The Experiential Field of Structural Integration
Looking at Structural Integration (SI) as a broad field of experience leads us to a greater understanding of how practitioners perceive and define what SI encompasses based upon their individual experiences. We are then able to see how practitioners? different experiences will influence communication among colleagues and with clients.</div> In order to give definition to […]
Using Customized Autonomic Nervous System Assessment to Guide Treatment
Using Customized Autonomic Nervous System Assessment to Guide Treatment
Working with Beliefs Reflected in Liquid Crystal
Brigitte Hansmann was certified as a practitioner of DFA (Dugan-French Approach) Somatic Pattern Recognition in 1988 and as an instructor in DFA practitioner trainings in 1997, the year her first book Con los pies en el suelo – Forma del cuerpo y vision del mundo (With One’s Feet on the Ground – Body Shape and […]
The Pancreas: A Cautionary Tale
Over the last two years I have encountered a fair number of SI practitioners who do not know where the pancreas is located. This leads me to suspect that there are probably a fair number who also do not understand the functions of the pancreas. The pancreas is very vulnerable to injury with abdominal work […]
What is Hellerwork Structural Integration… What’s in a Theme?
The ongoing legacy of Structural Integration Having practiced SI since 1978, I have had the opportunity and privilege of facilitating thousands of people through the series of SI sessions, and of studying with many of the great SI teachers. As one of the very first practitioners who were trained by Joseph Heller, founder of Hellerwork […]
SourcePoint Therapy
Dr. Ida Rolf?s Address at the Rolf Institute® Annual Meeting, 1974 introduction During the past three years the authors have been offering a CE class through the Rolf Institute entitled ?An Energetic Foundation of Rolfing.? In this course we explore the perspective that human beings are energy units, with the intention of affecting change at […]
Looking Forward to the 2012 IASI Symposium
Milree Keeling, current member of the IASI Board of Directors, and Carrie Gaynor, former Board member, are serving as co-chairs of the 2012 IASI Symposium committee. “Beauty rides on a lion. Beauty rests on necessities. The line of beauty is the result of perfect economy. The cell of the bee is built at that […]
Dynamic Fascial Release
Kirstin Schumaker, BCSICM, is a KMI graduate (2005) who has been practicing bodywork since 1998. Her practice, Agile Body Structural Integration, is located in Portland, Oregon. She currently teaches fascial anatomy, nerve mobilization, and integrative movement (Dynamic Fascial Release). Class information and other articles are available at agilebodyportland.com. Kirstin can be contacted at [email protected]. […]
Proposal for a Body of Knowledge for the Profession of Structural Integration
Introduction The intention of this article is to reach out to the Structural Integration community and invite your participation in defining a Structural Integration Body of Knowledge (SI-BOK). Individual practitioners and multiple stakeholders will be asked to join in this process, including schools, research organizations, and accrediting bodies. The purposes that can be served in […]
Helping Clients Understand Their Fascial Network
Can you imagine living in a house where you didn’t know all the names of the rooms? Or maybe you do know the names, but aren?t sure exactly where they are. Or how about knowing the names of all the rooms and where they’re located, but not knowing what the furniture inside them is for? […]