Robert St John was a profoundly insightful, intelligent, and humorous man. He was born in England on May 21, 1914 and passed away in Italy on November 1, 1996.
Robert St John – The Development of Metamorphosis
Robert St John devoted his life to developing Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis began as Prenatal Therapy in the 1950’s and evolved into Metamorphosis over time. Prenatal Therapy addressed tension back to conception. As Robert gained greater insight, he took the work back to the origin of unconscious tension. This was the beginning of Metamorphosis.
Robert had great insights into understanding the disturbances that never change. In his unique ability to see the bigger picture, he was able to discover the source of our problems. This deeper problem is unconscious tension. He saw that we have many approaches to address the symptomatic expressions of this tension, but not the actual tension itself.
From this observation he created a gentle, hands-on practice to address and ease this tension. His approach was for people to change within, instead of having change imposed on them through the influence of an outside source. Robert always said, if it is done to you or for you, it is temporary.
Roberts work with Reflexology was the impetus for the hands-on aspect of Metamorphosis. He noticed that there were many maps of Reflexology, all different, and they all worked. From this observation he used the concept of reflex points as a means to impart an intent. The intent of Metamorphosis goes back to the origin of the onset of unconscious tension.
Keeping Metamorphosis Simple
Over time Metamorphosis took on many dimensions as he continued to explore the bigger picture. An important element to his observations is that they were part of his journey of getting to the bigger picture. Once he got there, the pathway was not as relevant.
He made a point of telling Cindy in 1996 that while he had to take quite a journey to get the information, the rest of us did not need to. He paved the pathway and set it in the cosmos, so to speak. This allows all of us to keep the work simple and honor his original intent.
Robert St John’s initial intent was to create a simple approach that anyone could easily learn to use in their own home. He felt it was important to have this work accessible to all. This included creating something that was not overly intellectual, so it could speak to more people. He also felt it was important that the work remain affordable, so that everyone could bring this work into their own homes.