The Disclosive Power of Feeling
Philosophy and science begin with the enigma we are to ourselves. One mystery that continues to fascinate us is our own perceptual prowess. Its relevance to the practice of holistic somatic therapy cannot be overestimated. Indeed, it is not much of an exaggeration to say that perception is everything. As any experienced practitioner will attest, […]
A “North of 60” Rolfer
Wherever you go there you are. Kermit the Frog, uttered somewhere on Sesame Street circa 1971 Well, in 2008, here I are, a Rolfer in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. After thirty- four years of, for the most part, experiencing myself and collecting my mail here, I am still slightly surprised, amused, grateful, and most definitely […]
Rolfing in Halifax
I first applied for the training at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration in 1996, at the age of fifty-two. For twenty-five years prior to that, I had been involved in the Taoist Tai Chi Society, an organization dedicated to practicing and promoting the teachings of the Taoist monk Master Moy Lin Shin, who had […]
Integration of Structure and Function in the Training of Certified Rolfers
What are some ideas in Rolf Movement Integration that make it essential to the study of Rolfing? To begin, this question should be set in the context of the evolution of basic Rolfing training, which now integrates structural and functional work. In the training, the understanding of movement work and its connection to the Ten […]
Practice Building
When I asked to write an article on entrepreneurship from a “young” Rolfer’s point of view, the request was a marvelous coincidence: two weeks before, I had been thinking in a concentrated way for the first time about what I have always labeled the “woo-woo” aspect of building a Rolfing practice. After almost three years, […]
Generating Rolfing Clients
Through the summer of 1988, Rolfer Thom Walker (Burlington, Vermont) and I conducted a study of the process by which new clients come to us. Our new enrollments for that period, and therefore the size of our study sample, totaled 46 people. We conducted the study to better understand the process through which people hear […]
Building a Post-10 Rolfing Practice
An underdeveloped area for service and practice building for many Rolfers is the post-10 practice. Increasely, I have found the post-l0 part of my practice to be a valuable on-going service to clients a source of considerable satisfaction to me; a valuable way to develop my Rolfing skills; and a significant numerical part of my […]
Statistics for Practice Building
Over the years, I have used a variety of straight-forward statistics to guide my practice building efforts and to evaluate the success of various strategies. As a tool for guidance, statistics help in two ways. First they help clarify the energy needed to produce the result desired. Secondly, they put boundaries on the large, undifferentiated, […]
Advanced Rolfing: Activating Core Energy
On April 28th I returned from a six-week advanced studies program at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado The Rolf institute is the school that Dr. Ida P. Rolf founded for the purpose of training and certifying Rolfers, doing research into the long-term benefits of Rolfing and its benefits to the society- at-large, and as […]
A Scholarship Program for Rolfing Clients
My associate Thom Walker and I are just completing Rolfing ten clients who paid slightly less than half the usual Rolfing fee as part of a Rolfing scholarship program we established in our community. Because this program worked well and produced some good outcomes, I offer it for anyone’s use and/or modification. If others have […]