Letter from Carter Beckett
Dear Colleagues, Many of the responses to Jan Sultan’s letter (Rolf Lines, March 1983) express concern over the matter of using rolfing to fix or alleviate symptoms. I think it would be helpful in this continuing dialogue for each of us to define these terms when we use them. If to “fix” means to stop […]
The Map and the Territory
Greetings; Jan Sultan’s recent letter and the attendant responses are, I hope, a sign that dialogue is awakening. The definitions and assumptions that underlie our practice grow, develop and mature from those essential ideas planted by Dr. Rolf years ago. We each take these ideas and add to them the lessons of our experience, shaped […]
A Larger Context
The overall focus of this letter is inclusive rather than exclusive, expansive rather than contractive. We feel strongly that, as a community, we must focus on the primary issues expressed in Jan’s letter rather than the semantics. (i.e. “fix-its”) An evolutionary process, such as Rolfing, includes functional reality (i.e.economy unemployment, inflation, the mere inability to […]
The Subject of Pain
June 17, 1982 Dear Rolfers & other Interested Persons, I wish to open a dialogue in Rolf Lines concerning the topic of pain. I want us to consider if pain should be associated with Rolfing as we know today. If not, then how do we change the image of Rolfing from a painful experience to […]
Movement Work Is Not Patterning
February 25, 1982 Dear Rolfer Colleagues, Ever since Judith Aston left The Institute and we movement Teachers regrouped within it, we have had an on-going discussion about what the name of our work should be. One name that has kept recurring is the name Patterning. For six years Structural Patterning was the name of the […]
Thoughts About Scoliosis
4-19-82 Dear Colleagues, I would like to share with you (and present for investigation to our Research Committee) some thoughts about a heavy word: scoliosis. I seem to have worked on an unusual number of children recently, with different variations on the same theme: spinal curvatures and distortions. I perceived some common textural impressions from […]
Letter to Rolf Lines
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 April 2, 1982 Dear Friends, A little over a year ago, at a meeting in Boulder of the Natural Sciences Subcommittee, Dean and Laurie Rolfings announced the formation of the Aspen Research Institute (ARI). I want to report to you some of the work that has been initiated […]
Interview with Ida Rolf
R: What would you like to know about aging ? How you do it ? Q: I’d like to know how you call yourself what words do you use to describe the place you are in your life right now ? R: I don’t know. I’m not at all certain of your question. Q: Do […]
Clinical Research in the Effects of Rolfing
As many Rolfers may remember, formal research to establish the physiologic basis of the functional and structural changes which can be observed as a result of Rolfing was of primary interest to Dr. Rolf. Some research has been done as long as ten years ago, but there is a need for more. In the fall […]
Um mundo, Um trabalho, Muitas Culturas
“Abertura para receber a diversidade Confiança para acomodar o inesperado Calma para navegar as tormentas Intensidade para viver os afetos Força para dar suporte aos projetos” Adriana LernerGustavo Sanguinetti – Terapeutas argentinos No âmago das visões de mundo ocidentaloriental encontram-se as diferenças culturais. Sociedades diferentes exibem diferentes padrões de pensamento, percepçãoorganização social, a última sendo […]