In this interview, Libby Eason, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI), describes the offer of membership to graduates of the Guild for Structural Integration in 2023. The Guild for Structural Integration announced dissolution after over thirty years of teaching the work of Ida Rolf, PhD (1896-1979) by Peter N. Melchior (1931-2005) and Emmett Hutchins (1934-2016). A process was put in place for Guild members who are in good standing to apply to join DIRI — an invitation to find a new professional home. Eason discusses the requirements and limitations of this offer.

ABSTRACT To discuss the profession and the people of structural integration is to start with its pioneer, Dr. Ida P. Rolf. In this article, Libby Eason, Chair of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI), takes us through Rolf’s early years, highlighting the benchmark experiences that led to her developing her ‘Recipe’ of the Ten Series and starting her school, DIRI. Eason discusses some of the people who have made significant contributions to the work, the school, and the profession as a whole.

ABSTRACT In this conversation with Libby Eason, the chair of the Board of Directors for the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI), Lina Amy Hack learns about how DIRI is doing after two years of pandemic conditions while teaching new Rolfers®.

ABSTRACT Close associates contribute to this remembrance of Thomas W. Findley, MD, PhD, who wore multiple hats as a Rolfer, researcher (fascia, rehabilitation medicine, structural integration), physician, editor, and organizing force behind Fascia Research Congresses. Findley was indeed a visionary, and he propelled the understanding of fascia in research and manual therapies well into the future. Those of us who are interested in the properties and mechanisms of fascia will be forever indebted to him for his contributions not only to the field of structural integration, but all manual therapies and basic science research as they are related to each other.

ABSTRACT This article is the author’s remembrance of Caroline Widmer, a first-generation Rolfer as well as psychotherapist who pioneered Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in Atlanta while also participating on the Rolfing faculty.

Question: In the fitness world the concept of ?core strength? is often mentioned as a benefit of certain exercise regimens. Please compare and contrast the concept of core strength /stability from a Rolfing perspective and from a more mainstream fitness perspective.