Rolfing in New York City with Janu Vanier

My experience with Janu was absolutely terrible and dangerous. He showed up with his pitbull for an appointment but was visibly under the influence, appeared to be on drugs, and was incoherent in his speech. I was accompanied by my personal assistant and my Pomeranian when his completely uncontrollable pitbull brutally attacked us. My dog was left fighting for his life, went through emergency medical treatment, and suffered severe injuries because of this man’s total irresponsibility. It was a horrifying scene that could have easily ended in an even greater tragedy. Not only does Janu have no control over his own dog, but he also shows clear signs of drug use and appears to have mental health issues, making him a danger to anyone or any animal around him. It is unacceptable that someone in this condition offers any kind of service, especially while presenting himself as a bodywork professional, when in reality he doesn’t even hold a valid license. I have never felt so unsafe and deceived. This episode ruined my work week, my birthday, and brought immense suffering to me and my dog. I do not recommend him under any circumstances and consider him a threat to society.

I came to Janu almost one year after ACL reconstruction, and I can’t thank him enough. Before working with him, I genuinely thought I’d have to live with ongoing pain — but now, my leg almost feels back to normal. His knowledge, technique, and care made a real difference in my recovery.

Completed a 10-session package with Janu this summer and gained profound insights into my body. The deep tissue work allowed me to release and integrate long-held trauma in my hips, IT band, and pelvic region — trauma that had been impacting my quality of life for years! Every time we worked together, I experienced deep emotional and physical releases. I’m incredibly grateful for Janu’s presence, I always felt safe to release whatever was coming up energetically. Now, I feel aligned in my body, more present, stronger, and I’ve noticed significant improvements in my posture and flexibility.

Janu Vanier has been one of my longest standing practitioners. Although he has been incredible from the start, his work seems to get even better every year. His level of care and compassion are admirable. He is very attuned and in touch with my needs and he delivers treatments that are extremely efficient and effective. I have had him treat my kids and others friends/family members and will continue to refer other people to him. As a healing practitioner myself, I feel that Janu is the best there is as a Rolfer.

Having had the good fortune of working with many skilled and effective bodywork practitioners in my own time of study and practice, Janu is always at the top of my go-to list. Few individuals combine curiosity and intellectual competency with such practical attentiveness. Many practitioners may be able to make you feel able to be yourself around them, but with him it goes beyond feeling 'acceptable'; you can feel the doors of possibility open in real time, and long after you leave the table. In receiving bodywork and choosing who to see, sometimes it feels (at least personally) like picking between more physical work or more energetic work, or there's both but you feel the separateness. In Janu's sessions, I have experienced such relief in the feeling that neither the physical nor energetic had to leave at any point in time. Once in a while in the Structural Integration and bodywork community at large, I've heard the phrase "it's like what I always wanted massage to be" -- and that sums up Janu in a nutshell: this is what I always wanted bodywork to be.

Janu is an expert practitioner with tremendous knowledge of human physiology. He knows the intricacies of body mechanics, skeletal & muscular structures, the nervous system, and most importantly how they all work together. I have seen him for years for a very difficult to diagnose issue in my scapula and Im always amazed at how he’s able to pinpoint the problem areas. He always spends enough time with clients and you never feel rushed. Im glad to be a client and more importantly a friend!

Top of the line body work! As someone who normally does not like deep work, I will say Janu is excellent, at what he does. After one session I was able to feel relief from chronic neck and back pain. Thanks again. Please let me know when you’re back on the west coast.

Janu, is an excellent Rolfer. I come from a lineage of body workers and I too am a body worker and he is incredible. Very slow moving work which allows Breath to come through very easily. He explains everything very thoroughly. Cannot wait for my next session.