1978 Children’s Project and Advanced Class
In our experience, Ida Rolf was a scientist, a philosopher, and a poet. With her hands she put “Ideas of Order” into human bodies. As Rollers, these Ideas have been placed deep into the contours of our minds. In 1978, Ida Rolf again worked her way through an entire cycle of teaching through the Children?s […]
An Interview with Ida Rolf
IPR: What would you like to know about aging? How vou do it? Q: Do you say, “I’m an old woman?” “I’m an older person?” How do you talk about it? IPR: I am an old woman. But I don’t talk about it. I just go on putting one foot before the other, so […]
Ida Rolf – A Retrospective
The editor wishes to acknowledge those who provided background information necessary to prepare this statement. Special thanks to Dr. Brugh Joy. Wayne Guthrie. Bella Karish, and Dr. Byron Gentry. In rare moments of silence, we join the slow dance of history. Veils begin to fall, one by one. We see ourselves engaged with others acting […]
Floor of the Pelvis
Here I am, sitting on the pelvic floor. When I began looking for this structure my thoughts were on good solid bone; but much to my surprise the floor is comfortably colt, nut flat but relaxingly concave. I feel quite secure. In the middle of this bony basin – with muscles (36 or so), ligaments, […]
Integrating Holistic Manual and Movement Therapy with Philosophical Counseling
In the field of manual and guided movement therapies, the word “holistic” has become overused and has virtually lost its meaning. Many alternative systems of somatic practice, as well as many conventional medical approaches, now pay lip service to holistic intervention and often claim to include holistic philosophy in their treatment protocols. Yet very few […]
How Not to Hurt: Eight Methods to Delete Pain
All the stories revolved around pain, or so it seemed as my friends told of their rolling experiences. It made rile shy; but in the sessions, methods of processing pain soon evolved. It became fairly easy to strip away the horror of pain, by means of several different methods. Oddly, sometimes method 313 won’t work, […]
The Third Journey
As I reached the cliff top, laid before me was the ocean expanse and fragrance of wet sand. I wondered if my direction had been correct; scanned the beach below. At the edge of the river flowing out of the mountain into the ocean, I thought I made out a Form in motion. Yet as […]
Center for the Healing Arts Lecture
In the past few years, one word has taken on an inordinate emphasis in our culture – the word “energy.” We have heard it so much that its meaning has been confused and perhaps it is worth sonic consideration to segregate and differentiate the implications of that word. Is the energy that we are talking […]
Contribution to the Understanding of Stress
INTRODUCTION The thesis which first came to our desk, the subject of this discussion, is the outstanding 262 page dissertation of Peter I ovine submitted to the University of California, Berkeley, as a contribution to physiology. It is titled “Accumulated Stress, Reserve Capacity, and Disease”. The word “stress” was rarely featured in scientific discussions twenty-five […]
Accumulated Stress, Reserve, Capacity and Disease
INTRODUCTION by Ida P. Rolf The thesis which first came to our desk, the subject of this discussion, is the outstanding 262 page dissertation of Peter I ovine submitted to the University of California, Berkeley, as a contribution to physiology. It is titled “Accumulated Stress, Reserve Capacity, and Disease”. The word “stress” was rarely featured […]