue that had been bothering me for quite some time. While Rolfing can address deep, old injuries and somatic structures, Alison’s Midlife Mentoring was a game-changer. It offered me an emotional component that facilitated a more holistic release of these long-held patterns. With the support of these new tools and techniques, I have experienced profound somatic and psychological shifts that have led to an integration that has affected my whole being."
— Laurie Donlon, Boulder, CO
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Ready to Begin?

You don’t have to book a session today to start feeling better. Sometimes the first step is gathering resources and beginning to understand what your body needs.

Download the Midlife Woman Essential Kit and receive practical, body-first tools for regulating stress, improving sleep, and reconnecting to your own steady ground. It’s a gentle entry point—and it’s free.

Visit Us in Boulder, CO

Alison Litchfield, Certified Rolfer® | Yoga & Structural Integration

4593 Broadway C119, Boulder, CO 80304

Hours of Operation

Parking

Free street parking, free parking garage, and on-site parking available.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you accept insurance?

Payment is typically out-of-pocket. Some clients are able to use HSA/FSA funds for Rolfing® sessions. Contact me to discuss your specific situation.

Yes. Free street parking, a free parking garage, and on-site parking are all available near the office.

You can book a Rolfing session with me on the Rolfing page.

Yes, I offer the Rolfing 10-Series program. You can book a 10-Series session with me on the Rolfing page.

You can sign up for a yoga class with me on the Yoga page.

Please schedule a clarity call by visiting the Midlife Mentoring page.