An Interview with Rev. Rosalyn Buyere
GH: I’m reviewing Valerie Hunt’s book, Infinite Mind, for Rolf Lines, and I did an article on Emilie Conrad-Da?ud when she was in town. So I was thinking, Well, the time has come to get the third party of this triumvirate of great women. (triumgynate?) RB: Well, you know the last time I talked to […]
The Psychology Curriculum of F.O.B.
BH: When I was twined, twelve wears ago at this point. Psychology as a subject matter wasn’t touched at all. We had very Sophisticated judges of human character in the teachers. Some of that had to rub off but my question is, what’s happening nosy’ Now there is pre training, which wasn’t around when I […]
Rolfing as Sonata Form
INTRODUCTION In a famous TV broadcast, Leonard Bernstein elucidated the mysteries of classical sonata form to his young audience.’ What I vividly recall about this program over thirty years later is the marvelous visual device Bernstein employed to “cue” his audience to the movement’s main structural events (the piece was Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, K. 551, […]
The Evolutionary Sequence – Part II
Part Two Excerpts From An Evolutionary Sequence Movement Curriculum The evolutionary sequence has been presented in as short a time as one hour. It can be taught in a series of sessions over two weeks or more, and can also be expanded to include a detailed examination of anatomy, as has been done in Myer’s […]
Integrins and the Senses
INTEGRINS I have pondered, as many of us have, what happens in our clients’ bodies during Rolfing. I have not found the gel-sol model of connective tissue lengthening to be satisfying. Not that adding energy to connective tissue can’t change its properties, including its length, or even that something like this might be happening in […]
Working with Insurance
Anonymous: I share my office with a physician and he uses certain ICD-9 codes to bill for the Rolfing that I do. I am considered a “contractor” that provides services that he bills for. I would caution you about using ICD-9 codes yourself since we do not diagnose folks. At best it might be ineffective […]
Meaning and Grounds
Robert, I was quite interested in reading your reply1 to my article, “The Backbone of Structural Integration, which contained criticisms of tour article, “Lecture Notes on 1’soas and Adductors.”‘ However, since you apparently missed the stain point of any criticisms, I find it necessary to reply In your reply. You began your reply with the […]
Developing Client-Support for Rolfing
The people we are Rolfing currently and those who have recently completed Rolfing are a critically valuable resource for the four of us at Rolfing Associates, Inc. in sustaining and expanding our practices. In fact, a majority of our new clients come to us through activities traceable directly or indirectly to our clients. If we […]
Statistics for Practice Building
Over the years, I have used a variety of straight-forward statistics to guide my practice building efforts and to evaluate the success of various strategies. As a tool for guidance, statistics help in two ways. First they help clarify the energy needed to produce the result desired. Secondly, they put boundaries on the large, undifferentiated, […]
How Rolfing Produces Change
With Rolfing we attempt to change the shape and form of the body permanently. We have our ideas about balancing in gravity and improved function to guide questions about why to change structure. But then there are the questions about how. We have interventions that are our strategies and “moves,” formulas and techniques. Basic to […]