Letting ‘What Is’ Show Itself
Anne Hoff: You do a lot of writing, both for the journal and books? Jeffrey Maitland: Yeah. AH: Have you always been a writer? Did this come out of your academic background? As the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, I am able to tell you unequivocally most Rolfers are not writers. JM: I’ve noticed that. AH: […]
Recognizing Energy
Each time you get on a client’s tissues and then shift ever so slightly into the place that makes you say, “Ah, that’s where I need to be,” you have been experiencing the energy of it. Like it or not, you actually perceived with your whole body/being where the structure needed you to engage. Yes, […]
‘Horse Listener’
Anne Hoff: Felisa, how long have you been practicing Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI)? Felisa Holmberg: Twelve years, since 2005. AH: How long have you been involved with horses and animals? FH: I was born with a connection with horses and all animals. AH: When you trained in Rolfing SI, did you know you wanted to […]
How Do We Know?
How do we know what we know? Well, there are the things we are taught: 2 + 2 = 4. There are the things we learn by living, by observing. If I run up this hill as fast as I can, my breathing will speed up. But then there are the things we just know […]
The Energetic Foundations of SI
. . . Is ‘balancing’ actually the placing of the body of flesh upon an energy pattern that activates it. The pattern of this fine energy would not be as easily disrupted and might well survive, relatively intact, traumatic episodes that distort the flesh. Ida Rolf (1977, 205) Introduction My original training was as […]
Integrating the Invisible
Editor’s note: Over the years, a number of Rolfers have experimented with developing energetic ways to accomplish the goals of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI), some working off the body, others with minimal touch. Deborah Stucker developed her method in the 1990s, and had a conceptual underpinning that allowed her to teach it to others, which […]
Intuition and Intention
Yin and yang (see Figure 1) are polar opposite, interdependent principles, or forces, that together make up a whole. The balancing action between the two positions underlies a spiral phenomenon that keeps the universe in perpetual motion, for example, energy/matter, inside/outside, sympathetic/parasympathetic, and so on. Figure 1: Yin and yang symbol. For the purpose of […]
Energy, Geometry, and Presence
From Anne Hoff: This interview was conducted in the spring of 2015, when both of us were in a class with Will Johnson on his view of embodying the ‘Line’ and its support for meditation practice. Part 1 of this interview, “The Work of ‘The Work’: An Interview with Ray McCall” was published in the […]
Increasing Your Bandwidth
From Michael Murphy: I first met Jim Oschman at a Rolf Institute® annual meeting in the 1970s. I met him again at several symposia on the science of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI), held at 302 Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. Later, he and I collaborated to design a curriculum to introduce basic science concepts into […]
The Felt Capacity to Do WorkThe Felt Capacity to Do Work
Working with Energy By Jeffrey Maitland, Advanced Rolfing® Instructor, and Deborah Weidhaas, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner Deborah Weidhaas: Okay, I’ll start with this: my definition of ‘energetic’ is that the root, or origin, of what’s happening in the structure is mental, emotional, or spiritual. So, what’s present in the client’s structure is […]