Roll Model® Method Practioner Training
Upcoming Instances
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Hybrid Mar 12 – Mar 16, 2026 4 days • 13 hours • $ 599.0+ Los Angeles, CA, US |
Led by Jill Miller 
Level 4
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Purpose
Integrate the power of soft-tool science for yourself and clients using the Roll Model Method Therapy Balls
What to expect
Style/Lineage
Core competencies
By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…
- Describe the basics of pain physiology and fascia geography including bony landmarks, muscular attachments, and the fascial seam-system.
- Explain the "why" behind why we do certain yoga/fitness practices.
- Explain the "science of rolling"
- Sequence "Ball Choreography" in unique and original patterns to be applied to any individual or special population.
- Practice ball rolling techniques that penetrate into common high-tension areas. including the rotator cuff, upper back, neck, jaw, hips, lower back, IT Band, calves, and feet.
- Use therapy balls to deepen one's comprehension, understanding, and somatic awareness of musculoskeletal anatomy and physiology.
- Demonstrate soft-tissue self-care solutions for every client and condition while utilizing the four different-sized Roll Model Therapy Balls.
- Apply test/retest scenarios to individual clients to provide instant feedback of improved function or reduced pain.
- Create SMR rollouts for individuals, groups and special populations
- Teach touch averse clients an empowering method of self care using low cost, accessible tools for self-massage.
AYC allows each school to state and evaluate the competencies each student acquires. Students rate how well the program delivered them.
Program Emphasis
Evaluation methods
Program evaluations
- Written exam
The are a series of multiple choice quizzes throughout the program. The Roll Model Method Exam is a 185-question multiple-choice exam, comprised of the Roll Model Book, The Massage Therapy Instructional Video (included in tuition), and the video content.
Program Faculty
Featured Faculty
Co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the formats Yoga Tune Up®, The Roll Model® Method and Body By Breath. With more than 30 years of study in anatomy & movement, she is a pioneer in forging relevant links between the worlds of fitness, yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Jill is known as the Teacher’s Teacher and has trained thousands of movement educators, clinicians, and manual therapists to incorporate her paradigm-shifting self-care fitness programming into athletic and medical facilities. As the creator of some of the world’s best mobility tools, she has crafted original programs for Equinox, Golf Digest, 24 Hour Fitness, YogaWorks, and professional sports teams. Her programs help you to live better in your body with an emphasis on proprioception, mobility, breath mechanics, and recovery. Jill has presented at conferences and symposia worldwide in the fields of yoga therapy, fitness, fascia, pain, athletic performance, and mental health. She has the rare ability to translate complex physiological and biomechanical information into accessible, relevant moves that help students transform pain, dysfunction, and injury into robust fitness. Jill is a former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal and has been featured in The NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Prevention, Shape, Men’s Journal, Women’s Health, Yoga Journal, Self, on TODAY Show, Good Morning America & the Oprah Winfrey Network. Her video collaborations with Tom Myers, Katy Bowman, Kelly Starrett DPT & Jen Esquer DPT have been embraced worldwide. She is the author of the internationally bestselling book The Roll Model: A Step by Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body and Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience. Jill is also a contributing author on the topic of self-myofascial release in the textbook Fascia, Function and Medical Applications as well as Safe and Sound by Dr. Stephen Porges. Based in Los Angeles.