MUELLER-KAUL, Lu

Lu Mueller-Kaul is a Rolfing SI Instructor with the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute since 2019 and coauthor of The Rolfing Skillful Touch Handbook (2022) with Bethany Ward and Neal Anderson. She mostly teaches Phase I courses, bringing physiology, therapeutic relationships, and Skillful Touch together so students learn an adaptable spectrum of touch skills while staying aware of the space they hold for each client. Mueller-Kaul began her journey as a licensed naturopathic physician in Germany in the 1990s. Along the way, she’s practiced acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, and traditional Chinese medicine before coming to the United States to study Rolfing SI.

Structure, Function, Integration

MUELLER-KAUL, Lu

BRUNGARDT, Tessy

Pelvic Relationships and the ‘Ten Series’

Year 2023

ABSTRACT Rolfing Structural Integration instructor Lu Mueller-Kaul interviews colleague, Advanced Rolfing Instructor Tessy Brungardt, about how Rolfers® think about the pelvis throughout the ‘Ten Series’. From wholism to specific session considerations, Brungardt reflects on challenges that students and Rolfers experience with various structures of the pelvis. The authors discuss the refinement of pelvis palpation and getting comfortable with the territory as a means to strengthen pelvic techniques at all stages of the structural integrator’s career.

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Structure, Function, Integration

MUELLER-KAUL, Lu

The Business of Rolfing® SI

Pages: 22-24

Year 2023

ABSTRACT In this first ‘The Business of Rolfing SI’ column, Lu Mueller-Kaul outlines the launch of a conversation about the business aspects that all structural integration (SI) practitioners face to deliver their manual therapy sessions. This article invites communication between readers and the author and the editorial team of Structure, Function, Integration, a place where we may share about the work of this modality and the marketplace where our business takes place.

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Structure, Function, Integration

MUELLER-KAUL, Lu

Caution Column

Pages: 17-21

Year 2023

ABSTRACT In the first Caution Column, pregnancy is discussed as a condition that is commonly found on contraindication lists for manual therapy. Rolfing® SI Instructor, Lu Mueller-Kaul aims to dispel the myth that fascial manipulation during pregnancy is harmful, and proposes that perpetuating the narrative of harm has itself been a detriment. Current peer-reviewed research is discussed regarding the effectiveness of manual therapy during pregnancy and a thoughtful proposal of when caution needs to be applied.

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