Natural Alignment
The goals of Structural Integration require us to understand natural alignment. That is, the alignment that is natural to the person. The alignment they were born to have. The point of this article is that natural alignment is not the same for all bodies. There seems to be a great difference in the preferred alignment […]
The Role of Imagination in SI
[:en]Structural integration (SI) is founded on the notion that posture can change, and that the shape of the body in gravity can make a lasting change. But what shapes our physical body? What shapes our perceptive body? These questions in turn lead us to ask, what is the relationship of imagination to perceptive shape and […]
Approaches to Psoas Work
Introduction The psoas muscle and its role in human structure has drawn much attention from Rolfing practitioners from the early days till the present time. It has been perceived as a “mysterious” and “emblematic” element of Ida Rolf’s work. Historically, it has been identified and held responsible for the perception of how “deep” Rolfing […]
Mentoring for Rolfers
Mentoring, in professions like Rolfing Structural Integration (SI), can play a significant role. What we Rolfers do is very much an art – a creative process. Yes, there are aspects that are very logical and linear, such as knowledge of anatomy; but there are other aspects that are nonlinear, very “right brained” and intuitive. These […]
Learning About Pain Management
Introduction Over the years, many estimates have been made as to what percentage of clients seeks out Rolfing Structural Integration(SI) because of issues related directly to pain, and the answers range from 80% to 95%. I believe that there are very few, if any, Roofers who have not intentionally worked to reduce a client’s pain. […]
A Forum for Cross-Disciplinary Education
Anise Smith: Peter, how long ago did you and Christoph Sommer found the Munich Group? Peter Schwind: Actually, I do not remember our official start, but I do remember that our starting point was a course on visceral manipulation we took with Jean-Pierre Barral somewhere in the north of Germany. At the end of […]
The NAPER Clinic: A Vehicle for Continuing Education and Professional Development in Brazil
In 1998 a group of Brazilian Rolfers got together with the goal of creating a clinic for Rolfing Structural Integration that would function like the professional school clinics at universities and teaching hospitals. The clinic was set up to serve clients who might lack the resources to receive private sessions. Through this grass-roots project, we […]
The Kenai Peninsula Mentoring Program
Our mentoring program here on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula has its roots in the mentoring I myself received from two wonderful Anchorage Rolfers, Barb Maier and Gwen Moerlein. From my earliest days as a Rolfer, their energy and generosity shortened my learning curve by years and inspired me to develop the program we now use. Every […]
Through the Lens of Experience: Mentoring on Trans-structural Experiences
The following collection of articles offers insight into part of the current process of training Rolfers at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (RISI). The starting point was a Phase II project by then-student Vivian Gettliffe. Her instructor, Thomas Walker, suggested that she write up her class project to submit to Structural Integration: The Journal […]
A Student’s Project: Survey of Trans-structural Experiences in Phase II
The following collection of articles offers insight into part of the current process of training Rolfers at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (RISI). The starting point was a Phase II project by then-student Vivian Gettliffe. Her instructor, Thomas Walker, suggested that she write up her class project to submit to Structural Integration: The Journal […]