COVID-19 Adjustments in the Rolfing® SI Community
By Lina Amy Hack, BSc, BA, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community in different ways. In this article we interview a number of people for their perspectives: (1) Christina Howe, the Executive Director and Chief Academic Officer of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI); (2) […]
Fascia Insights – Adapting to COVID-19 Conditions: An Interview with Wiley Patterson, MD
ABSTRACT In this interview, conducted in early October 2020, Dr. Patterson offers what this COVID-19 moment looks like to him as a Rolfer and as a physician. Patterson outlines how he is working safely with integrated public health practices and also how he is caring for his own health. The conversation touches on recent literature […]
Ask the Faculty
ABSTRACT Breath has always been integral to our Rolfing® Structural Integration and Rolf Movement® paradigm. In this column, our faculty authors speak to the foundational nature of breathing in our work. Q: Most wellness modalities consider breath in their therapeutic interventions. (a) What is unique about how Rolfing SI and Rolf Movement work with the breath? […]
Postura e gravidade1
Texto: Aline C. Newton Tradução: Fábio Sayão Como corpos, vivemos no campo da gravidade. Em qualquer outra atividade em que estivermos engajados, seja estar sentadolendo este paper, seja caminhando, ou jogando (playing), nós também teremos de nos manter suficientemente firmes para não cair – teremos de endereçar o problema da puxada da gravidade. Como lidamos […]
Função tônica – orientação pela gravidade como o fundamento para a integração estrutural
Função tônica – orientação pela gravidade como o fundamento para a integração estrutural Texto: Kevin Frank Tradução: Fábio Sayão Função tônica estrutura Função tônica é o nome para um modelo de integração estrutural desenvolvido pelo professor de dança, pesquisadorrolfista, Hubert Godard. Função tônica conecta a integração estrutural com a pesquisa científica atualos estudos históricos sobre […]
Conceitos básicos na teoria de Hubert Godard•
Conceitos básicos na teoria de Hubert Godard· Texto: Aline C. Newton Tradução: Fábio Sayão Introdução Acostumamo-nos a descrever nossa experiência em nosso trabalho como rolfistas usando um vocabulário específico (core, movimento intrínseco, alcance, linha, pernas em X ou O, internosexternos). Ainda que para um grupo de pessoas que interagem entre si seja natural desenvolver um […]
Making a Difference
By Libby Eason, Rolfing® Instructor, Rolf Movement® Practitioner ABSTRACT This article is the author’s remembrance of Caroline Widmer, a first-generation Rolfer as well as psychotherapist who pioneered Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in Atlanta while also participating on the Rolfing faculty. In August 2019 we lost another of our first generation of Rolfers, Caroline Widmer, PhD. […]
How Structural Integration Became a Licensed Profession in Nevada
By Robin Graber, BCSI, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ ABSTRACT This article summarizes the work of Robin Graber, Certified Advanced Rolfer, who served as a board member on the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy (NSBMT) from 2004-2017. She helped the NSBMT pass legislation for the regulation and licensure of structural integration (SI). Editor’s Note: This article […]
Movement Integration Through Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
By Noel L. Poff, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, CSCS, LMT, RYT ABSTRACT The author introduces proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and discusses how it can be a supportive movement modality to a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practice because of similar underlying principles. Rolfing SI is an integrative approach of bodywork intended to restore and promote […]
Assessment and Treatment of High Ankle Sprain in SI
[:en]ABSTRACT This article describes a less commonly recognized form of ankle sprain/strain, known as a high ankle sprain. The substantial consequences of this type of strain for the whole body, including for the progress of a series of structural integrations (SI) sessions, are described. Mechanisms of injury, assessment methods, and treatment methods for high ankle […]