Fit For Life

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España
La Azohía
Fit For Life

Holistic Health Facilitator 🌿 Empowering people to reach peak vitality and longevity 🌟

Services:
- Deep Tissue Massage
- Sports Massage
- Relaxing Massage
- Ayurvedic Yoga Massage
- Osteopathic treatment
- Foundation Training & movement coaching (postural training for mobility, strength and pain relief)
- Fascial Maneuver classes
- Centerpoint Meditation session

Languagues: English, Spanish, Dutch, French. Qualifications & Certifications:

Structural osteopathy
Movement & mobility coach (Kelly Starrett, The Ready State)
Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Level 5 (Mysore, India)
(Sports) Massage therapist
Yoga instructor (RYS-200 hours, Rishikesh, India)
Personal trainer (PaleoTraining, Spain)
Fascial Maneuver Coach (Human Garage)
Centerpoint Meditation Specialist

www.rafaelstrobosch.com

28/02/2026

700 people. One room. Seville, Spain.

Last Saturday I had the privilege of speaking at Waves of Impact in Seville — a room full of entrepreneurs, leaders, and humans genuinely committed to growth.

My topic: Stress, Resilience & Connection: A Human Approach.

Here’s what we covered:

🫁 Fall in love with your breath.
It’s the most powerful, accessible (and free) tool you will ever have — the king and queen of your nervous system. Most people are still not using it as the opportunity for regulation and self-discovery that it truly is.

🐢 Slow down.
Slowing down creates space — to enjoy the view, to drop from your head into your body, to actually feel your emotions and reconnect with your intuition.
We either slow down consciously… or life slows us down forcefully. Burnout. Illness. Injury.

🪞 You are only as healthy as you are honest with yourself.
Brutal self-honesty is the foundation of all meaningful change.

❤️ Human connection is everything.
You can have perfect nutrition, sleep, movement, hydration — but without real, nourishing relationships? It’s empty.

And we didn’t just talk about it.

We breathed together.
We moved together.
We felt it together.

700 people. Breathing. Regulating. Connecting. At the same time.

Feeling that in a room?
Ineffable.
And yes — f*cking incredible. 🖤

Massive love and gratitude to for trusting me wholeheartedly to lead this group. Your leadership inspires me, genuinely.

Big love to everyone who was in that room. 🙏

See you next year.

29/01/2026

Many of us are taught to chase health by avoiding what’s wrong.
Less pain.
Fewer symptoms.
Better numbers.

But vitality asks a different question.
Not “What’s missing?”
But “What’s alive?”

Health gets you through the day without your body saying no.
It’s freedom from what’s wrong.
And that matters — deeply.

But vitality?
Vitality makes you feel inhabited.

It shows up in how you stand.
How you move.
How you breathe when no one’s watching.

In your capacity to recover.
To feel desire.
To meet life with curiosity instead of caution.

Health is the foundation.
Vitality is the life you build on it.

You can be healthy and still feel like you’re running on empty.
But when you have vitality, you don’t just exist — you radiate.

You feel the ground beneath your feet.
You taste your food.
You laugh from your belly.

Your body becomes a gift,
not just a vessel.

This is what we’re really after.
Not just the absence of disease and limitation,
but the presence of aliveness in every cell.

So I’m curious —
what does vitality mean to you?

25/01/2026

Last week I was feeling a little off. Heavy. Overly serious. Moody. Unable to hold much. The lack of sunlight the past few weeks has also been getting to me.

So today I wanted a pattern interrupt. Put myself in a different, unfamiliar and less predictable environment. Different input = different output. Airplane mode. Sunshine.

Today was about enjoying the color green. Witnessing the island's power and majesty. The sun touching my skin. The sound of the birds. The heavy breathing as I climbed 1200 meters like a mountain goat. Running downhill like a 5 year old. The immersive silence. Dipping my face and hands into cold, refreshing streams. I couldn't help but think and feel "this planet is f**ki** spectacular."

Sidenote: There's something to be said about 'forward motion'. The act of moving forward in space and time—walking, biking, running, swimming—will always be one of my favorite Flow Triggers. Stack nature on top and you're good to go.

A few hours later, tired, satisfied, slightly dehydrated and with a good appetite, I feel like I can offer myself and the world a different kind of conversation. Softer, more gentle, more alive, more playful, more me. As David Whyte beautifully says, "When your eyes are tired, the world is tired also."

The inverse is equally true.

Remember: change input = change output. Change your state, change your thinking. Motion drives Emotion. It doesn't need to be complicated or fancy. Go get it.

Be Simply, be Alive.

Raf

22/01/2026

A Blessing for Loving

May love find me true
And know me blessed

May love find me as it does
Unexpected
Unrehearsed
Bare

May love find me simply
And simply grow my capacity to love

May love find me courageous enough
In my inhale, in my exhale
Even while trembling
And celebrate this intimacy, new and familiar

May love find me
Break me open
And alive
Further and deeper than I knew possible

May love find me
For my love is not for me
It never was

12/12/2025

You Traded Peace for Joy.
A coach said this to me recently… and something clicked.

My path—like yours—hasn’t been linear.
It’s been peaks and valleys, soft places and sharp edges.
A cycle of destroying parts, and giving birth to new ones.

We all carry our wounds. Libraries have been written on the subject.
For me, those wounds pushed me toward inquiry—toward seeking.
I opened the self-help door like a mechanic working on his car.

Sometimes the work was spiritual. Other times raw and practical.
I studied. I felt. I dug.
I got lost in it and sometimes found myself in it.

Books, podcasts, teachers, courses.
Nervous system regulation.
AHA moments. Breakdowns. Breakthroughs.
I did “the work” (and no, it’s not finished).

But here’s the trap I’ve seen in myself and in so many people I work with—
and why “you traded peace for joy” hit so hard:

In our hunt for peace and equanimity…
in our healing journey…
we can forget Joy.

We get heavy. Serious. “Deep.”
We stop creating.
We stop playing.
We stop doing the small, ridiculous, beautiful things that make us feel alive.

Some of us dim that Joy.
Some of us forget it almost entirely.

Maybe this doesn’t land for you—maybe you kept your joy alive through it all.
Beautiful.

But if something in you stirs as you read this, let it be a reminder:

Peace isn’t the same as joy.
Joy isn’t the same as peace.
And both matter.

Keep your fire strong by doing things that light you up.
The simple pleasures.
The things that wake your up.

Right now, ask yourself:
“How can I enjoy what I’m doing 10% more?”
Even in the middle of a heavy personal inquiry, this question still applies.

Add a little gratitude on top…
and you’re well on your way.

To your Joy,
Raf

27/11/2025

¿Alguna vez te has parado a pensar... respiro bien? 🌬️

No, en serio. ¿Tu respiración es realmente eficiente? ¿Te está dando más energía, más calma, más vida? ¿O podría ser que ese dolor de cabeza constante, esas cervicales tensas, ese cansancio que no se va... tengan que ver con cómo respiras?

Todos sabemos que la respiración es importante. Pero entre saberlo y realmente entenderlo... hay un abismo. Al final, seguimos respirando automáticamente, ¿no?

Aquí está el secreto: la respiración es una de las llaves maestras del bienestar, pero nadie nos enseñó realmente cómo usarla. La ciencia está ahí. Las técnicas existen. Solo nos falta conocerlas.

Y eso es exactamente lo que vamos a descubrir juntos 🔑

TALLER: "RESPIRA" Domingo 14 de Diciembre ⏰ 10:30am - 01:00pm 📍 PaleoTraining Lanzarote, Arrecife

Lo que vamos a explorar:

✨ Las tres llaves de la respiración funcional
✨ Cómo regular tu sistema nervioso (activarte cuando lo necesitas, calmarte cuando te hace falta)
✨ La respiración para dormir mejor
✨ La respiración en el deporte
✨ Sesión práctica de hipoxia intermitente

Inversión: 35€

Reserva tu plaza: WhatsApp 622 154 270

Ven y date un respiro. Literalmente 😌

Un fuerte abrazo,

Rafael

26/11/2025

19/11/2025

For years, I chased transformation like it was something I could buy.

The next workshop. The right technique. The perfect morning routine. The supplement stack that would finally fix me.

I kept thinking: if I just find the right thing OUT THERE, I'll finally feel whole.

But here's what I've slowly learned—

Transformation doesn't happen in a weekend retreat.

It doesn't come from a breakthrough experience or the latest wellness trend.

Real change happens in the unsexy, unglamorous work of showing up every single day.

It's in catching the defensive thought before it becomes words.

Setting a boundary when everything in you wants to people-please.

Sitting with uncomfortable feelings instead of reaching for distraction.

Your nervous system needs daily attention, not occasional big interventions.

The transformation industry wants you to believe you're broken and they have the fix.

But the truth?

You're not a project to be completed. You're not broken machinery in need of repair.

You're already whole—even with your wounds, your struggles, your unfinished business.

Growth isn't about fixing what's wrong with you.

It's about expanding your capacity to be with ALL of who you are.

You don't need to be transformed.

You need to come home to yourself.

And that happens in the patient, tender work of showing up, day after ordinary day, to the wholeness you already are.

Full article in bio 🤍

07/11/2025

In the spring of 2023, my dad, my brother, and I crossed the Atlantic on the Emma Linn—a 40-foot sailing yacht—from Puerto Rico to Cartagena, Spain, with a stop in the Azores.

The trip was gritty. Physically, mentally, emotionally.

Everything that could break, broke. The toilet. The sink. The anchor. Minimal levels of comfort. We scooped buckets of ocean water every day, in any condition, just to wash dishes. We hit a massive storm. Then windless days where the current pushed us backward and we floated like a rubber duck in the middle of the Atlantic.

My brother and I argued and fought regularly (love you bro!). Our dad lost so much weight we started hiding spoonfuls of butter in his food. I severely injured a finger. My brother got burned with boiling water. The propeller broke a week before the Azores. A bird found us during a storm, trying to shelter with us. He didn't make it. That broke my heart.

We slept in shifts, keeping watch through the nights. We got very little restful sleep.

But we also saw whales. An orca. We caught fresh fish and made sushi. The same pod of dolphins stayed with us for an entire week. We witnessed the most epic sunsets and sunrises you can imagine. And we ate the best dairy products ever in the Azores (important!).

Life is paradox. In the same adventure, at the same moment, pain and beauty coexist. One minute you're flying high, the next your engine breaks down, and a minute later you see a whale with her calf.

Our life hangs on a thread. Accidents happen. Disease and death happen. But the inverse is also true—luck, wonder, joy, falling in love with your life or a person, all the beautiful things can arrive randomly, spontaneously.

The point being: stay open. Be present with what is. Do your best and squeeze as much life out of life as you can.

Set your sail, set your compass. Without a direction, no wind is favorable. Then simply navigate with whatever life offers you.

Sail and be sailed. Live and be lived.

To feeling alive, and to conquering the useless.

Raf

24/10/2025

Many clients come to me describing flatness. Numbness. A sense of disconnection—like they're moving through life but not quite feeling it.

But here's what I often see—especially with men—the numbness isn't from collapse. It's from constant vigilance. From people who function beautifully on the surface but never rest underneath.

They don't break, snap, or rage outwardly. They simply... hum. Flat notes. No overtones. No resonance. No singing. No dancing.

The armor is called doing. Being busy. Being productive. Being on.

And beneath it: a nervous system that forgot how to soften.

I know this person. I've been this person. Sometimes I am this person.
(And it never feels great to be in this place, especially for too long.)

There's a place for tension. For structure. For showing up.
But aliveness doesn't come from tightening the string further.

It comes from learning when to release.
When to slow down enough to soften into your body, your heart, your breath.
When to rest—not as a reward, but as a requirement.

This is where numbness transforms.
Not by doing more.
By finally allowing yourself to feel.

23/10/2025

New York..
The city with more AirPods than people :)

Thank you for your streets, your corners, your shops, your beautiful (and quirky) people and your golden sunset light. You have been a delight and a surprise.

Thank you Denise for your warmest welcome.
After 5 years off Zooms, online trainings and calls, we finally meet in person. So grateful for our shared journey. Big love :)

Starting to feel ready to get back home, put my bare feet in the sand and plunge my face under salty water.

Feeling blessed with these last 2 weeks of travel. The immersion in a new place, new pace, new people creates a wonderful and almost unexpected dialogue with ourselves. Who we were, who we are in the process of becoming, and a new conversation with our future.

Thank you.
healer

18/10/2025

"I want to let go."

I've heard these words thousands of times across my years facilitating bodywork and breathwork. They arrive like a prayer, a plea, sometimes barely a whisper. But here's what I've learned: when someone says they want to let go, they're rarely asking for what they think they're asking for.

They're asking for permission to finally feel.

We carry unfelt feelings the way a house carries shadows—unavoidable, always present, shifting with the light but never truly gone. These emotional archives don't simply fade with time. They embed themselves in the architecture of our nervous system, creating patterns of dysregulation that shape how we move through the world.

Here's the paradox that defines so much of the human experience: we simultaneously ache to feel and are terrified of feeling. We want the relief that comes from emotional completion, but we resist the discomfort required to get there.

There's a subconscious belief many of us carry: If I let this feeling in, I'll drown in it. If I open the door to my sadness, I'll never stop crying.

After working with thousands of clients, I can tell you unequivocally: this fear is unfounded. An emotion fully felt is an emotion that completes its cycle.

You don't let go of your feelings. You let go by feeling them.

Read the full article in my Substack (link in bio)

Dirección

La Azohía
30868

Teléfono

+34622154270

Página web

http://www.rafaelbodytherapy.com/

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Hands for better health!

Welcome to Massage & Movement Therapy Las Palmas! My name is Rafael and my mission is to help people reconnect with their body, their breath and their overall health & wellbeing through Massage and Movement.

I work in a beautiful studio near Las Canteras. It is perfectly located next to the main surf area of Las Palmas (La Cicer), and is part of Element Yoga School. Besides working in the studio, I do home service treatments and also give trainings at different parks, or at the beach.

I am a certified massage therapist in various disciplines, certified Yoga instructor, Foundation Training coach, and physical trainer at PaleoTraining centres/gyms in Spain. I am currently studying Osteopathic Medicine. I speak fluent English, Spanish and Dutch. My French is a little rusty, but I manage!

I really look forward to connecting you with you and helping you along the way to a more pain-free and playful lifestyle!