Self, Other: New Considerations in Rolf Movement® Integration

Kevin McCarthy: I’m curious, having traveled extensively to teach and work in the U.S., Europe, and abroad, what draws you back to Brazil and what do you think the strengths of the Brazilian Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community are? Monica Caspari: Rolfing [SI] in Brazil promotes or is very much interested in movement and that’s […]

The Mystery of the Ten-Series Symbols – Solved!

In the December 2013 issue of Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute®, I published an article about the symbols shown in Figure 1. I remembered these from class t-shirts when I did my Rolfing® Structural Integration training in the mid- 1990s, but I couldn’t find a source for this set. Variations on the […]

The Center of Rolfing® SI

The universe has no center and no edges. In order to be an organism in said universe, we need a center and an edge. In order to have a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) profession, we all need centers and edges. The center is where you are and the edges are where people meet. These have […]

What is Rolf Movement® Integration?

Rolf Movement Integration addresses parts of the Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) process that don?t automatically improve through application of fascial touch. Fascial mobilization is a central feature of the Rolfing tradition. Because fascial work can so dramatically shift human function, the ?movement part? of the work is often less understood and appreciated. Movement intervention can […]

The Being of Rolfing® SI

Posing the Question Do you remember that glorious moment when you decided to become a Rolfer™? Can you recall the excitement, feelings of elation, and trepidation brought on by your decision? Since becoming a Rolfer, no doubt you have also performed inspired sessions that have left you breathless in the face of what can be […]

Move in Mind™

Beginning in 2009, Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement® Practitioner Monica Canducci found herself treating clients with severe neurological injuries such as stroke and spinal-cord damage. Monica adapted her Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) technique to their circumstances by using memory and imagery within the principles of the Ten Series. After having considerable success in her own […]

Rolfing® SI in Context

Esalen, 1967 In the spring of 1967, I had my first Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) session with Jan Sultan at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. I hoped that it would ?make room for my heart? as Fritz Perls claimed it had for him. I?m not sure it really did that for him or […]

The Rolfing® SI Life

Anne Hoff: Let?s talk about Ida Rolf and her lineage, since you go back to early days and have seen a lot happen in our Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community over the years. It seems like Dr. Rolf embodied both the scientific and the metaphysical, and those are two threads that continue to inform our […]