Bodies, Health, and Consciousness
True healing, as many of us who are professionally involved in the many different forms of hands-on work are increasingly coming to recognize, is a multi-faceted undertaking. While the individual body worker technique in which a practitioner has received his or her primary training may work extremely well with a great many of the clients […]
Dueling Dualism
One of the trickier problems to which I have committed hours of mental gymnastics is “dualism.” After first realizing it was not a philosophical commitment to fencing, and therefore the opposite of pacifism, my first tactic was to simply confess to peers, “Hi, I’m Gil: I’m a Dualist.” That at least got it off my […]
A Lifting, Three-Dimensional Model of Human Structure
After starting my practice in 1978 it became clear very quickly that Rolfing® was a difficult concept to get across to the general public. The use of slides alone helped people grasp the notion of structure and the importance of gravity. Building upon that, the importance of gravity, structure, and proper movement could be brought […]
Gyrotonics, Chinese Internal Exercises and Rolfing
Bill: As I said before, the prevailing attitude of the founder of Rolfing® structural integration toward exercise was ambivalent and it seems that at least the senior faculty are not known for their vigourous exercise routines. And so that leaves this huge area of how exercise can effect structure and how it interacts with Rolfing […]
Adventures in the Jungle of the Neuro-Myofascial Net
Fonte: Rolf Lines – November 1998 Robert Schleip: Professor Staubesand, you have made some interesting research findings about fascia. It seems to me that these findings could have some importance for manual therapists working with connective tissue. Could you briefly describe what your findings are? Prof.Staubesand: We did some electron photomicrograph studies of the Fascia […]
An Interview with Julie Diamond, Ph.D.
Til Luchau: So what is Process Work? Julie Diamond: Process Work is a modality that works with the whole person, in the language of conventional psychotherapy, the unconscious as well as the conscious parts. But “whole person” also means all the different arenas in which people operate and live, like relationships, body symptoms, group life […]
Integral Anatomy, Part II
Bill: Just to go through some of the Rolfing® models that we are dealing with on a day to day basis, and how our concept of these models is affected through dissection-You know the party line is that there is a build up of connective tissue as a result of habitual use patterns or trauma […]
Including The Viscera in the Process of Rolfing
I intend this article to be a straight foreward description of a five series I completed this past year. This series included work will) the visceral fascia that proved to be significant in addressing a major structural issue. The before and after pictures of this client, who I will call Dave, are reprinted here. I […]
Generating Media Coverage
Positive exposure for your Rolfing practice can have an enormous impact on your practice. Local media means specifically newspapers, both daily and weekly, magazines, organizational newsletters, television and radio. This article offers suggestions about why and how to generate such coverage and on influencing that coverage so that it serves you more fully.* Depending on […]
A Brief Interview with Peter Melchior
Bill: When I got up after being Rolfed by you, I had the sense that not only had you handled the immediate issue, but that you had looked ahead and considered those issues too. Not only did you handle the present, you anticipated complications which could arise from present conditions. Peter: I don’t know if […]