Over the course of six months I received many sessions from Ellie in her wonderful office in Kula. She helped me immensely with my various physical pain issues and also gaining better function, stability and structure. She also held beautiful space for me as I discovered and explored some deeper emotional and spiritual issues that were underlying my physical pain. I highly recommend her as a heartfelt, personable and skilled bodyworker.

Ellie helped me with a chronic arm and shoulder issue I’d been having for years, due to excessive bartending and waiting tables all of my adult life. When I had the sudden realization that the pain was also resulting from my ex-husband’s physical abuse, and was crying and shaking on her table, she didn’t shy away. Instead, she allowed me to have that moment, asking the right questions, providing the perfect amount of space and safety, and I was truly able to let that trauma move through me and release. I wish she still lived on Maui, so I could receive more of her healing work.

For years I struggled with a lower back problem that was so severe I couldn’t walk for days at a time. I saw doctors, chiropractors, massage therapists, physical therapists... Multiple doctors actually wanted to operate on my back! When I finally tried Rolfing™ I not only nearly eradicated the pain in the short term, but I also learned a tremendous amount about my body, how the different components work together, and how to keep that pain from coming back. This educational component is one thing that makes Rolfing™ special. Ellie has a gift in healing, in teaching, and in Rolfing™, and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to heal, to learn about their bodies, or both.

I have been lucky enough to receive 6 or 7 Rolfing™ sessions from Ellie Childs. Out of the four certified Rolf Institute® trained practitioners I have known over the past 20 years, she is, in most ways, my favorite. The many sports- related injuries she's had have given her an extraordinarly intuitive ability to know wherein lies the problem and what to do about it. Because she knows pain intimately, she is very careful about other's sensitivity levels. Her work is quiet (so important—she will be focused on you, not her story) and highly effective.

I twisted my spine being rolled in a big wave several years ago and was suffering chronic right sacral pain. Two different chiropractors, another Rolfer®, and several Massage Therapists worked on me. I would have some good temporary results, but nothing lasting. Over the course of two weeks, Ellie sorted it out and it has been fine since. THANK YOU!!!

She is also good company, funny, warm wise, non-judgemental and an evolved communicator. Go, meet the new Rolfer® on your island. 

Have fun, get well!!! Yay!!

During my first session with Ellie, she took a substantial amount of time to really talk with me and guide me in exploring through the alignment & compensation habits that developed immediately after my 20-foot bouldering fall. No other body-worker has inquired so deeply yet gently about not only what happened in those moments, but also what’s happened as a result.

We went through my entire body before even getting on the table, and I was able to really awaken to what was going on for me. Through her casual yet focused and professional demeanor I was able to open up about my injury  and understand my body’s compensatory processes, in ways I’ve never done before. Because my injury had made me disassociate from my body entirely for months on end, that experience felt very healing in itself.

I came to Ellie barely able to walk, stand, or sit, and completely unable to work. I was in a desperate situation, and had tried every modality of helpful health-care I could imagine. Within the first 2 sessions with Ellie, I was off pain-meds and muscle-relaxers, back into my body, walking, riding the subway, and practicing yoga again.

Now, 1.5 years later, I have been able to maintain a return to doing the work that is important to me, and living my life fully.

Ellie is an amazing natural and intuitive healer. Her work is very controlled, deliberated, exact, and deep, without causing too much pain or discomfort. I highly recommend her to anyone in need of help.

... Ellie is a gem. I have always felt comfortable, cared for and safe on her table. She listens, checks in with you, and asks for feedback and is responsive in her methods of individualizing care. Overall, I experienced significant progress with my initial goals — improving my posture and awareness. Thank you Ellie.

Receiving Rolfing® from Ellie was very much a treat. She was really attentive to subtle patterns in my body that need healing. She was deeply caring, patient, and a really good listener. She was intuitive and knowledgeable at the same time. Her touch was gentle yet firm and confident which I highly value from any body work practitioner. She has a gift and I look forward to having more opportunities to receive Rolfing® from her in the future!