Peter Melchior and Keith Gilchrist conducted a lecture demonstration for Esalen Institute at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco, on November 10, 1971. Around two hundred people attended and the evening was reported a success by both the audience and the participants. Here is Keith and Peter’s joint report.

Editor’s note: The following is, to my knowledge, the first time that a case evaluation has appeared in print. Contributing to this assessment are Neal Powers (Neal Winblads Rolfer), and two members of the Education Committee, Peter Melchior and Emmett Hutching. Peter and Emmett viewed the photographs independently. Without bereft of prior consultation with each other or with Neal Powers. Admittedly, photographs provide a limited amount of information about the Rolfing process. Peter expressed concern that “didactic pronouncements about photographs not be misconstrued to “assume the rnagnitude of dogma.” Evaluating the progress of the one client in this fashion, however, is not merely for the purpose of critical assessment of one Rolfers worrk. The intention is more one of mutual education, as well as to lest the language upon which our work relies. Future systematic efforts such as this may go much further toward refining that language.

Editors Note: Eight Advanced Rolfers and two Movement Teachers attended a three-week Post Advanced Workshop in Boulder late this Spring with Peter Melchior and Emmett Hutchins. Feedback from class members and models about curriculum, class format, and quality of Rolfing sessions was enthusiastic and encouraging. In an article entitled “Post Advanced Seminar”, Peter Melchior describes the class in terms of intention, design, and actualization of the “curriculum”; theoretical and practical explorations of the work; and comments by participating Rolfers. Next summer, we plan to offer a similar class for Rolfers and Movement Teachers. To assist those who are interested in this class, dates and other pertinent information will be announced well in advance.