The Co-emergence of Mind-Body-Spirit
Introduction I first learned about Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) reading The Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space, John Lilly’s account of his explorations with dolphins, LSD, isolation tanks, Esalen, Rolfing SI, Arica, etc. For me, Rolfing SI has always been part of a larger context of mind-body-spirit integration – or what I’m […]
The Earthbound Metaphysic
Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. The Book of Genesis 2:7 So that is what I’m talking about, the gravity field, the earth field, the great field of the earth always wins . . . What can we do about it? We can change the field of […]
Awareness-Oriented Structural Integration and Higher Consciousness
[:en]Imagine someone has asked “how are you?” and he means it. You engage in a moment of nonverbal scanning – of your body, your feelings, your thoughts, your environment. That nonverbal scanning, expanded to a more sustained observation – that is meditation. Hubert Benoit, paraphrased When I read these words, I was walking away from […]
Rolfing® SI, Psyche, and Consciousness
Q: Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) found an early audience in the human potential movement of the 1960s, at the intersection of mind-body-spirit. The culture has changed a lot since then, yet our work continues to have a relationship to psyche and consciousness. Please share what you find interesting about this interplay, whether an experience, a […]
Fascia: Exquisite Medium of Human Expression
Olivia Ireland currently studies at the Soma Institute of Neuromuscular Integration® in Buckley, Washington. She received her BA in English Language and Literature in 1993 from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, having trained as a teacher and creative writer. During the past decade she has also served humanity as a Pilates assistant and mother to two […]
Hypothesis – Pandiculation: Nature’s Way of Maintaining the Functional Integrity of the Myofascial System?
Luiz Fernando Bertolucci, MD, BSc, is a physiatrist and biologist, a co-founder of Núcleo An- thropos of Integrative Medicine (UNIFESP, São Paulo State Federal University), a Certified Advanced Rolfer™, and a member of the Rolf Institute™ anatomy faculty. He is co-creator and teacher of the Myofascial Release training offered through the ABR (Brazilian Rolfing® Association) […]
Intersubjectivity and the Practice of Rolfing®: An Excerpt
William Smythe, MA, is a pioneer in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Rolfing®. A Certi- fied Advanced Rolfer,™ he has practiced over 30 years. In 1990 he became a teacher for the Rolf Insti- tute of Structural Integration® and has taught Rolfing® structural integration and somatic therapy workshops and trainings internationally. An early collaborator […]
The Case Study Method
Pedro Prado, PhD, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ and Rolf Movement® Practitioner of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a member of the Advanced and Movement Faculties of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration®. In 1981, he became the first Certified Rolfer™ from Brazil and brought the work to Latin America. He was a founding member of Brazil’s regional Rolfing® […]
Integrating Scar Tissue into the Fascial Web
Introduction The work on scar tissue is my original work. I learned it from working on the scars of my Rolfing® Structural Integration clients over the years. By 2005, I was able to identify, define, and teach to other practitioners the various techniques I was using to integrate scar tissue. This article is an excerpt […]
Foundations of Structural Integration
Ritchie Mintz is a Certified Advanced Practitioner of Rolfing® Structural Integration. Trained at the Rolf Institute® in 1978, he has decades of experience straightening human frames and aligning bodies with gravity. Ritchie is the founder of the Texas School For Structural Inte- gration, the first and only school in Texas teaching the Ida P. Rolf […]