Ida Rolf on Rolfing
We’re here today to celebrate. We’re going to learn what has been going on and I think we shall feel entitled to brag. Why have we been able to entice so many of you to come out and see us today. The carrot is truly enticing we are presenting the results of that very devoted […]
New Factors in the Twentieth – Century Disease Pattern
The main characteristic of these times in which we live is speed in all its various forms, especially the speed of change. This is happening in every aspect of life and medicine is no exception. But I wonder whether we really appreciate the changes that have and are taking place changes so profound and revolutionary […]
Achievement
Introduction Today I wish to bring you a glimpse of the man-Dr. Sutherland and his cranial concept: his introduction to the intelligent body, operating as a beautifully coordinated unit mechanism: his method of treatment and a review of the sequence and progression of his teachings each a step in his achievement of interpreting Dr. A […]
The Fascia
“Philosophy of Osteopathy” was written and published by Andrew Taylor Still in 1899. Especially Interesting is Its picture of therapeutic premises, manipulative and otherwise, at the turn of the present century. Andrew Taylor Still, founding pioneer of Osteopathy, lived and worked In Kirksville. Missouri, where he established a school, the American School of Osteopathy, still […]
What Structural Integration (Rolfing) Is and Why It Works
Recently an increasing number of people have been seeking new ways to enhance their own and others’ ability to function as full human beings. Excited by the notion that their lives might be incomparably richer as a result? these people have flocked to “growth centers” like Esalen Institute, have bought thousands of books like William […]
Sheldon´s Constitutional Psychology
With the publication of The Varieties of Human Physique in 1940, William H. Sheldon presented a system for classifying man according to body build. Sheldon claimed not only that an individual’s body structure was unchanging through his life but that a predictable temperamental makeup was associated with a particular body type. The idea of classifying […]
Hypoascorbemia – Our Most Widespread Disease
Most readers will not recall ever hearing about the inherited illness, Hypoascorbemia; but don’t feel too badly about that because most doctors have never heard of it either, even though I described it in 1966 papers published by the Gregor Mendel Institute for Medical Genetics. Hypoascorbemia is a genetic liver enzyme disease caused by humans […]
Rolfing and the Genesis of Health
It was midnight in the desert somewhere in New Mexico. I had come, an exile with a small child, to seek counsel from a wise man who I hoped would discourage me from the untimely and illogical compulsion to submit myself to a gruelling mid wifery boot camp on the Mexican border. A recent arrival […]
The Importance of Soft Tissues for Structural Support of the Body
Most of us view the skeleton as the frame upon which the soft tissues are draped. The post-and beam construction of a skyscraper is the favored model for the spine’ and is used for all biologic structures – the upright spine is regarded as the highest biomechanical achievement. The soft tissues are regarded as stabilizing […]
Making of a Rolfer – From Roger Pierce
From Roger Pierce: Connective Tissue Connective tissue is characterized by the presence of intercellular substance. amorphous and fibrous, and is the most ubiquitous tissue of the body. It participates in the supply function of circulation, the supportive function of the skeleton and the locomotor function of the musculature. 1. Support. “Me human body is an […]