Musings on Tensegrity and Biotensegrity
I trained at the Rolf Institute® shortly after the publication of Ron Kirkby’s (1975) article discussing the idea that tensegrity can provide a sensible explanation for how changes in the fascial web exert a broad influence throughout the structure of the human body and a justification for calling our manipulative strategies ‘structural integration’. For a […]
Biotensegrity
Editor’s Note: This interview was originally done for Brooke Thomas’s The Liberated Body Podcast. You can listen to this interview at www.liberatedbody.com/stephen-levin-lbp-035. Stephen Levin Brooke Thomas Brooke Thomas: For those unacquainted, can you give us a simple nutshell definition of biotensegrity? Stephen Levin: Tensegrity is a word derived from tension and integrity, [it] is a […]
ASK THE FACULTY
Q: Rolfers™ have traditionally operated outside of the traditional healthcare system, yet more and more clients seek our assistance for issues that relate to pain and various health conditions. Have you engaged or interfaced with the healthcare system, and how have you done so while maintaining the integrity and identity of our work of Rolfing […]
The Ankle-Lean Sequence
Recently, I stumbled upon a surprisingly effective intervention sequence that facilitates establishing horizontality in the body. I call it the ‘ankle-lean intervention sequence’. It does not look anything like our Tenth-Hour technique, and it is not meant to replace it. The ankle-lean sequence is much more global in its application and affects. Metaphorically, it is […]
A Review and Commentary on Still’s Fascia
Attempting to distill Jane Eliza Stark’s book Still’s Fascia: A Qualitative Investigation to Enrich the Meaning Behind Andrew Taylor Still’s Concept of Fascia (Jolandos Verlag, 2007) into a simple overview is like trying to paint the most elegant sunset with a one-color palette. Impossible! Stark’s book, which served as her graduate ‘thesis’ from The […]
Fascial Fluidity and Contiguity
Jane Eliza Stark Ron Murray Ron Murray: You’re an expert on fascia, and your book Still’s Fascia is being reviewed by a Rolfing® Structural Integration [SI] instructor. [Editor’s note: Andrew Taylor Still was the founder of osteopathy; the book review appears on page 38.] Is it your thesis, or is it a book? Jane Stark: […]
Popular Ruts: Fascia Revisited
Editor’s Note: I first heard about Jane Eliza Stark from Rolfer™ Ron Murray. In looking into her book, Still’s Fascia, and communicating with her, I thought that her work on fascia, its fluidity and contiguity, would be of interest to Rolfers, who have long been interested in osteopathic thought. Here we present an article she […]
An Awakening: My History with Rolfing SI
From María Cristina Jiménez: “The best way for me is to just talk and you edit it down. I want to tell the story, drop into the feeling and nuance of the time. I am now sixty-nine years old and practicing for over forty-three years . . .” Thus began my several-hour interview with Harvey […]
Spirit of Movement
Judith Aston-Linderoth Shonnie Carson Shonnie Carson: My first question for you, Judith, is how and when did you meet Dr. Rolf? Judith Aston-Linderoth: I had had two rather serious car accidents in 1966 and 1967. In one of them I was braking and someone going more than fifty miles per hour rear-ended me. […]
Emmett Hutchins: In Memoriam
From the Editor-in-Chief: For many, Emmett Hutchins was a beloved personage in the Rolf lineage, an inspiring teacher, practitioner, mentor, or friend. For others he was a controversial figure because of his pivotal role in ‘the split’ and his acrimony toward the Rolf Institute® after he left. This presents a challenge in writing about his […]