Case Studies with Yielding, Part 2
Introduction ‘Yielding’ technique (Agneesens and Tahata 2012) is particularly beneficial for use with clients who are sensitive to pressure, as described in an earlier case studies article in this journal (Tahata 2012). In the same vein, this approach can be applied safety with clients who may have reduced bone density. It is common for medical […]
Understanding Aging, Aching Hips
Just this month, a client of mine in his fifties was able to handily trounce a fast, talented twenty-eight-year-old in a tennis match. He had the stamina. He had the strength. He had the agility. And he had the drive to make sure he had all the preceding. During this match, he felt like he […]
Nerves, Superficial Fascia, and Aging
Anne Hoff: You are a fascia researcher as well as a Rolfer. For those who don’t know your background, how did this come about? Stephen Evanko: In graduate school, I had studied how tendon tissue responds to compressive forces by transitioning into fibrocartilaginous tissue. I was learning intricate details of the cell biology and biochemistry, […]
Structural Aging Part 1 – Finding Grace in Gravity
Introduction The client walks in. He is bent over, his head leans out in front of his hips. He walks stiff-legged. His hips hurt. His back hurts. His feet hurt. Question: Is he seventy-eight or thirty-eight – or twenty-eight? Another client’s spine has lost its curves, her toes don’t bend anymore, and walking hurts her […]
A Contribuição da Integração Estrutural Rolfing® no Tratamento de Dor Crônica Associada à Escoliose não Estrutural
A Contribuição da Integração Estrutural Rolfing® no Tratamento de Dor Crônica Associada à Escoliose não Estrutural MONOGRAFIA COMPLETA DISPONÍVEL EM PDF (Clicar em “Download”)
A confluência da neurociência com a Integração Estrutural
Kevin Frank:<i> Em nome da comunidade do Rolfing, quero agradecer pela sua apresentação na nossa reunião anual de 2009também por dispor do seu tempo para essa conversa. Espero que possamos dar aos leitores uma sensação de sobreposição entre suas entrevistas com estrelas do mundo da neurociênciao trabalho que fazemos como integradores estruturais. Vamos primeiro descobrir […]
A Commentary on Stecco’s Fascial Manipulation Work
As a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) instructor I am keenly aware of the limitations of our training process. By any measure Rolfing and other SI trainings are too brief, unable to expose students to even the relevant knowledge that has been accumulated in the thirty-four years since Ida P. Rolf wrote Rolfing: The Integration of […]
A Construção da Ciência do Rolfing: De Uma Trajetória Individual Para Uma Ação Coletiva
O texto que segue abaixo é a Introdução de minha tese de doutoramento “Estudo Exploratório da Dimensão Psicobiológica do Método Rolfing® de Integração Estrutural: Criação, Desenvolvimento e Avaliação de Questionários”. Descreve a maneira como minha trajetória individual se entrelaçou à trajetória coletiva, mostrando como estes caminhos se misturam: angústia e desejos particulares evoluem à medida […]
A Brief Talk About Ida Rolf
Ida Rolf often said she would rather be remembered for her work than for her life story. Consequently there is little written biographic material about her. Let me offer you a brief picture of who she was, as painted by myself, her non-Rolfer son. Her view that the only thing that mattered was what she […]
A Brief Interview with Peter Melchior
Bill: When I got up after being Rolfed by you, I had the sense that not only had you handled the immediate issue, but that you had looked ahead and considered those issues too. Not only did you handle the present, you anticipated complications which could arise from present conditions. Peter: I don’t know if […]