Center for the Healing Arts Lecture (reprint)
In the past few years, one word has taken on an inordinate emphasis in our culture-the word “energy.” We have heard it so much that its meaning has been confused and perhaps it is worth some consideration to segregate and differentiate the implications of that word is the energy that we are talking about related […]
An Osteopath Looks at the Rolf Method – Explorations
I have been asked to write an article with some such title ,as “an Osteopath looks at the C f Method.” I am willing to the attempt, and it is pose that I am better qualified do so than some others bese I have now been an ospath for some forty years I have been […]
Rolfing as a Third Paradigm Practice
As part of the effort over the past several years to create a national certification for body-workers, a great deal of time and effort was expended in trying to categorize the many forms of bodywork. Out of that process has come a three-paradigm model for characterizing bodywork. First paradigm methods are characterized as palliative in […]
Letter from Jan Sultan
I was sent a pre-publication copy of Hubert Ritters interview with Hans Flury because the staff felt that the faculty should have an opportunity to respond. In the interview Flury expresses himself on a wide array of issues including his own contributions to Rolfing in the name of Normal Function and the politics of the […]
The Functional Bridge of Rolfing and Movement
Bill: It always seemed to me that Rolf Movement Integration was a misnomer; that it should be called “Rolfing Embodiment” or “Rolfing Functional Integration.” Rebecca: We have issues around the name all the time. Rolfing Movement, as a name, isn’t exactly catchy nor descriptive. We recently changed our name to Rolf Movement Practitioner, with the […]
Gravity, Lift, and Inertia – Part I
SUMMARY Gravity is one of the most significant yet least understood influences on the structure and function of living things. In spite of the best efforts of some of the greatest thinkers of all times, the mechanisms of gravity, lift and inertia remain a mystery. We explore these subjects, beginning with the relationship of the […]
Motility or Mobility?
Bill Smythe: The following distinctions from osteopathy might be helpful: Biokinetic Motility: Outside pressure toward inside. This is based on embryological development where in the first two months there is an outside fluid pressure acting on the membrane system which is epigenetic, i.e., acting outside of genetics. Biodynamic Motility: inside pressure toward outside. This is […]
The Line as a Mudra of Transformation
The Line is often presented as the highest value to which our work can aspire, and yet it is the most neglected aspect of our teaching. We have largely ignored making any attempts at developing a systematic approach to exploring or embodying the Line. We have also largely ignored any systematic exploration of what, for […]
Rolfing, Welfare Reform, Addictions and Individual Change:
In recent years, the writings of Arnold Mindell (such as The Leader as Martial Artist, The Shaman’s Body, Sitting in the Fire, etc.) have generated considerable interest in fields as diverse as organizational development and shamanism. Mindell’s original work was with body symptoms and dreaming, as detailed in books such as Working with the Dreaming […]
Educating Physicians About Rolfing
For several years I have slowly but consistently taken steps to inform and educate physicians in my community about Rolfing. Exactly how successful this project has been is hard to know, yet our efforts seem to be making a difference. By ?making a difference?, I mean the following: Ideally Thom Walker, Iginia Boccalandro and myself, […]