Case Presentation
CLIENT’S GOALS Glen came to Rolfing with primarily psychobiological goals. He was hoping that the work would help him be able to adapt to changes happening in his life. He also wanted to have more awareness of his body, and to “facilitate reintegration at all levels,” in his words. As the series progressed, his goals […]
Marten Gabriel’s Lift Tables
Marten Gabriel has been a Rolfer for 28 years; for 25 of those years he ha been building therapy tables. To date he ha, built more than 1,200 tables for Rolfers massage therapists, and other practitioners He has been a steady innovator in the field and his portable lift table is still the only one […]
The Advanced Class
Why take the Advanced Class? Completing the Basic Class gives anyone the right to practice as a Rolfer. What more can there be? Other techniques can be learned from other organizations and then added to the Rolfing. The issue is mastery and having a reliable path that will take one there. Mastery is developing a […]
Know Thy Self
Intention is one of the many powerful tools that we use as Rolfers. Having awareness around cellular processes refines our ability to hold influential thoughts while we work with our clients. The immune system is a cellular process maintaining our system free of infection from bacteria, viruses, funguses, parasites and even cancers. How the body […]
Equine Rolfing
It was a beautiful June morning, not too hot and not too cold. The Spanish station was on the barn radio. The smell of horse manure and that peculiar smell of urine from alfalfa-fed horses filled the barn. The flies were biting but still lazy in the morning coolness. The horse I was Rolling was […]
What Does “Biodynamic”Mean?
I want to reclaim the term “somatic” with this discussion today. Somatics comes from a rich philosophical tradition meaning the lived experience of the body. It has gradually fallen out of usage in the past decade and I believe the term biodynamic is replacing it as a descriptor for lived experience in the body and […]
Introduction to Dr. Langevin’s Research
There has been very little research in the past three decades on the relationships between connective tissue morphology and the central nervous system. Similarly, the role of fascia in musculoskeletal dynamics has been largely overlooked among back-pain scientists. The following article, by Helene Langevin, M.D. is therefore of particular interest, as it offers a model […]
The Making of a Science of Rolfing from an Individual Path to a Collective Activity
I received my bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1971 from the Pontífica Universidade Católica de Sao Paulo (PUC-SP). In 1973, I completed PUC-SP’s professional degree program in psychology. Right after that, I began working in my own clinic, and also teaching introductory classes in psychology for the university’s basic curriculum. In 1974, I began teaching […]
A Broader Perspective on Mouth and Nose Work
Q: Please discuss mouth and nose work in Rolfing beyond the traditional seventh hour of the Ten Series. When would one consider it, whether elsewhere in the Ten Series, in post-ten work, or in advanced work? A: Dr. Rolf placed particular emphasis on the seventh-hour work. In her teaching she insisted that the object […]
Canine Structural Integration with Michael Reams
I recently took my dog Vajra to see Michael Reams, a Certified Advanced Rolfer who works with quadrupeds as well as humans. She’s received two sessions from him thus far, and is scheduled for a third. Although I’ve had my dog for nearly eight years, I’ve not worked on her myself for two reasons. First, […]