The Science of Structural Integration
Ben Hanawalt Ben Hanawalt has proudly served the structural integration community as a Guild Certified Advanced Practitioner and an avid researcher into Dr. Rolf ’s method. During the past year Ben has had the opportunity to spend time with several teachers-advisors-scientists who have enhanced his further commitment to our field. Ben has long been inspired […]
A Thriving Practice
Bethany Ward Bethany Ward, MBA, BCSICM, CARTM, is a Rolf Movement® practitioner and instructor at the Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration. This October she presented “Creating a Thriving Practice: One that’s easier, more fun, and self-sustaining” in Melbourne, Australia at the Annual Conference of the Association of Massage Therapists, Ltd. She splits her time between […]
The Influence of Structural Integration on Behavior and Self-Image
Leigh Mitsopoulos Leigh Mitsopoulos practices structural integration in Perth, Western Australia. He trained with SI Australia after practicing manual therapy for a number of years, coming to structural integration in search of a way to facilitate lasting change. Currently a large portion of his clinical work is focused on the application of structural integration to […]
Thoughts on Intra-Nasal Work
Thomas Myers Tom Myers directs the KMI school of structural integration, which also provides professional development courses worldwide to manual therapists and movement educators. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains (Elsevier 2014), co-author of Fascial Release for Structural Balance (North Atlantic 2010), and numerous chapters and articles for trade magazines and journals. Tom lives, […]
Expansional Balance and the Line
Ed Maupin Edward W. Maupin, PhD, (www.edmaupin.com) is a clinical psychologist (PhD, University of Michigan, 1962) and the earliest-trained Rolf practitioner still in practice. He authored A Dynamic Relation to Gravity, a classroom manual of the Rolf Method. He is president of IPSB College in San Diego (www.ipsb.edu), where he teaches structural integration. This article […]
Notes on Touch as Communication
Peter Melchior, July 28, 1931 – May 2, 2005 After a terrible car accident, Peter sought the help of an osteopath to ease his pain until he met Dr. Rolf and began the Ten Series. He felt immediate relief, although it took two years to complete the sessions. He then studied anatomy, physiology, and Esalen […]
Our Mothers Speak
Our Mothers Speak Olivia Ireland Just one teensy but conscious experiment in ancient tantric breath rhythms, seven years ago, and the author’s life began to change and unfold in ways she could never have expected—in joyful, painful, exhilarating, annihilating, crushing, numinous ways. By gathering her allies—Soma Neuromuscular Integration® among them—she gathered back long-lost strength and […]
Selected Articles From Dr. Rolf’s Collection, Summarized, Part 1 .
Selected Articles From Dr. Rolf’s Collection, Summarized, Part 1 .
Myofascial Structural Integration
Alexis B. Hansen, Karen S. Price, and Heidi M. Feldman Abstract Increasing evidence suggests that structural changes within muscle and surrounding tissues are associated with creating and/or increasing muscle stiffness and resistance to stretch in spastic cerebral palsy. The goal of this preliminary study was to determine whether myofascial structural integration, a specific, complementary, deep-tissue […]
Managing Fascial Health for Individuals With Fibromyalgia
Kirstie Bender Segarra Kirstie Bender Segarra, MA, LMT, RMTI, ERYT, has been practicing bodywork and yoga since 1996 and structural integration since 2007. She originally trained with traditional healers in Bali, Indonesia, continued her training in massage therapy to become an LMT, and then furthered her education with Erik Dalton and in KMI Structural Integration. […]