Rolfing – This Body Therapy Has Gotten Gentler, More Subtle
Clay is just platelets of silica and alumina. Bodies are infinitely complex. But When Garrett Whitney Rolls a client, his fingers move through certain connective body tissue in a fashion that’s somewhat similar to how his hands once worked at a potter’s wheel. “You don’t poke. You move slowly and steadily through a substance, which […]
The Organ of Form: Towards a Theory of Biological Shape
What is shape? Living organisms have shape. This is so obvious a statement that we take it for granted and become oblivious of the fact that there is no adequate theory of living form and shape in contemporary biology. In this paper, when we employ a theory of shape we shall be concerned with not […]
Integrating Manual and Movement Therapy with Philosophical Counseling for Treatment of a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Study that Explores the Principles of Holistic Intervention
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that involves the motor neurons.(1,2) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is also the most frequently occurring motor neuron disease among adults. The common early symptoms of ALS are weakness in the arm, leg, and bulbar musculature (ie, the […]
The First Journey
There was an old woman who maintained at the edge of the clearing on the foot of the mountain. Out of percept and open sky, she welded her wisdom of the everyday and the extraordinary. She was Indian, mostly some mix. She claimed the mountain was a still point around which all moving was done. […]
The Hundredth Monkey
The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, has been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant. An 18-month-old female […]
Research Project Updates
UpdatesPhase I Cottingham / Porges Article Published in Physical Therapy Journal Enclosed with this Rolf Lines is a reprint of our first article that appeared in the March 1988 issue of Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. This article is based on the results of the first investigation (Phase I – […]
Muscle Repositioning: A New Verifiable Approach to Neuro-Myofascial Release?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13608592 Muscle Repositioning: A New Verifiable Approach to Neuro-Myofascial Release? The clinical observation of involuntary motor activity during application of a particular style of myofascial release (Muscle Repositioning—MR) has led to the hypothesis that this technique might evoke neurological reactions. Preliminary EMG recordings presented here show involuntary tonic cervical erector action during MR. Involuntary eye movements were also observed. […]
Neuromuscular Structuring of Human Energy
First I would like to put my subject into a large framework by reviewing the major emphasis in science today. For over a hundred years science was primarily involved in the manipulation of exact measurements, attempting to discover the very elemental facts and properties of matter. In the Twentieth century the emphasis has shifted. Measurement […]
The Feminine Principle in Healing
It is a common practice among male shamans in primitive cultures to dress as women during healing rituals. They believe that women are more able to connect with the healing forces of the spirits that lie within the psyche. In the practice of male dominated western medicine, extremely aggressive “masculine” techniques are applied to body […]
New Rolfing Book Published
Brian W. Fahey, Ph.D., Adv. Certified Rolfer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) is pleased to announce publication of The Power of Balance: A Rolfing View of Health by Metamorphous Press, Inc., Portland, Oregon. By late Autumn, the book is expected to be in stores, as well as available for purchase from the Rolf Institute’s Boulder Headquarters. Containing […]