Florian Thomas

Role: CE Workshop Teacher
Certified Rolfer®

Florian trained in Rolfing® at the European Rolfing® Association in Munich and became a Certified Rolfer® in 2018. Immediately after graduating he began working from two private practices in London and in Oxford, UK. In 2020 Florian moved to Germany and now lives and works in Berlin.

Born in Austria, Florian studied law, musicology and singing. As a professional opera singer he joined the chorus at the Vienna State Opera before turning to freelance singing in 2016. Given his background, he is particularly interested in everything related to the human voice. Florian has attended several specialist workshops in different fields of manual therapy. He has collaborated with ENTs and speech and language therapists in vocal rehabilitation cases including muscle tension dysphonia, pre-surgical preparation and in recovery phase. He taught classical singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London and is now a guest lecturer at the Universität der Künste Berlin alongside his Rolfing practice. Florian is currently the European Representative on the Board of Directors at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado.