Effects of Structural Integration on State-Trait Anxiety
Of the numerous new intervention techniques designed to improve the general well-being through postural alignment, Structural Integration has received rapid and popular acclaim. Structural Integration, or rolfing as it is popularly lagoon, is a technique for reordering the body so as to bring its major segments-head shoulder, thorax, pelvis and legs-into a finer vertical alignment. […]
What Structural Integration (Rolfing) Is and Why It Works
Recently an increasing number of people have been seeking new ways to enhance their own and others’ ability to function as full human beings. Excited by the notion that their lives might be incomparably richer as a result? these people have flocked to “growth centers” like Esalen Institute, have bought thousands of books like William […]
Holistic Systems Analysis: Toward a Scientific Understanding of Structural Integration
The above statement represents the core of a scientific truth that believe will soon result in Structural Integration (SI) being recognized as a major scientific breakthrough. This intuition is based on the fact that the most comprehensive models of the universe emerging from the “new physics” (based on Einstein’s vision of a unified field theory) […]
Rolfing and Associated Changes in the Angle of Pelvic Inclination and Autonomic Activity
First, I would like to express our thanks and appreciation to all of you who have given so freely to Phase II of the research project. Your support has indeed made, this project possible. As I outlined in the May-June, 1987 issue of Rolf Lines, our research is a joint project of the University of […]
A Rolfian Review of Anatomy
in The Beginning: Growth In The Womb-World The moment of conception is creation of life. Within two weeks, the germ cell has become an embryo with three basic germ layers: the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm. This is not unlike a star birth in outer space in which the gaseous nebula later condenses into […]
Depois que Willam Bonner Foi-se Embora
Moro num local distante cerca de 30 km do centro da cidade de Florianópolis, em Santa Catarina. A ligação entre esses dois pontos se dá por uma rodovia denominada SC401. No sábado à noite que antecedeu os desmoronamentos à altura do km 11 dessa rodovia passei de carro pelo local. Chovia bastante; dos morros, as […]
Achievement
Introduction Today I wish to bring you a glimpse of the man-Dr. Sutherland and his cranial concept: his introduction to the intelligent body, operating as a beautifully coordinated unit mechanism: his method of treatment and a review of the sequence and progression of his teachings each a step in his achievement of interpreting Dr. A […]
Clinical Research in the Effects of Rolfing
As many Rolfers may remember, formal research to establish the physiologic basis of the functional and structural changes which can be observed as a result of Rolfing was of primary interest to Dr. Rolf. Some research has been done as long as ten years ago, but there is a need for more. In the fall […]
Research Committee Requests Information & Assistance
The Research Committee is pursuing two projects you can help us with. The first project is to support and initiate research into the effects of Rolfing on human performance. By this we refer to peak performance, as in winning an athletic competition, setting a world record, performing a accident or other trauma to the body. […]
A Sturdy, Portable Table
I wanted the lightest weight, portable table still sturdy enough for Rolfing a client and holding my 200 pound body. I built one, hoping it would give me at least one good summer’s use before needing modification. It’s lasted five years with no signs of collapse anywhere so it might be of interest to some […]