An Evolutionary Perspective on the Body-Mind Relationship
The goal of my talk is to present review of some recent trends in evolutionary and theoretical biology, mainly with reference to those biomedical aspects that could be also of general, but I hope are of special interest for an audience of Rolfers. Some preliminary statements outline the topics I want to cover: Humans are […]
Body
Let us take a slightly eccentric look at the mighty array of muscles around the hip joint. For those who want to refresh or deepen their visual grasp of this material, we include references to Frank Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy, published by CIBA-Geigy, although you can follow along with any good anatomy atlas. Because […]
Improvisation, Jazz and Rolfing:
One day over lunch, my movement teacher, Vivian Jaye, and I were discussing how I might improve my connection with clients. Her idea was that, as a musician, I “play” them like instruments. That I initially struggled with this interesting idea hardly surprised me, when I recalled my unsuccessful forays into jazz improvisation. Clearly, there […]
The Rolfing-Sonata Metaphor Reconsidered
In a previous article1, I considered several relationships between formal structures in Rolfing and classical sonata form. At the time, I was aware of certain problems inherent in my melocentric (melody based) approach. To simplify my presentation, I opted to sidestep this issue, although I was concerned that members of my audience familiar with sonata-form […]
Psoas in Scoliosis
I followed the recent exchange of articles between Jeff Maitland and Robert Schleip with great interest. I became a Rolfer last year, and part of their discussion was on a subject of crucial interest to me, but over which I had neither conceptual nor practical mastery. My urgency of understanding increased when a woman with […]
Worker’s Compensation Coverage in Vermont
As a result of a not very complicated negotiating process, Worker’s Compensation in Vermont now pays for Rolfing in most cases where a client’s injury or problem is job related. Further, in Vermont, Workers Compensation pays a providers full fee, unlike some other states where a fee schedule, somewhat or very much lower than the […]
Generating Rolfing Clients
Through the summer of 1988, Rolfer Thom Walker (Burlington, Vermont) and I conducted a study of the process by which new clients come to us. Our new enrollments for that period, and therefore the size of our study sample, totaled 46 people. We conducted the study to better understand the process through which people hear […]
A “Novel” Metaphor
In a recent review of articles submitted to this journal, I have identified several that explore fascial metaphors.’ All the authors reviewed used a wide range of images and devices to illustrate their points. We encounter such metaphors as soon as we learn to speak (upsi-daisy) and employ them not only in our everyday lives […]
Letter from Stanley Rosenberg
I would like to share some more information about Rolfing, structure and acupuncture. There is another intersting body of knowledge which includes acupuncture as one of its elements which can help us look more effectively at patterns of relationships in the body structure. Looking at this information with the eyes of a Rolfer, we can […]
Video Analysis of Structure
John Davis, a Boulder Rolfer trained by Nicholas French and Peter Melchior, has been working for the last three years to develop computer technology that far surpasses Polaroid photos in assessing structural changes in Rolfees. About a year ago, John Davis and Justin McCormick invented the Optimum Comparison Tech Video Digitizer, a device to translate […]