O Rolfing como Agente Restaurador da Comunicação entre Corpo e Ambiente: A Conquista do Chão
O Rolfing como Agente Restaurador da Comunicação entre CorpoAmbiente: A Conquista do O objetivo desta pesquisa é mostrar que existe comunicação intrínseca, inequívoca e específica entre corpo e ambiente. Quando surgem silêncios e bloqueios é porque os processos de cognição e os processos perceptivos estão corrompidos. Para tanto, serão estudadas teorias da comunicação relativas ao […]
Travels with Ida
My body was haunted. I had a pain in my neck. My arm hurt; it felt like a nerve was being pinched. I didn’t know what that meant. I wondered if he did. My left knee felt twisted and I had an ache in my side. My jaw was tight. Sometimes it was hard to […]
Gracovetsky on Walking
INTRODUCTION Without it necessarily coming to consciousness, each of us carries an idea of biomechanics, a model, that reveals itself in our manner of moving. As practitioners, these assumptions will inevitably shape our interventions. The structural perspective is one of the most common of models. It implies that, like a building, the body is built […]
Z Position for Scoliosis
Diana Petrick I have a client who was diagnosed with scoliosis when he was 18 years old. Surgery was recommended at the time, but he opted for the Milwaukee brace. This he wore for a short while as he was being introduced to Rolfing. He said he had amazing changes after the Ten Series. He […]
Holistic Systems Analysis: Toward a Scientific Understanding of Structural Integration
The above statement represents the core of a scientific truth that believe will soon result in Structural Integration (SI) being recognized as a major scientific breakthrough. This intuition is based on the fact that the most comprehensive models of the universe emerging from the “new physics” (based on Einstein’s vision of a unified field theory) […]
Pneumatic and Tensile Structures: The Work of Frei Otto
Fur nearly thirty years German architect Frei Otto has devoted himself lo the theoretical and practical development of tension based and pneumatic structures. Ottos reputation as a visionary and as a remarkably adept technician rests on the fact that his lightweight structures are radical depart in design from the dominant architectural style. <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/1981/205-1.jpg’> All […]
An Osteopath Looks at The Rolf Method – Commentary
By Jocelyn Proby, D.O. Having been an osteopath for flits’ tears, it is possible that I am better qualified than sonic others to assess tilt Rolf method. I have been a Rolf fan ever since I met Dr. Rolf and began to learn something of her methods vents ago. I would like to say at […]
Vipassana Meditation Discussed
Dear friends, I’d like to offer some additions and qualifications to my letter which appeared in the “Forum” about a year ago in which I talked about the relationship between Rolfing and vipassana meditation practice. In the past year I’ve gone to a couple more ten-day retreats and consequently have some more information to pass […]
Jan Sultan Responds to Articles in Somatics Magazine
As a Rolf Practitioner of many years standing and a current member of the teaching staff of The ROLF INSTITUTE, I feel qualified to add to the discussion on the work featured in your last issue. While Rolfing itself is primarily a system of body manipulation and education, it’s theoretical base provides principals for more […]
Rolfing: A Case History
Neal Winblad came to me as a result of attending a workshop where people had talked about their experiences of being Rolled. He had been impressed with how these people looked and telephoned me to set up an interview. I like to have interviews before I Rolf people. For me it is a time […]