Breathy Musings
ABSTRACT The author’s Breathy Musings evoke the many layers of breath in our work and in our bodies. Read it and be inspired. It is said that sustained attention is a key that unlocks any door in the universe; that no obstacle can stand against an unyielding focus. But towards what do we focus? […]
Anxiety, Psychological Tools, and Breath
By Heather L. Corwin, PhD, MFA, Certified Rolfer The pandemic is impacting our lives in ways we could never have anticipated. While everyone experiences anxiety, some of us have levels of anxiety that require medical or psychological intervention. When working with people as we do through Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI), being able to detect symptoms […]
Three Breath-Centered Yoga Poses to Teach Your Clients
ABSTRACT In this article, Rolfer and yoga instructor Michael Black offers three yoga poses to teach clients to integrate their breath after their Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) sessions. First is the discussion of direct and indirect language when teaching movement during a Rolfing session. Then, the author describes: (1) three-part breath, (2) thoracic extension and […]
Dancing with the Breath in Rolfing® SI
[:en]By Lael Katharine Keen, Basic and Advanced Rolfing Instructor, Rolf Movement® Instructor ABSTRACT How we breathe is how we live, and the ways that we occupy the spaces of our breath reflect distinct physiological and psychobiological potentials. The author deftly describes our different modes of breathing and encourages us to strive for balance, teaching us […]
COVID-19 Adjustments in the Rolfing® SI Community
By Lina Amy Hack, BSc, BA, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) community in different ways. In this article we interview a number of people for their perspectives: (1) Christina Howe, the Executive Director and Chief Academic Officer of the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI); (2) […]
Making a Difference
By Libby Eason, Rolfing® Instructor, Rolf Movement® Practitioner ABSTRACT This article is the author’s remembrance of Caroline Widmer, a first-generation Rolfer as well as psychotherapist who pioneered Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) in Atlanta while also participating on the Rolfing faculty. In August 2019 we lost another of our first generation of Rolfers, Caroline Widmer, PhD. […]
How Structural Integration Became a Licensed Profession in Nevada
By Robin Graber, BCSI, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ ABSTRACT This article summarizes the work of Robin Graber, Certified Advanced Rolfer, who served as a board member on the Nevada State Board of Massage Therapy (NSBMT) from 2004-2017. She helped the NSBMT pass legislation for the regulation and licensure of structural integration (SI). Editor’s Note: This article […]
Movement Integration Through Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
By Noel L. Poff, Certified Advanced Rolfer™, CSCS, LMT, RYT ABSTRACT The author introduces proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and discusses how it can be a supportive movement modality to a Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) practice because of similar underlying principles. Rolfing SI is an integrative approach of bodywork intended to restore and promote […]
The Dance of Don Van Vleet
By Derek Gill and Rob McWilliams, Certified Advanced Rolfers™ and Rolf Movement® Practitioners, with contributions from Donnalea Van Vleet Goelz ABSTRACT Colleagues from dance and Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) share memories of Don Van Vleet, Rolfer and dancer. Introduction The final performance of Rolfer and dancer […]
The Choreography of Change
By Christina Fenendael, Certified Rolfer™ Introduction Bodyworkers come across people from many walks of life, but certain shared experiences are commonplace. Desk jobs are prevalent, as is the state of disconnect between body and mind that sedentary but intellectual activities may precipitate over time. Many people spend […]