Ask The Faculty – Excitement and Our Work
ABSTRACT The field of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) and Rolf Movement® is diverse and our thought processes and our work stimulated by many varied interests. Here some of our faculty share what currently excites them in their practices and their teaching. Q: A simple question: What excites you these days in your practice and teaching? […]
Trust – The Bedrock of Relationships
By Heather L. Corwin, PhD, MFA, RME, Certified Rolfer™ ABSTRACT The author discusses how trust drives mutually satisfying relationships, ways to build trust when making business decisions, and explores ways it is promoted or broken in the therapeutic relationship. Trust is at the core of every relationship we have. Though we may […]
Remembering Alan Demmerle
By Joy Belluzzi, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ In 1978, I had the profound honor and gift of working for Dr. Rolf as her personal secretary. It was during that time that I met her son, Alan Demmerle. Unlike his older brother, Richard, who had followed in his mother’s footsteps and trained as […]
Remembering Monica Caspari
By Pedro Prado and Heidi Massa, Certified Advanced Rolfers™ and Rolf Movement® Practitioners ABSTRACT Monica Caspari, of São Paulo, Brazil, was for many years a key figure in the Rolfing® Structural Integration community worldwide. Her contributions, through her teaching and her writing, are enormous. Here she is remembered by two colleagues. We also share a […]
Observations of a Blind Rolfer™
By Monica Caspari, Rolfing® and Rolf Movement® Instructor and Tomas Makiyama, Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner ABSTRACT Monica Caspari interviews Tomas Makiyama, a blind Rolfer in São Paulo, Brazil, about Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) training, body readings, and his insights into creativity and adaptability, among other topics. Introduction by […]
Dialoguing with arms in the Ten Series
By Lael Katharine Keen, Basic and Advanced Rolfing® Instructor, Rolf Movement® Instructor ABSTRACT Rolfing and Rolf Movement Instructor Lael Katherine Keen gives a detailed overview of how to incorporate arm work into the Ten Series to support integration not just of the upper limb but the whole body. The […]
Waking Up Primordial Movement Patterns
By Michael Boblett, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ and Kevin Frank, Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement® Instructor ABSTRACT Michael Boblett interviews Kevin Frank on the art of reaching back into the human – and pre-human – family tree to reawaken lost patterns of movements. What sets this interview apart is a firm emphasis on […]
Inducing Fluid Hands to Reveal the Functional Layers of the Wrist
ABSTRACT This interview revisits a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in industry success story. Siana Goodwin shares from her years of experience working onsite at a hearing-aid manufacturing company – work that directly reduced workers’ compensation costs for a large employer. There is much to learn about hands and arms, and especially carpal tunnel, from her […]
The Hands – Our Tools, Our Expression
By Bibiana Badenes, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner The body often expresses itself through the hands. By relaxing them and allowing them to move with fluidity, we can release and relieve blockages in other areas of the body. Helping our clients to be more aware of their hands and to teach them exercises they […]
Aspects of Shoulder Impingement
[:en] By Jeffrey Burch, Certified Advanced Rolfer® ABSTRACT This article describes aspects of shoulder-joint impingement including a definition of the condition, the contribution of anatomic variants, features of normal kinematics, and directions for assessment of some of these features. Awareness of these aspects can support a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practitioner in providing […]