Dissection
Note: I have recreated conversations (written in italics) from memory. These are not direct quotes but an attempt to capture the gist of what transpired during the workshop. My apologies to anyone in the class who feels misrepresented. Hypodermic needles unnerve me. Oh, I don’t mind preparing Vitamin B shots for my wife or, when […]
Gravity, Lift, and Inertia – Part II
LIFT IN THE BODY Perhaps a close look at the ways living organisms have solved the problems of gravity can teach us about physics in action. A recent article by Rolfer Austin McElroy’ explains the concept of lift as it applies to the Rolf work. His model, reproduced here in Figure 1,demonstrates with helium balloons […]
Mnemonic Body: Partner for Life
There are many moments throughout the sojourn of our lives, when our minds are not aware of our faithful bodies. Yet, these magnificent structures are continually engaged in unfathomable processes of expression and support. The more we come to study and to know them the more we understand how intimately, subtly and thoroughly they are […]
Structure in Free Float
ROLFING AND GRAVITY In my article on joint motility (August 1996 Rolf Lines) there is an introductory discussion of an understanding of gravity that goes beyond the Newtonian view. In working to understand the full significance of joint motility I began an earnest exploration of the scientific fundamentals of motion, verticality, balance and gravity. This […]
A Conversation on Licensure
BILL HARVEY: You are the Rolf Institute liaison to the world of legislation and licensure throughout the country. This is something you’re very excited about. Why is that? MICHAEL MURPHY: Because I think that the world of licensure is going to be increasingly interested in us. I want to make sure that they understand who […]
Letter from Jan Sultan
I was sent a pre-publication copy of Hubert Ritters interview with Hans Flury because the staff felt that the faculty should have an opportunity to respond. In the interview Flury expresses himself on a wide array of issues including his own contributions to Rolfing in the name of Normal Function and the politics of the […]
A Six-Step-Schema (reprint)
INTRODUCTION The following was presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting in Boulder, Colorado. Within Rolfing® there is an abundance of ideas which nobody has systematically developed. The intention of this contribution is to show an example of such an undertaking, here for the particular problem of describing the shape or the structure, which of course […]
Rolfing in a Psychiatric Facility
Bill Harvey You’re doing something that as far as I can [ell has only been theorized about with anecdotal data here and there, but You’re actually Rolfing people in a psychiatric setting. You are actually confronting mental problems, along with a psychologist, simultaneously. Bill Short: That’s true, we talked about this whale thing, early on […]
Jim Asher on Rolfing – The Mentally Ill
Bill: One of the lacks of the training, I think, is that young Rolfers don’t really get a proper respect for the difficulties that arise from Rolfing people who might be considered mentally ill. Do you have any thoughts on that? Jim: Yeah, we’ve had that happen several times, so they’re difficult situations. I know […]
Glial Cells as a Second Information System within the Central Nervous System
The brain has about 10 million neurons (nerve cells) and approximately 100 million glial cells (connective tissue cells of the brain). During the development of the brain the nerve cells conduct the glial cells to their places and decide which type of neuron these become. In addition to that they feed the neurons in the […]