How the Guts Drive Structure
Abstract David Murphy studied structural integration (SI) at the Institute of Structural MedicineTM and is a Hellerwork® SI practitioner. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, and enjoys winter surfing, playing his ukulele, good food, and the three-dimensional relationships between energy and things. Enthusiastically working to find connections between all modalities that work, he has studied a […]
Dynamic Fascial Release
Kirstin Schumaker, BCSICM, is a KMI graduate (2005) who has been practicing bodywork since 1998. Her practice, Agile Body Structural Integration, is located in Portland, Oregon. She currently teaches fascial anatomy, nerve mobilization, and integrative movement (Dynamic Fascial Release). Class information and other articles are available at agilebodyportland.com. Kirstin can be contacted at [email protected]. […]
Working with Beliefs Reflected in Liquid Crystal
Brigitte Hansmann was certified as a practitioner of DFA (Dugan-French Approach) Somatic Pattern Recognition in 1988 and as an instructor in DFA practitioner trainings in 1997, the year her first book Con los pies en el suelo – Forma del cuerpo y vision del mundo (With One’s Feet on the Ground – Body Shape and […]
My Shoulders, My Teachers: What Shoulders Taught Me
Marsha Presnell-Jennette, Certified Advanced RolferTM and Rolf MovementC®MPractitioner, trained at the Rolf Institute® in 1988. She is a Board Certified Structural Integrator and serves on the IASI Law and Legislative Committee. Marsha published an article on her innovative approach to using therapy balls in her SI sessions in the IASI 2007 Yearbook of Structural […]
Developmental Considerations in Structural Work with Small Children
Lauren Christman, MFA, LMP, KMI/CBSI, CCST, has been a bodyworker since 1994. She focuses her practice on structural integration/KMI, craniosacral therapy and visceral manipulation for young children and adults. As a certified teacher for Kinesis since 2005, she has taught Anatomy Trains® and KMI in the United States and abroad. She teaches specialized continuing education […]
Yield: Engaging Touch, Presence and the Physiology of Wholeness
Carol Agneessens Hiroyoshi Tahata For over 30 years, Carol Ann Agneessens has been exploring the multi-dimensional facets of the physical body. Since 1982, she has enjoyed a practice in the art of Rolfing® and Rolf Movement® Integration. Her book, Te Fabric of Wholeness (2001), explores the inherent intelligence of the body within the field of […]
Strategies for a Three Series of Advanced Work
Scott Gauthier Scott Gauthier, MS, finished basic training with the Guild for Structural Integration in 1992 and did his Advanced Training in 1997. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and received his Master’s degree from James Madison University. He is currently in practice in Denver, CO. You […]
Integration: A Whole-System Approach
Karen L. Bolesky Karen L. Bolesky has been practicing structural integration (SI) since 1986 and is owner and director of Soma Institute of Neuromuscular Integration®, a licensed 750-hour program that teaches SI and massage. She has her BA in fine art and her MA in counseling, and a private practice in psychotherapy and SI, […]
Integration, a Practice
[:en]From conversations with Jim Asher Olivia Ireland Olivia Ireland, LMP, Certified Soma® Practitioner, is in private practice in Olympia, Washington. She can be reached at [email protected]. Jim Asher was one of the seven original teachers picked by Dr. Rolf, and he assisted her in basic and advanced trainings until her death. He is a senior […]
Intersubjectivity and the Practice of Rolfing®: An Excerpt
Intersubjectivity and the Practice of Rolfing®: An Excerpt