Internal Correlates of Relapse Prevention
That there be no repeating of sex offenses is, of course, the foremost aim and goal of the treatment of sex offenders. It comes ahead of goals such as the abatement of other pathologies, increasing self-esteem, or reunifying families. Toward this goal, there has been a great deal of study of the causes of sex […]
Rolfing the Mood
Goal: The goal of my research was to try to prove that Rolfing induced improvement both in the body (posture) and the mind (mood). Tools: I used a stabilometric footboard to confirm the first and a profile of mood states to confirm the second. Sample Population: A group of 20 people underwent the basic Rolfing […]
Cervical Compression
Sandy Collins I have a client, a flight nurse, who lifted a 250 lb. man on a litter into a helicopter. She has seen a neurosurgeon and had an MRI with a C5-C6 compression diagnosis. She has had severe left shoulder pain extending from about C3 to her left wrist, including the scapula, and has […]
The Ethics Review Process
I have served on the Ethics and Business Practices Committee for a little less than a year now and have found it extremely rewarding and enriching. What I would like to do here is to briefly share my experiences of this process in the hope that it will offer clearer understanding of the process for […]
To Protect the Institute
The stated intention of David Delaney’s article, entitled “Ethics” (published in Structural Integration, June 2003), is to “put onto the table some key areas which [the author] hope[s] might stimulate further process and discussion within the Rolfing community and perhaps assist some of us in our daily practices.” Although I doubt it was David’s intention, […]
Our Body of Ethics
Ethics comes from the heart. Procedures come from the lawyers. The work of the Rolf Institute’s° Ethics and Business Practices Committee is to apply both properly when dealing with a complaint against a Rolfer. The basis for legal action against the Institute in an ethics case would generally be our failure to follow our own […]
Sudaba: The Surrendered Dance of Balance
When I received my basic training in 1976, the Line (along with the conditioning effects of gravity and the malleability of fascial tissue) was presented as one of the three cornerstones of Rolfing” theory. The primary assumption that we were working with was that Rolfing was leading our bodies toward a condition of enhanced structural […]
A Year of Teaching in China
AN ADVENTURE Fifteen years ago I spent a year teaching medical students at Hunan Medical College in Changsha, China. It was an opportunity to live in a culture with different traditions of healing, including acupuncture, herbal medicine and massage. I did not learn to do any of these procedures, but I became acquainted with them. […]
The Role of Connective Tissue as the Physical Medium for the Conduction of Healing Energy in Acupuncture and Rolfing
ABSTRACT This paper is an exploration of the new understanding of the primary role that connective tissue (the body’s myofascial system) plays in the distribution of Qi throughout the body and the acupuncture meridians. Connective tissue is reviewed. Acupuncture’s relationship to connective tissue is discussed, first as shown in ancient acupuncture texts; then modern scientific […]
Acupuncture Points, Meridians, and Stripes (reprint)
I continue in my process of doing the ten sessions with an awareness of the location of acupuncture points, meridians and stripes. This approach continues to yield new insights into human structure and opens new ways of effectively reaching the goals of the individual sessions. Before examining the inner arch of the foot in the […]