Thinking About Thinking About the Core
In this short article I do not want to sc much argue for a particular view of the core and sleeve as to correct the distortion,, that Stephen Pare (Stephen Pan!, “On Core (and Sleeve),” Structural Integration, February, 2003, pp. 21-27. Hereafter this article will be referred to as OCS) introduced into his discussion of […]
Address to the Rolf Institute Annual Meeting, 1974
Fonte: Structural Integration 2003 You all know about the vertical line; is you did not, I can’t imagine that you’re be here. The vertical line of Structural Integration is an abstraction, but it is more that an abstract vertical line. Probably you have never considered the possible significance of a biological vertical line. Have you […]
Ethics
The hallmark of a profession is the recognition that the work its member: perform influences, sometimes in an extremely direct, profound, and immediate way, the lives of their clients. The powerful nature of this influence makes the ordinary rules of the marketplace (based on the principle of “buyer be ware”) inadequate. Society asks the members […]
Psyche, Soma, and Rolfing in the Context of the Tao
Carl Jung once said that all life processes are purposeful. Nobel Prize winner Szent-Gyorgi said that there is a “drive in living matter to perfect itself.” Chinese philosophy/ physiology, summed of in the symbol called Tai Chi by the Chinese and commonly known elsewhere as the yin/yang symbol, describes a natural process (a drive) by […]
Interview with Louis Schultz, Ph.D.
Ray: Louis, I’m very interested in the path that led you to Rolfing- as well as why you played such a critical role in the development of the anatomy lead-in for you trainings. Let’s start with your educational background. Louis: I started out as a biology major and received my Ph.D. in endocrinology and biochemistry […]
Fibromyalgia
Sandy Collins There is quite a lot of thought around fibromyalgia being trauma related. I would suggest the possibility of working with the “trauma” model – Peter Levine’s Waking the Tiger. Also I think a good acupuncturist might be able to help systemically. Bill Morrow I am in the same office with other practitioners, an […]
Ida Rolf Teaching
Student: Why was there a buildup or an over-buildup, like a mass of muscle? IR: Let me explain to you that this is the basic material that you will be working as a Rolfer. My question is, what is this mass? Student: It’s deteriorated connective tissue that has lost its tone and doesn’t have a […]
On Core (and Sleeve)
The question of the definition of the core of the body is a much-vexed one in Rolfing° circles. Indeed, it is difficult to find complete agreement between any two writers on the subject, much less among a majority. One thing lacking within the diversity is a survey article that summarizes, assesses and reconciles, to the […]
The Cylinder Model – Part II
My imaginative, anatomical drawings thus far have been theoretically inclined. I have focused on illustrating the body’s largest, most global, natural divisions, which might be describable as its largest macro-functional units. So far I have not tried to be accurate or literal in depicting, for example, numbers of vertebral segments or ribs. Instead I have […]
The Core’s Role as Causal in Structural Distortion (reprint)
After attending the 1990 international conference in Boulder, what I have been suspecting for a few years was confirmed: namely, we are not succeeding in accomplishing one of Dr. Rolf’s primary tenets of Rolfing®, that Rolfing should decrease the compression of the lumbar spine, or at least arrest its compression as the individual ages. Observing […]