The Bigger Context for the Ten Series
Introduction I was asked to write an article about the Ten Series. One thing I learned from studies with Dr. Rolf and her son Dick Demmerle is that the Ten Series is not ten sessions, but one session broken into ten hours. Similarly, in my mind, there is no such thing as the Ten Series […]
A Question for Jan Sultan
Introductory Remarks by Ellen Freed On a Zoom call recently, I asked Jan Sultan one large question having to do with being taught by Dr. Rolf, and how the basic curriculum of our Ten Series has influenced him in his life and teaching. Jan considered what I asked, nodded, and said, “I can […]
A Memoir of Byron Gentry and His Notes
In 1983, twenty-eight years after Byron Gentry D.C. wrote this description of Dr. Ida Rolf’s ‘Processes’, I walked into the old Rolf Institute® on Pearl Street and immediately saw huge dual portrait of Dr. Rolf and Dr. Gentry, including his large scoliosis and his beautiful Rolf ‘Line’, though it took me a few […]
The Gentry Notes as Critical Rolfing® History
Szaja Gottlieb: I don’t think a lot of people are aware of who Byron Gentry was and what the ‘Gentry Notes’ are. So, a general description of who Byron Gentry was and how the notes came about and then how you obtained them might be a pretty good place to start. Jeff Linn: Byron […]
The Gentry Notes on ‘Postural Integrity’
INTRODUCTION One of the features of being a Rolfing® Structural Integration student or practitioner is that you accumulate copies of various versions of the ‘Recipe’ – Ida Rolf’s ten- session basic Rolfing series – from different points in time and from different Rolfing instructors. Modern versions (let’s say mid-1960s onward) are all recognizable versions of […]
Fascia Insights – Brief Research Summary: Anti-inflammatory, Anti-fibrotic, and Pain-reducing Effects of Stretching Fascia
ABSTRACT This issue’s column summaries an influential sequence of publications in which Helene Langevin and her colleagues reported their findings from carefully conducted experiments with laboratory animals – that stretching connective tissues could have anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects, and could even reduce pain sensitivity. This suggests, but does not conclusively prove, that stretching fascia in […]
Rolfing® SI and Sports
Russell Stolzoff: Hi Brad! Thanks for taking the time to have this conversation. Let’s start with the study we did at Western Washington University, where we collaborated with researchers to see the effect of the Rolfing SI, particularly the Ten Series, on soccer players. We were both initially surprised with some of the results, […]
Alchemical Order: The Inherent Logic of the Ten Series
ABSTRACT Rolfing Structural Integration (SI) instructor Ray McCall explains the way sessions of the Ten Series interrelate in a harmonic fashion, giving the series an inherent order on many levels. When we bring this conceptualization into our practices, our work is enriched in many ways. Anne Hoff: Some years ago you mentioned to me the […]
Working with and Teaching the Ten Series
Q: In the Ten Series (the ten- session series or ‘Recipe’), Ida Rolf created both a pedagogy for Rolfing SI and a template for taking SI into clinical practice. Please share your thoughts on the Ten Series as both a practitioner and an instructor. Do you use the Series strictly? Do you adapt it? Are […]
Fascial Tissue Research in Sports Medicine
ABSTRACT The fascial system builds a three-dimensional continuum of soft, collagen-containing, loose and dense fibrous connective tissue that permeates the body and enables all body systems to operate in an integrated manner. Injuries to the fascial system cause a significant loss of performance in recreational exercise as well as high-performance sports, and could have a […]