Bodyworkers, Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology?
INTRODUCTION Structural Integration practitioners aim t( affect the human body’s visible contours balance and motion dynamics. At firs glance, one of us studying Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology may seem more than a little strange. After all, we work with humans, not other large critters; and Vertebrate Paleontology, as the study of dead and extinct creatures’ […]
The Cylinder Model – Part I
PERSPECTIVE In the study of anatomy and physiology, the significance of segmental relationships can easily be overlooked. This is an attempt to visualize some of the underlying functional patterns of biological systems. The drawings in this work are not meant to be immediately representational or literal records of specific anatomical structures, although they should suggest […]
An Ancient Method of Rowing
[Fonte: Structural Integration – February 2003] At this point, two questions are of interest to us. Firstly, did the Egyptians have certain typical postural and movement patterns? Secondly, were these patterns identical with those found in their art? A Master’s Thesis that was written in 1978 deals with ancient Egyptian rowing style. This piece, written […]
The Role of Connective Tissue as the Physical Medium for the Conduction of Healing Energy in Acupuncture and Rolfing
ABSTRACT This paper is an exploration of the new understanding of the primary role that connective tissue (the body’s myofascial system) plays in the distribution of Qi throughout the body and the acupuncture meridians. Connective tissue is reviewed. Acupuncture’s relationship to connective tissue is discussed, first as shown in ancient acupuncture texts; then modern scientific […]
The Too-Good-to-Be True Machine:
For about a year I have been taking classes in how to use the Erchonia PLE low emission cold laser and experimenting with it in my practice. The results I am seeing are intriguing, arresting, and many times downright amazing. Later on in this report I will do my best to briefly explain the science […]
Psycho-Logics and Posture
FOREWORD Some years ago I wrote a thesis on The Broader Aspects of Osteopathy in which I emphasized the great importance of and the necessity for working on the soft tissues of the body, so as to break down adhesions of tissue and remove undue tensions from the muscles, not forgetting stretching contracted ligaments, thus […]
Insane in the Membrane
As Rolfers, there is such a variety of information that we get drawn to bringing into our practice. Events on the molecular level are where we effect change, even if we are unable to describe those actions. Biochemistry is a wonderful world of exciting interactions, and the more awareness we have around the cellular experience, […]
Manual Therapy for the Peripheral Nerves
Once again Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O. and Alain Croibier, D.O. have followed the original idea of Barral’s thinking and practical experience: that the content is more essential to the organism than the container. In line with this general thought, the central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS) have been the focus of explorations over the […]
The Allowing-Will
THE ALLOWING-WILL A glimpse into the heart of creation, an experience of the lotus land of purity and the body of the Buddha, an opening into the radiantly presencing spaciousness of this, will inevitably send you careening into the impoverished notions of body, self, and world that our culture blindly projects as truth. The examples, […]
Some Thoughts on the Assisting Process
After we complete our basic training, there are certain watersheds in our development of the art form that is Rolfing. These landmarks have much more to do with an evolution of our ability to articulate and see structure than with an inevitable improvement in our ability to “fix someone’s back,” although raising the level of […]