Letter from the Embryo
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Fascia Insights – Third Rhythm of the Cranium
ABSTRACT For years the primary evidence of the third rhythm of the cranium was observation by palpation. In 2021 Dr. Thomas Rosenkilde Rasmussen and Dr. Karl Christian Meulengracht published their results of direct observation of the third rhythm using robotics and software analysis in their peer-reviewed publication, “Direct measurement of the rhythmic motions of the […]
From the Editor-in-Chief -Structure, Function, Integration Journal march 2022
“The appearance of this quarterly seems a promise that Structural Integration has finally come of age. As such it is indeed a joyous occasion for me personally, calling for celebration and good wishes. I can imagine nothing more festive and appropriate for this milestone than this medium of communication as projected by our editors. It […]
REVIEWS – A Manual Approach to the Brain – Part 1
A Manual Approach to the Brain – Part 1 with Jean-Pierre Barral Reviewed by Allan Kaplan, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ Viewing this latest offering of DVDs from Jean-Pierre Barral, DO, was a poignant experience for me: I attended Barral’s brain class a year ago, just as COVID-19 was breaking around the world, and returned to the […]
Keeping Them in the Game: Working with NFL and NBA Athletes for Performance and Recovery from Injury
By Russell Stolzoff, Advanced Rolfing® Instructor; Wayne Henningsgaard and Sandy Henningsgaard, Certified Advanced Rolfers™ Russell Stolzoff: Sandy and Wayne, I’m glad you’re both available and interested in having this conversation. We’ve talked about this interview, and Wayne, you’ve indicated that you really want to talk mainly about how you guys work, so, I’d like […]
Working with the Bates Method of Vision Education Within Rolfing® SI
By Naomi Wynter-Vincent, PhD, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner and Pierpaola Volpones, Basic Rolfing® and Rolf Movement Instructor Naomi Wynter-Vincent: What, for you, is the significance of eyesight and ways of using the eyes in Rolfing Structural Integration (SI)? Pierpaola Volpones: One of the keystones in Rolfing work is body-reading. And it’s one […]
Exploring the Grunwald Eyebody Method®
ABSTRACT In this interview, Ina Bretschneider-Baker discusses her experience with the Grunwald Eyebody Method and the positive impact it had on her eyes and life. Grunwald eye types are considered and how this information aligns with Bretschneider-Baker’s Rolfing® Structural Integration practice. Ina Bretschneider-Baker Naomi Wynter-Vincent: The Grunwald Eyebody method makes use of these remarkable pinhole […]
Innervation of the Eye, Orbit, and Eyelid
Organization of the Nerves of the Eye Each eye is innervated by several cranial nerves, each carrying variously visual information from the retina, control of the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the eye, and autonomic innervation. The six cranial nerves that innervate the eye are: CN II – Optic nerve CN III – Occulomotor […]
Vision, Perception, Structure, and Function
By Gael Rosewood, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Rolf Movement® Practitioner and Sam Berne, OD ABSTRACT Gael Rosewood, Rolfer, Rolf Movement Practitioner, and Continuum Movement teacher interviews Dr. Sam Berne, optometrist and so much more, on the relationship of eyes to structure, perception, and movement and his innovations in holistic eye care. Gael Rosewood: I’m excited to […]
In My Head
By Lina Amy Hack, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ ABSTRACT Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is far from mild. In this article, Lina Amy Hack discusses one of her concussion stories as an example of the classic fall backward. The anatomy of coup and contrecoup brain injury is described and the resulting diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is […]