ABSTRACT In this article, Carol A. Agneessens examines White privilege, racialism, and the unearned advantages of belonging to the White dominant caste in society. She discusses how racial bias may be held in an individual’s posture, visible in their gesture, and informed by their movement. There is a somatic exploration inviting the White reader to experience their felt sense of privilege.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. (Simone de Beauvoir) – And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. (Anaïs Nin) – My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body unconscious is where life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive to the depth of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos. (D.H. Lawrence) – We have been thoroughly deprived of trusting the inner wisdom which each person holds in him or herself. There lies a great unused richness in us, which we gradually have to dig out and develop. When you get to it, you will be astonished by what comes into the open which you didn’t know was there. (Charlotte Selver) – In her classic text, Rolfing: The Integration of Human Structure, Dr. Rolf questioned if current scientific knowledge would concur and justify the “preeminence” of the pelvis and sacrum. She called the sacral complex a sacred bone and the seat of the physiological soul. She went on to say, “The pelvis . . . is the physiological locus for personal emotional factors of sexual satisfaction and fertility. Ancient Indian Tantric physiology recognized the pelvis as the area housing fundamental energy, the seat of the fabulous Kundalini” (Rolf 1977, 82).

Q: For most of us, our everyday clientele for Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) is largely comprised of adults coming in for issues of pain, posture, and/or body optimization. However, parents sometimes bring infants and children to receive work, either for particular issues or to support their development. Can you share something from your understanding or experience related to working with children?

Editor’s Note: Jane Stark will be giving a seminar on the History of Osteopathy in November in Toronto; see http://foundersdayweekend.ca/Seminars/Seminars%20Description/ for information.