Recollections of a Post-10 Rolfing® Intervention
Introductory Note from Sally Klemm: When Richard Melton, sixty-four years of age, first came to me as a client, I learned he was an avid reader and a writer. Still, I was amazed and gratified to receive, some months after our work had concluded, his commentary on the experience and the results he had achieved. […]
Excruciatingly Slow Motion Movements
Dr. Rolf’s primary ‘how-to’ in our work is: “put it where it belongs and ask for movement.” In the full range of possible movements and motions, using excruciatingly slow motion (ESM) movement is a highly productive technique. This article will explain: what it is; how to find it; things to be aware of with your […]
The Wisdom of Uncertainty in Movement
Sensation is not something we can grab onto and hold. Sensation is vague and absolutely essential at the same time. Have you ever been frustrated by not being able to do a movement today that you accomplished easily yesterday? Have you ever felt “now, I got it!” one day and then lacked that feeling another […]
The Ground of Movement
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. Joseph Campbell Have you ever heard the joyous shrieks of parents as their infant child takes her first steps? The “oohs,” “aws,” and digital […]
Evolutions in Rolf Movement Integration
[:en]Robert McWilliams: What is exciting in the Rolf Movement field for you right now? Jane Harrington: One of the books that we all read when I first trained, and that much of the early Rolf Movement work came from, was Focusing1 by Eugene Gendlin. I have a good friend Gillian Kok, a Rolfer and a […]
Three Functional Paradigms
Most Rolfers probably have at least passing familiarity with Jeff Maitland?s concept of ?the three paradigms.?1 As students in the basic Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) training, we were introduced to them to help us understand how the goals of a holistic therapy, i.e., Rolfing SI, differ fundamentally from therapies oriented toward either relaxation or correcting […]
Rolf Movement® Integration
I had the pleasure of several conversations with Gael (Ohlgren) Rosewood and Heather (Wing) Starsong ? I wanted to find out more about the history of what we call Rolf Movement Integration. At the end of her 1982 article/pamphlet ?Rolfing Movement Integration, an Introduction,? Heather wrote a brief history of Rolf Movement Integration as far […]
Yielding
Overview For over ten years, we have been exploring the first developmental movement known as ‘yield’, as originally described by somatic innovator Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in her Body Mind Centering system. This article combines contributions from both Hiroyoshi (Hiro) and Carol. Hiro’s contribution and insights into working with this gentle approach for shifting structure, movement […]
Body as a Movement System – Part 2
Abstract: The initial success of structural integration (SI) came from a focus on fascial mobilization and an explanation that fascia is plastic. Modern science points to the brain and the postural system as being the plastic part of the equation, and this has led to improved interpretations of Dr. Rolf’s emphasis on gravity and posture. […]
The Body-Mind Relationship
A I always check to see if I am dealing with a fixation in perception/coordination (inhibition) or a fixation in the tissues (lesion). If it is a lesion, I proceed to do tissue work using a wide spectrum of touch and structural techniques. If it is an inhibition, I also proceed to first do tissue […]