Third-Hour Thoughts
ABSTRACT The author discusses the Third Hour of the Ten Series through his understanding as both a Rolfer and manual osteopathic practitioner. Introduction The Third Hour of the Ten Series of Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) is uniquely impactful on human structure and physiology. Done effectively, it serves as one of several milestones throughout […]
The Deeper Truth of The Ten Series
ABSTRACT The author believes that the core of Rolfing SI, as conveyed to us by Ida Rolf in her classic Ten Series, is a restoration of a person’s being to that ‘blueprint of perfection’ that has always been in us. In this article, based on his presentation at the April 2018 IASI Symposium, Karl Humiston […]
Moving into Alignment
ABSTRACT This article excerpts the material on session two of the Ten Series from Moving into Alignment, a book to accompany the Ten Series by Rolfer and Rolf Movement practitioner Jennifer Hayes. We precede the excerpt with a brief interview with Jennifer. INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER HAYES Anne Hoff: Tell us a bit about the genesis […]
Keeping a Good Recipe
ABSTRACT Dr. Rolf gave us the Ten-Series ‘Recipe’ to guide us through an understanding of the structural organization, disorganization, and integration of the human body that we call Rolfing Structural Integration (SI). This article describes and expounds on the richness and endless interest and variety there is in continuing to do the Ten Series with […]
The ‘Recipe’ in History and Considerations for the Future
Introduction In the Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) community the place of the ‘Recipe” in Dr. Rolf’s vision of her work is a long-standing and frequently heated controversy. Some practitioners learned in their Basic Training that Rolf intended the Ten Series as a central guiding principle in her work, something for each practitioner to use […]
The Superficial Layer as Sensory Envelope
ABSTRACT The author continues to develop his body of work with the Art of Yield (Tahata and Agneesens 2012) and the role of ma (Tahata 2018), bringing in cell science to understand at a deeper level the impact of tension in the superficial layer, the role of yielding and ma in the ‘superficial’ sessions […]
Rolf’s Ten Series Conceived as Steps Towards Normalized Motor Patterns and Stability
ABSTRACT Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose, both Rolfers® and Rolf Movement® practitioners, explore the Ten Series from the perspective of normalized motor patterns and stability in both an overall discussion and a session-by-session analysis. What Is Integration and How Does It Happen? Caryn McHose: Kevin, where do you see us starting in this wonderful topic […]
The Ten Series: A Phylogenetic Approach
ABSTRACT Author Michael Boblett draws on his background in anthropology to examine the Ten Series and the work of each session in terms of phylogeny and regaining aspects of our evolution that have become ‘lost’ to us. Michael Boblett There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, […]
Fascia Insights – How Does Rolfing® SI Produce Its Effects? A Review of Hypotheses and Evidence, Part 1
ABSTRACT There are numerous theories that attempt to explain how Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) works, but little evidence or research backing any of them. In this first of a series of columns reviewing these theories, Eric Jacobson discusses hypothesized mechanisms for Rolfing SI that are biomechanical. A future column will consider other possible mechanisms. Investigations […]
Rolfing® SI and Sports
ABSTRACT Russell Stolzoff talks with Joshua Malpass, Rolfer and endurance athlete, about his sports, his Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) journey, and his practice.. Russell Stolzoff: Thanks for taking the time to do this. To start I’d like to ask you to talk about your background and how you got into Rolfing Structural Integration. Joshua Malpass: […]