Marion Rosen, founder of Rosen Method boydwork and movement, was a world leader in mind/body therapy. Born in Germany in 1914, she was part of an extraordinary therapeutic community in Munich during the 1930's that included Elsa Gindler, Gustav and Lucy Heyer, and Carl Jung. She learned techniques for using movement, breath, and sensory awareness to complement psychotherapy.

Rosen escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to Stockholm where she studied physical therapy. Then she came to the United States and continued her studies at the Mayo Clinic. She developed the Rosen Method through many years of experience in her private practive of physical therapy. She developed a reputation amongst physicians and others of being someone who could help those who were not improving through traditional means. She began to teach others her method in 1977; currently there are training centers in Europe, Australia, Russia, Israel, Canada, and the United States.