Can I Get a Witness?
Can I Get a Witness? A Healer’s Most Needed Skill By Heather L. Corwin, MFA, PhD, Clinical Psychologist We make sense of the world by witnessing events and giving meaning to our experiences. This process is most evident in how we engage with others through work and social activities. Structural integration sessions, Rolf Movement® sessions, […]
Support is a balance of elements That Are Not Solid at All” (Rolf 1978)
“Support Is a Balance of Elements That Are Not Solid at All” (Rolf 1978) An Interview with Mary Bond By Dorothy Miller, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, and Mary Bond, Certified Advanced Rolfer, Rolf Movement® Instructor Emeritus Editor’s note: The title of this piece is a quote from Ida P. Rolf, PhD (1896-1979), in the book Ida […]
The philosophical touch
The Philosophical Touch Embodied Awareness By Andrew Rosenstock, Certified Rolfer™ ABSTRACT Rolfer™, podcaster, and author Andrew Rosenstock continues his exploration into philosophy and touch by contrasting phenomenology and somatic bodywork. The body is not merely a biomechanical structure, but an active medium shaping our lived experience. Through touch, movement, and guided inquiry, practitioners help clients […]
Lessons of Balance from The Nerve Tour
Lessons of Balance from The Nerve Tour An Interview with Gil Hedley Lina Amy Hack Gil Hedley Lina Amy Hack: Hi Gil, I’ve invited you to do this article with me for our June 2025 issue about ‘Balance’ because of your recent lecture series – The Nerve Tour. […]
Mind’s Eye
Mind’s Eye By Kathy McConnell, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner In my mind’s eye, I see synapses firing, Electrical storm, sparks and tiny bolts of lightning, Shooting thoughts inside my head. In my heart’s eye, I see vessels. I see deep and dark and wet. I see oceanic movement Calming the storm above. My […]
Caution Column
Caution Column Dural Tube Adhesions By Jeffrey Burch, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ Dural Tube Adhesion Release Method Assessment and Treatment As Rolfers™, structural integration practitioners, and manual therapists, one of the fascial manipulations we deploy is to locate adhesions between the dural tube and the periosteum of the neural canal. This particular focus deserves caution because […]
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Fascia Insights
Fascia Insights Interstitium and Complexity Theory By Lorraine Fauve, Certified Rolfer™, and Neil D. Theise, MD Lorraine Fauve Neil D. Theise ABSTRACT In this rich conversation between Rolfer Lorraine Fauve and interstitium researcher Dr. Neil D. Theise, they focus on the discovery of the body-wide human interstitium – a fluid-filled connective tissue network – […]