Hand Stabilizers for Rolfers
Rolfers often work with their hands shaped in the “closed fist” configuration (see Figure 1). Experienced practitioners know this shape is susceptible to mechanical distortion, stress and pain. Pressure on the closed first tends to over flex knuckle joints and can drive fingernails into the palm of the hand (Figure 2). This can be very […]
Re-Thinking Our Purpose
I’d like to share some thoughts about our work, our training, and our institute that have been brewing around in my mind for some time. Evoking the line is the essence of Rolling. All of the many other benefits of our work can be seen as side-effects which naturally occur as the person’s center line […]
Rolfing and Being
Humans have continuously searched for boundaries since the beginning of time, this quest has been described in the literature of early philosophers such as Thales, Aristotle, and Plato. The purpose of boundaries is to provide humans with an arena in which to function. If we know what the boundaries are, we do not have to […]
Therapeutic Language for the Body Worker
Rarely are we more receptive to being influenced by others as adults as when we are receiving a massage or bodywork. Being as “out of touch” as the culture is, this type of situation immediately rekindles receptive, open states in most people. However, during these altered states; the average body therapist either unconsciously reinforces the […]
Rolfing the Person Living with AIDS
AIDS is a complex phenomenon. On the one hand, it is just another disease. Just beyond the physical disease are questions and emotions arising from many levels . for anyone committed to healing work. Questions such as, how can I protect myself from infection? How can I prevent infections from spreading client to client? How […]
Second Article Published in Physical Therapy Journal
Enclosed with Rot f Lines is a reprint of our second article appearing in the September 1988 issue of Physical Therapy, The Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. Co-authored by Stephen W. Porges, Kent Richmond, and myself, the article describes our 1987 investigation, a clinical-oriented study demonstrating that a single post-ten Rolfing session can […]
New Rolfing Book Published
Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D., Adv. Certified Rolfer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) is pleased to announce publication of The Power of Balance: A Rolfing View of Health by Metamorphous Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon. By late Autumn, the book is expected to be in stores, as well as available for purchase from the Rolf Institute’s Boulder Headquarters. Containing […]
Video Analysis of Structure
John Davis, a Boulder Rolfer trained by Nicholas French and Peter Melchior, has been working for the last three years to develop computer technology that far surpasses Polaroid photos in assessing structural changes in Rolfees. About a year ago, John Davis and Justin McCormick invented the Optimum Comparison Tech Video Digitizer, a device to translate […]
Movements that Rolf – Part II
A while back I wrote an article for Rolf Lines about the organization of connective tissue in stripes which run between the acupuncture meridians. I was inspired by Robert Schleip’s article about having clients move while we Rolf. I had many successes with it. The idea popped. into my mind of how to combine movement […]
Rolfing Theory: The Worm Meets the World
Sages say that moving the core outside, searching the world for a path, is wrong. Path-finding comes from changed perspectives inside. This idea implies to me that legs are connectors, but not via their moving the body around on some hair-brained scheme. Legs contribute somehow to improvements in perspective. Listening to audio tapes of Jan […]