Rolfing SI and the Buteyko Breathing Method
The premise of this article is to demonstrate that true respiratory health facilitates structural change. As breathing rhythms return to their adaptable nature, structural changes of the connective tissue are easier to affect, reducing effort on the part of the Rolfer. Adaptable, fluid breathing rhythms facilitate both a balance of the respiratory gases and a […]
A Rolfer’s™ Pelvic/Lumbar Joint Restriction Algorithm
For ten years prior to training in Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI), Certified Advanced Rolfer John deMahy worked as a nurse in an emergency room (ER) trauma center. This experience gave deMahy an acute understanding of how to create order in the midst of chaos. Later, as he began to study spinal mechanics through Rolfing SI, […]
Controversial Marketing: Wrestling with Groupon®
Context Like most Rolfers, I was not drawn to this career out of an entrepreneurial spirit. The decisions involved in managing and marketing a business invited nearly paralyzing anxiety. If I could have graduated from the Rolf Institute® and found a job as a Rolfer at somebody else?s practice, I would have done it. If […]
The Being of Rolfing® SI
Posing the Question Do you remember that glorious moment when you decided to become a Rolfer™? Can you recall the excitement, feelings of elation, and trepidation brought on by your decision? Since becoming a Rolfer, no doubt you have also performed inspired sessions that have left you breathless in the face of what can be […]
About the Canadian College of Osteopathy
A small number of Certified Rolfers have enrolled in the Canadian College of Osteopathy (CCO), a five-year program in traditional osteopathy with campuses in Toronto, Vancouver, and Halifax. Here, we interview two graduates of the program to learn more about the school, its curriculum, and its relevance to a Rolfing® practice. ABOUT THE PROGRAM […]
An Interview with Erik Dalton
SI: Do you call all of the bodywork you do “Rolfing”? ED: Since the primary focus of my practice is on assessing and correcting neck and back pain, I do not feel justified defining my work as Rolfing in its purest form. But as my schedule allows, I still perform the “tenseries”, usually with five […]
An Interview with Judith Aston, Part I
SI: Say something about what you were doing before you met Ida Rolf. How did you meet her? JA: First of all, thank you for your invitation to talk with you. Should I talk about when I started teaching, or what I was doing before I met Dr. Rolf? Most people do not know anything […]
Visceral Manipulation Enhances Structural Integration
Osteopathic principles are the foundation of structural integration. On the way to developing structural integration, Ida Rolf read osteopathic literature and studied with osteopaths. In her unique evolution of Andrew Taylor Still’s work, Ida Rolf emphasized the interaction of the human body with gravity. Other derivatives of Osteopathy emphasized and developed other facets; for example, […]
Ida Rolf Teaching
Student: Why was there a buildup or an over-buildup, like a mass of muscle? IR: Let me explain to you that this is the basic material that you will be working as a Rolfer. My question is, what is this mass? Student: It’s deteriorated connective tissue that has lost its tone and doesn’t have a […]
The Ethics Review Process
I have served on the Ethics and Business Practices Committee for a little less than a year now and have found it extremely rewarding and enriching. What I would like to do here is to briefly share my experiences of this process in the hope that it will offer clearer understanding of the process for […]