Including the Stomatognathic System in Rolfing SI
Editor’s Note: The gathering of the selections that follow, as well as their development, organization, and translation from the Portuguese, is the joint effort of Heidi Massa and Pedro Prado. Including the Stomatognathic System in Rolfing SI A Collaborative Experiment in Broadening Our Scope Introduction The structural and functional importance of oral reflex functions and […]
Seeing the Ground of a Movement: Tonic Function and the Fencing Bear
This article introduces the idea that movement has two parts – a figure and a ground. Figure means, in this case, the literal action expressed in terms of shape or biomechanics. Ground means the background of the movement that occurs in the tonic system of the mover. In addition, the topic of seeing is […]
On Gait: It’s Hard Looking from the Inside Out
David Clark has been an Certified Advanced Rolfer/Rolf Movement Practitioner for thirty years. He lives and works in the Tampa, Florida area, occasionally taking time out to assist in teaching Rolfing classes.</i> When first asked to do an article about gait, I wondered what could be added to what we already have recently said about […]
The Wisdom of Uncertainty in Movement
Sensation is not something we can grab onto and hold. Sensation is vague and absolutely essential at the same time. Have you ever been frustrated by not being able to do a movement today that you accomplished easily yesterday? Have you ever felt “now, I got it!” one day and then lacked that feeling another […]
Rolfing® SI and the Brain
Introduction I interviewed Rolf Movement® Instructor Kevin Frank to discuss a working model from neuroscience that supports Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) with a credible explanation and story – why it works. As background, let me share a part of my story. The Rolf Movement aspects of my basic Rolfing training completely changed my way of […]
On Seeing and Body Reading
Q: <i>As Rolfers? we are taught various models and tools for body reading, and we each have our own proclivities and strengths that come into play in this ? whether we see in terms of anatomy, a particular model, energy flow, etc. Can you discuss how this has evolved for you in your own practice, […]
Eight Days in the Mountains
Editor?s Note: Over the years, this Journal has published articles by Will Johnson and reviews of various of his books. This past spring Johnson led an eight-day Buddhist retreat that focused on the application of Dr. Rolf?s vision of the ?Line? to the practice of sitting meditation. As an integral part of the program, all […]
Self, Other: New Considerations in Rolf Movement® Integration
Kevin McCarthy: I’m curious, having traveled extensively to teach and work in the U.S., Europe, and abroad, what draws you back to Brazil and what do you think the strengths of the Brazilian Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community are? Monica Caspari: Rolfing [SI] in Brazil promotes or is very much interested in movement and that’s […]
“Let us go then, you and I”
This is a most curious book, a personal journey of discovery rather than a theoretical treatise. We might more properly say that we have here a most curious pair of essays that the author sutures together rather loosely and with inexplicable haste. In Anatomy of Potency (Stillness Press, 2000), author Nicholas Handoll covers considerable ground […]
Beyond Pain in Rolfing
INTRODUCTION In 1911 was part of a Rolfers’ delegation to China. I was a new Rolfer and anxious to experience the exchange between Rolfers and Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine. We were to learn something about Tuina (TCM Massage) and we were going to demonstrate Rolfing to the Doctors at the Guang An Men Hospital […]