Containers and Contents – In General and in Relation to Scoliosis
ABSTRACT In this interview, conducted in September 2018 when he was in the U.S. to present at the Rolf Institute® Membership Conference, Peter Schwind discusses his ongoing work with harmonizing the cavities of the body and their contents. Specific attention is given to a discussion of this in relation to scoliosis. Anne Hoff: Thank you […]
Embody, Disembody, Re-embody, Body
ABSTRACT The scoliotic client is met with a world that idealizes the spine being ‘straight’ and faced with diagnoses and treatment that often focus exclusively on angles, scales, and measures of the spine and rib cage. But what is the experience of the person living within the spine and rib cage? The author broadly reviews […]
Rolfing® SI and Sports
This research abstract is a reformatting of a poster presentation by researchers at Western Washington University, including Certified Advanced Rolfers™ Russell Stolzoff and Brad Jones. The poster was presented at the November 2018 Fascia Research Congress in Berlin, Germany. The study was conducted in 2014 Image of soccer player not part of original presentation. ABSTRACT […]
Working with Scoliosis
ABSTRACT In our regular “Ask the Faculty” column, worldwide Rolfing® Structural Integration faculty answer a question related to the theme of the journal. In this issue, Basic and Advanced Rolfing Instructors and Rolf Movement® Instructors discuss working with scoliosis from angles related to etiology, treatment, expectations, psychobiology, and adjunct modalities that they are experienced in. […]
A Simple Twist of Fate
[:en]<img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1456-01.jpg’> <img src=’https://novo.pedroprado.com.br/imgs/2016/1456-02.jpg’> Eric Shah: Valerie, you were my Unit Two and Three Rolfing Instructor in San Diego, California, and you are now teaching in my Advanced Training (AT) with Jan Sultan in Venice Beach, California. It is an honor to interview you, my teacher, colleague, and friend. To start off, how many years […]
Rolfing and the Seventh-Hour Head Work
Introduction Traditionally, the seventh hour of the Rolfing structural integration Ten Series is focused around the neck and head. We address the neck to increase circulation into and out of the cranium, balance the cervical curve, work on the cranium itself, do the mouth and the nose work, and complete the session by balancing the […]