Structural Integration – Vol. 36 – Nº 2

In which a review of existing theories leads to yet another theory; that, too, is rejected in favor of the priority of tradition, and the essay proceeds to an appeal for a return to Ida Rolf’s original formulation. But this is discovered to be ambiguous, and the essay concludes, inconclusively, with speculation as to what to do for the best.

Editor?s Note: Serge Gracovetsky will be a keynote speaker at the 2008 Rolf Institute® Annual Meeting, The Art and Science of Fascia. His presentation, From Fish to Man: the Story of the Human Spine will be held on August 1, 2008. He is the author of The Spinal Engine and was awarded ?Best Paper Presentation? at the 2007 Fascia Research Congress.

This is what Rolfers are doing: we are lifting a body up. We’re getting the uppermost pole of the body lifted up. Sometimes you wonder what the relation is, the connection that makes one man a rigid stalk and another man flexible and lifted. Dr. Ida P. Rolf (Feitis 1978)

We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.Norbert Wiener(1)

“Wherever you go there you are.”Kermit the Frog, uttered somewhere on Sesame Street circa 1971

Editor’s Note: In this issue we feature two Rolfers in Canada, on opposite sides of the country, each the pioneering Rolfer in his region.

What are some ideas in Rolf Movement Integration that make it essential to the study of Rolfing?