Dr. Ida P. Rolf´s 1976 Annual Meeting Message
OPENING REMARKS Greetings to you all – to rolfers, their families and their friends and our guests. I am happy to win the place of choice – early in the program to welcome you all, and to again have the privilege of greeting you, individually and collectively. Year by year I become more painfully aware […]
The Second Journey
“We are but fumblers of a quick evolution. The animal we call man has had but the blink of the cosmogonic eye to adjust to the reality the existing in a vertical perpendicular to the earth. It will lake thousands of more generations to master this reality as the cat has mastered the four-legged. […]
An Interview… Ida P. Rolf – Part I
FEITIS: You say you were in touch with osteopath early in your life? ROLF: I knew about Dr. Still before I ever got into rolling. Probably never would’ve gotten into rolling if I hadn’t known about osteopathy. I had had very good experiences with an osteopath in my 20’s, Dr. Morrison. He was a blind […]
Structural Integration (reprint)
When his physical body gets into difficulties, trouble spreads to the whole man. It affects his consciousness, and he calls it stress. Many approaches, physical and psychological, have been used by men in their efforts in escape – drugs and massage among the oldest of these. What is the first requirement to relieve this stress? […]
Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.
I first knew Ida as a sturdy, quiet, seventy-year old lady of uncommon solidness and alertness, present at Esalen in 1965 at Fritz Perl’s instigation. Fritz said that her attentions were valuable. Since I was guided by Fritz at that time, I undertook to be rolfed,’ whatever that was. Note that I was a psychiatrist […]
On Being Rubbed the Right Way
This morning I’m going to share with you a growth process I’ve been through recently. A few nights ago a friend and I went over to the Veteran’s Auditorium in San Francisco to hear someone speak. This large hall was filled with people of all ages. However, it appeared to both of us that there […]
Rolfing Autistic Children
Structural Integration, more commonly called rolling after its founder Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D., is a manipulative technique, involving the myofascial tissue, that systematically reorganizes the segments of the body along vertical and horizontal lines. It assumes that the body’s plasticity subjects it to disintegration, but that this same plasticity lends itself to re-integration as well. […]
The Beginning…
He squatted at the fire-pit. The small group watched him scatter the embers. Space of night and breathe of forest welded a tentative flame shoot, and again fire broke out. He glided back to his position in the circle. They had journeyed for four days seeking this man. The fire transformed their aches into reverie. […]
Structural Patterning
Structural Patterning is a system of educating a person to move efficiently, Teachers of Structural Patterning see the results of the work in terms of increased efficiency; students often describe the results as “improved physical health and appearance, increased energy and emotional well being”. Most people consider gravity as the force which pulls them down […]
The Probable Reality Behind Structural Integration
Dr. Rolf on many occasions has stated that in a balanced body, “gravity lifts the body up,” that the body is supported by gravity, not torn down by it. She has also said that in a balanced body “weight does not go through the bones;’ and that fascia, not bone, supports the weight. Moreover, when […]