Memories of Training with Ida Rolf
Anne Hoff: Let’s start with how you two know each other. Sharon Wheeler: From Esalen, we were both at Esalen. Gael Rosewood: Yes. AH: And what time frame are we talking about? SW: New Year’s of 1968 was kind of when I started being there. GR: And I was there the summer of 1968. […]
Biotensegrity: Paradign Shift
Author’s Note: In 1975 Rolfer Ron Kirkby dedicated his article on tensegrity to his Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) instructor Michael Salveson, who inspired the article. I would like to complete the circle and dedicate this article to Michael, who was also my instructor in both Unit lll and the advanced training, and who continues to […]
The New Articular Approach of Jean-Pierre Barral
Anise Smith: Peter, together with our colleague Christoph Sommer you have produced a whole series of DVDs about Jean-Pierre Barral’s ‘New Articular Approach.’ You started a few years ago with a DVD showing detailed work for shoulder dysfunctions. After that you continued with DVDs on the forearm and hand, and on the different parts of […]
SI on All Cylinders:
Anne Hoff: So Liz, I want to talk to you about this big idea of how Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) interfaces with the mind or the being of the person, the consciousness, because I know you have a background in Buddhist studies and practice and also in psychology. Liz Gaggini: In my twenties I developed […]
Will Johnson’s Grand Experiment
[:en]Introduction In May 2015, Rolfer Will Johnson brought a unique training to Boulder, Colorado: a four-day class for students who were both meditators and bodyworkers entitled “The Line: A Professional Bodywork Training for Sitting Meditators.” Many in our community talk about the effect of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) on consciousness, and recognize this impact on […]
Metaphors of the Body
Illustrations by Eva Furnari. Editor’s Note: Metaphor was the subject of Dr. Merlino’s PhD thesis, “Metáforas do corpo em transformação: Experiência, Percepção, Posturaas relações com a Integração Estrutural Rolfing,” which translates as Metaphors of the Body in Transformation: Experience, Perception, and Posture and Their Relationship to Rolfing® Structural Integration.” Somatic practices, which constitute a relatively […]
“The Map Is Not the Territory” – “The Word Is Not the Thing”
Author’s Note: The following is based on the transcript of a lecture I gave in 2008 on the use of language in Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) sessions.2 Korzybski and General Semantics “The map is not the territory.” Alfred Korzybski’s famous words were quoted frequently during my early trainings at the Rolf Institute® beginning in 1981. […]
Rolfing SI, Trauma, Orientation, and the Autonomic Nervous SystemRolfing SI, Trauma, Orientation, and the Autonomic Nervous System
Trauma is a part of human existence and leaves a lasting mark on the body, mind, and spirit of those who have suffered from it. In this article, we will look at the progression of how trauma reprograms the autonomic nervous system (ANS), how this affects our capacity for orientation, and how our capacity […]
Therapeutic Use of Self in Rolfing® SI and the Bodynamic System
Editor’s Note: The Fall 1997 issue of Rolf Lines included an article “Bodynamics and Rolfing” by Bill Harvey and Russell Stolzoff. Here, Stolzoff revisits the topic of Bodynamic® Somatic Developmental Psychology and related themes in an interview conducted by Carole LaRochelle. You may want to reference the earlier article and can find the complete citation […]
Attachment Theory and the Therapeutic Relationship
[:en]“Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” Nelson Mandela Attachment Theory Attachment theory was pioneered by John Bowlby (1958, 1982) who looked at the child’s ability to regulate […]