Contribution to the Understanding of Stress
INTRODUCTION The thesis which first came to our desk, the subject of this discussion, is the outstanding 262 page dissertation of Peter I ovine submitted to the University of California, Berkeley, as a contribution to physiology. It is titled “Accumulated Stress, Reserve Capacity, and Disease”. The word “stress” was rarely featured in scientific discussions twenty-five […]
Rolfing Was Never Meant to Be Painful
JB: Hal, rolfing is one of the newer body therapies that has blossomed into prominence, and as such it’s shrouded in a lot of mystery. A lot of people have conceptions about rolfing, and I think a nice jumping-off point for this interview would be for you to explain what rolfing is. HM: To attempt […]
Structural Integration
When his physical body gets into difficulties, trouble spreads to the whole man. It affects his consciousness, and he calls it stress. Many approaches, physical and psychological, have been used by men in their efforts in escape – drugs and massage among the oldest of these. What is the first requirement to relieve this stress? […]
Workshop Talk
Notes for New Technicians By Mary Bond Change is a process, not an event; not a single hour of Rolf work or series of ten, but a lifetime. The new Rolf technician knows this, but I would suggest that the events which occur in the course of the work tend to be so spectacular that […]
Muscle Activity
Just what is histochemistry? I think most of us have a fair idea of what chemistry is, but how is histochemistry different? Histochemistry is just a combination of histology and chemistry. Histology is and has been for many years the science that deals with the microscopic anatomy of tissues. We do this simply by removing […]
Notes On Pain : A Participant´s View
I think a lot of what I have gotten out of the rolfing experience has come out of the particular interpersonal situation that is created almost necessarily between rolfer and rolfee. One aspect of this basic situation is that of a strong powerful authority figure responsible for evoking pain in the rolfee. This is a […]
New Factors in the Twentieth – Century Disease Pattern
The main characteristic of these times in which we live is speed in all its various forms, especially the speed of change. This is happening in every aspect of life and medicine is no exception. But I wonder whether we really appreciate the changes that have and are taking place changes so profound and revolutionary […]
Center for the Healing Arts Lecture
In the past few years, one word has taken on an inordinate emphasis in our culture – the word “energy.” We have heard it so much that its meaning has been confused and perhaps it is worth sonic consideration to segregate and differentiate the implications of that word. Is the energy that we are talking […]
Research on Rolfing
BACKGROUND Last year the Aspen Research Institute submitted to the Rolf Institute a proposal called THE MUSCULO-SKELETAL RESEARCH PROJECT. Developed by Dr. Julian Silverman, the aim of that project is an integrated exploration of the effects of musculo-skeletal balance upon the various systems within the body. One aspect of the research proposed was to study […]
Notes from a Journal
Writing about my experiences a subject for the Ida Rolf course recently held at Los Angeles faces me with the problem of trying to say in words that communicate whet is basically untranslatable from my inner flow of feeling and knowing. Making this attempt is important though, because from all outward appearances the Rolf procedures […]