Twenty Years with Rolf Movement
It has been twenty years since I began my practice in Rolf Movement Integration (RMI). Over the years the work has grown and matured, as has our understanding of Ida’s vision, which involved seeing the individual as a whole person. As Vivian Jaye says, “The way a person walks across a room is the way […]
The Further Reachings of Rolfing….
Dear Colleagues, I have been feeling compelled to share some observations and ideas I’ve had relative to the nature of the work that we do as Rolfers, so here goes… After fifty or one hundred Rolfing sessions, it becomes increasingly clear that a particular pattern of tension is continuing to manifest because something has still […]
In Support of Life
I began working with people with AIDS in mid-1985, volunteer ring massage therapy through a local AIDS health service organization. I provided the service at no cost on the condition that the client come tome. My limit was two hours per week, first come, first served. I worked at that time with seven actively sick […]
Rolfing and Running
Forward Last year Owen Marcus, the Rolf Institute, and Arizona State University initiated a study of the effects of Rolfing on running economy and running mechanics. The subjects were members of the ASU running team. The research was carried out by a graduate student, James A. Walker, M.S. under the direction of Dr. Christine Wells. […]
The Core’s Role as Causal in Structural Distortion
After attending the 1990 international conference in Boulder, what I have been suspecting for a few years was confirmed: namely, we are not succeeding in accomplishing one of Dr. Rolf’s primary tenant of Rolfing which holds that Rolfing should de-crease the compression of the lumbar spine, or at least arrest its compression as the individual […]
What Is the Recipe?
In three previous ROLF LINES’ articles (“Rolfing By The Rules”, “What Is Metaphysics?”, and “The Palintonic Lines of Rolfing”), I set about asking and answering some fundamental questions about the nature of Rolfing. Part of my aim in these articles was to prepare the ground for the examination of one of the most pressing and […]
Effects of Soft Tissue Mobilization on Pelvic Inclination Angle, Lumbar Lordosis, and Parasympathetic Tone
Members of the Advisory Board to the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, I thank you for this opportunity today to testify. I am a physical therapist and researcher representing Christie Clinic Association in Campaign, Illinois. The area of research that we have been involved in pertains to the effects that soft tissue manipulation (STM) […]
Rolfing in Russia
On Wednesday, March 17, members of the Rolf Institute met with Dr. Valery M. Mikhailovsky, founder and director of the International Center School for Rehabilitation in Moscow and Vice-President of the Institute for Social Trauma, an international organization dedicated to the study, treatment and prevention of socially-based trauma. The purpose of the meeting was to […]
Primary Reflexes and Structural Typology
This article will introduce a new-more neuro biologically oriented-way to look at structural typology. Before doing so I will relate it to other already existing typologies in our field. Currently there exist two structural typologies in the field of structural integration which have been published and have influenced the official teaching of our faculty: the […]
Absolute Contra-Indications to Rolfing
Obvious Acute Trauma We must not Rolf anybody who has recently been severely injured. If any part of the client’s body is severely bruised or swollen, bandaged or has recently been put in a cast, the body is healing. The client does not need the strong input of a Rolfing session. It is reasonable to […]