My name is Kalou (pronounced kuh-loo).

My journey to Structural Integration (SI) began with watching my father discover the work…

Throughout my childhood, he struggled with several serious and unexpected health dramas, despite being a fairly healthy, active human. A stroke in his 50’s left him with nerve damage on one side of his body and a severe limp that he would carry for the rest of his life. This was hugely debilitating for someone who had sailed around the world, jumped off mountains to fly paragliders and consistently rode around on a bicycle. 

Some years after the stroke, a friend suggested he give Structural Integration a try. As he began to receive the work, I observed the reclamation of a relationship to his body as he moved through this process called the 10-series. The change was incredible.

Although his handicap never quite disappeared, his movement became noticeably more easeful, his structure lengthened and his entire attitude towards his once defeated body became more gentle and accepting. To watch a parent experience such a drastic shift throughout their entire being over the course of a couple months was extremely powerful. 

At sixteen, I was presented with the idea of working through the 10-series myself, and over that summer I watched as everything in my own world shifted. A potent, underlying sense of ease developed out of learning to let go of the patterns I had been carrying unconsciously in my tissue all my life…..

A new understanding bubbled up within; change was a constant, and my body’s ability to become more fluid could also translate into my relationship with life. To experience the body as a plastic medium, highly capable of finding new form and function was a huge relief. 

Post ten series, life spun me around the globe several times over. My late teens and early twenties found me seeking adventure and culture across several continents and many countries. Growing up in mountainous, small town Colorado had given me a balanced foundation to spring from, my thirst for adventure was strong, and the seeker in me needed to search. Never having been called to attend the ‘normal’ education route of university, I looked for alternative ways to get my hands dirty, to further develop my keen sensitivity and intuition. I tried my hand at many a craft over the course of my travels, apprenticing with some incredibly kind and knowledgeable individuals who helped me absorb valuable skills, all the while fostering my curiosity and self inquiry. These years were a hardy, foundational layer in my development.

As my traveling shoes began to wear, I yearned for a more grounded existence in which my nervous system could settle. Sure enough, the time arrived, and the path to become an SI practitioner presented itself with undeniable clarity.

Southern Colorado’s Sangre De Cristo mountains provided the backdrop to seek further exploration in understanding the human body through the lens of Structural Integration. I feel extremely fortunate to have studied with David Davis and Buddy Frank at the Crestone College of Structural Integration, completing my Basic Training in 2015. 

My understanding of the work has continued to grow through personal study, continuing ed. trainings, and receiving regular sessions. I find myself ever in awe of the incredible healing potential of the body.

Equal parts mystery and fine tuned instrument, this bundle of flesh and bone seems to do its very best to keep moving, often against great odds.

My goal is to help you better understand the ways in which you might begin to use gravity as a tool, rather than feeling it to be a constant hindrance to your system.

Together, we can begin to address the unique strain pattern held in your body, allowing you to find more balance, space and levity in your human experience. 

Structural Integration has been the fulcrum in my own journey of personal growth and understanding of what it means to be in a human body on the planet. I seek to inspire this within my practice, and it is my very greatest hope to share the potential for this work with each client as we collaborate to create felt understanding of a higher functioning, more resilient system; something I feel is possible for all of us.