The Experience of Movement
I think I am not speaking only for myself when I say that kinesthetic-oriented individuals can be short on discourse when it comes to expressing the wealth of inner wisdom they contain about movement. Those of us who are verbally disinclined will use gesture, posture and locomotion long before we will resort to words. Often […]
The Role of Acu-Points in Rolfing
Dear Fellow Rolfers, A few years ago, I wrote an article to Rolf Lines about my discovery that the superficial fascia was organized in “acustripes”, i.e. the area defined on the edges by the acupuncture meridians. I received some letters from Rolfers who were interested in applying this concept to their Rolfing. In my own […]
Rolfing Movement Integration
Two aspects of this un usual book help to make it one of the most interesting and useful self help books available. First, it de-emphasizes the role of the body worker while emphasizing the role of the client. This gives the book a populist tone, while empowering the client to be more informed when she […]
Valerie Hunt’s Infinite Mind: The Science of Human Vibration
With the publication of Infinite Mind: The Science of Human Vibrations (364 pp., Malibu Publishing Co., Malibu, CA 90265), Valerie Hunt has once again distinguished her self in service to the Rolfing community in particular and to the human community in general. Dr. Hunt, who first came to our attention through her research of Rolfing […]
Glial Cells as a Second Information System within the Central Nervous System
The brain has about 10 million neurons (nerve cells) and approximately 100 million glial cells (connective tissue cells of the brain). During the development of the brain the nerve cells conduct the glial cells to their places and decide which type of neuron these become. In addition to that they feed the neurons in the […]
Pilates and Rolfing
When I think about the Pilates Method, I rarely think of it as “exercise.” This is a Method, a systematic approach to changing and supporting body structure and function. If I am designing a session for a client with a specific need, I ma) think in terms of anatomy – muscle groups, etc., but, for […]
Stuart Hameroff’s Theories Regarding Microtubules as the Seat of Consciousness
This article is about how a doctor named Stuart Hameroff has contributed to a theory about the biological nature of consciousness. Hameroff is an anesthesiologist at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, Arizona. His work is possibly relevant to Rolfing practitioners because it helps show how human body tissue may “think.” People […]
EMDR
Bill Harvey: You’ve been a trauma specialist for a while, and now you’re branching out into the new field of EMDR [Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing] therapy. Is that true? Darrell Sanchez: EMDR is a PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] treatment. Francine Shapiro is the psychologist who stumbled on this process of eye movement and […]
The Body, the Cathedral, and the Kiva
The night before I began training in Rolfing in the summer of 1971, I had a dream in which I was presented with a large leather covered folio entitled The Design of the Temple. The first pages were opened to reveal line drawings of a Mayan like temple. The following page consisted of my being […]
The Smells of Fascia
During my basic training, Sally Klemm asked me once?Ray, how do you know when you are in the ‘right place’ when you are working?” My immediate answer was: “Oh, I just smell it.” Although rather surprised, she mentioned another Rolfer who processed fascial reality it that way and related anecdotal reports of his experiences. A […]