The Sensing of Ethics
The Hindu culture discovered many thousands of years ago that if you got a relatively good body, you had a reasonable, mild man. So the way a reasonably good body behaved became for them the touchstone for morality. When morals are built from the body’s behavior you get moral structure and behavior which respects the […]
Balancing Traditional and Spiritual Experience
[:en]By Linda Grace, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner and Janet Castellini, LCSW, LCADC, NCPsyA Introduction by Linda Grace Our Northeast region’s second meeting about spiritual experiences and our Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) work was attended by twenty-one Rolfers and one person currently in the Rolf Institute® (RISI) training program. We met at the […]
Reclaiming ‘Pudeur’ A Counterpoint to Rolfing® Culture
I start with the strange word, ‘pudeur’. It is, in truth, more a French word than an English one, and it is difficult to define. Nevertheless, and for personal reasons, I like it, and keep coming back to it. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the definition: “a sense of shame or embarrassment; bashfulness, modesty, or […]
Do We Choose a Path, or Does It Choose Us?
When I first heard of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) I was not impressed. I was always skeptical, and it sounded like just one more ‘new-age’ trip. I was a psychotherapist at a well-regarded institute in Concord, Massachusetts, focused on more serious matters. But its devotees were enraptured and rather emphatic, so I couldn’t help hearing […]
Presence, Perception, and Embodiment
Note from Anne Hoff: This completes my interview with Sally Klemm. Earlier parts of the interview were published in the June 2017 issue (“Explorations of Earth and Sky”) and the December 2017 issue (“Working Women”). Sally Klemm Anne Hoff: You had a long sabbatical from teaching Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI), from 2013 to 2016. Would […]
Consciousness: Challenge Your Worldview
I have been blessed to recognize, and work from, a level of consciousness where what a client’s structure needs, and in what order, is information that presents itself as I work. I believe this is because I drop agenda, become fully present, open myself to perceive what is, know and trust that a higher level […]
The Power of Words
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr. Words have power. Words incite nations, entice people to action, calm people when heated, and so much more. When we as healers approach our clients, mindful communication will not only support healing, the […]
Rolfing® SI, Consciousness, Energy, and Awareness
Introduction What is your own response to the question, “Is the work that you do as Rolfer physical or energetic?” I think that most of us would say that it is both. What do you mean by ‘physical’ and what do you mean by ‘energetic’? Why is this important to you when you work? I […]
Some Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of the Rolfing® Ten Series
In our effort to grow in the practice and understanding of Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) we may often ask ourselves the questions: where am I, who am I, and where am I going? These questions can expand to include SI in general and our teaching institutions. Speaking and thinking about our work in terms of […]
The Dialogue of Touch
This article has four interrelated subjects: Insights, precautions, and strategies from psychotherapy that I use in my Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) practice. How the unconscious and/or cell membranes of the client control when and if connective tissue and emotional change will take place. Invitation for all Rolfers and Rolfers- in-training to seek out psychotherapy for […]