Breath Made Visible (DVD)
Reviewed by Robert McWilliams, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner San Rafael-based modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin is an important dance artist and seminal figure in movement therapy, often mentioned in the same conversation along with Emilie Conrad and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. (These three copresented the Soma Fest in Santa Monica in September of this […]
Comments on the World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain
The Seventh Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain, which was held November 9-12, 2010 in Los Angeles California, was an excellent event and experience for this Rolfer and first-time attendee. The spirit of sharing information and helping others rang through the entire event. It was a wide-open window and multidisciplinary forum into […]
On the Nose
In Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practice and lore, intra-nasal work has distinguished us from other practitioners. Pop culture seized this aspect of our work, prompting individuals (who likely have a limited familiarity with our work) to link intra-nasal work and Rolfing SI with questions like, “Isn’t that the one where they stick their fingers up […]
Pain Relief
What does pain have to do with structural integration (SI) – and why should an issue of Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute® be devoted to pain? How is the pain theme relevant to SI in particular; i.e., can anything be said about pain here that would not be equally well said in […]
Be More Specific and Get More Clients
When I moved to San Diego in 2009, I started going to business networking meetings. In pretty much any U.S. city (and I presume abroad as well), you will find groups of business people looking to meet other business people on a regular basis to develop mutually beneficial relationships. I’m not the kind of guy […]
The Rolfing® SI Life
Anne Hoff: Let?s talk about Ida Rolf and her lineage, since you go back to early days and have seen a lot happen in our Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community over the years. It seems like Dr. Rolf embodied both the scientific and the metaphysical, and those are two threads that continue to inform our […]
Essential Works in Biodynamics
This quote from D.H. Lawrence could have been written about the study of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BDCST). BDCST is as much a training in perception as it is a therapeutic process. BDCST has given me the opportunity to immerse myself in a field ripe for impassioned study. Recently, I was asked to review some of […]
The Unifying Spatial Field
All Rolfers would agree that part of what makes our approach unique is our work with the body not just in terms of mobility, but in terms of its spatial order how the body’s parts relate to each other spatially and how the body as a whole is organized in gravity. However, saying that we […]
PT Codes
Frank Wu I use 97140, (Physical Manipulation), which works in Virginia. Try it, and divide it into 15-minute segments. Clay Cox Depending on the state that you practice in, you might be able to use 97140.1 bill four units at $25 per unit. In other cases, I use a combination of 99213 every month or […]
The Core Program:
If you’re looking for ways to help female clients strengthen and rebalance core structures, The Core Program (ISBN 0-553-80139-2) is a solid resource. The author argues that many of the nagging pains and discomfort clients experience are actually the result of core muscle imbalance. The book combines a very doable series of exercises with solid […]