Embedded in Gravity
ABSTRACT All humans are embedded in a gravity project. It is a project where we learn to rest down into the support of the ground while also reaching upward into spaciousness so that we may orient to, and move through, our environment. Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® faculty member, Pierpaola Volpones, describes the gravity journey, some […]
Caution Column
The Business of Rolfing® SI
Fascia Insights – Humans in Microgravity
ABSTRACT Spaceflight research about living systems in weightless environments describes gravity as an instructive force directing the growth and development of biological systems. Dr. Ida Rolf was saying this back when spaceflight was in its infancy in the 1970s. Current research describes the consequences of microgravity on the human body and its tissues, making space […]
From the Editor-in-Chief – Structure, Function, Integration Journal july 2023
Structure, Function, Integration is the journal that Ida P. Rolf (1896- 1979) started in 1969, right at the beginning of our structural integration (SI) profession. Our colleagues wrote articles and read those articles, cultivating ideas amongst themselves. More than fifty years later, Rolfers® and SI professionals write these articles, edit these articles, and we offer […]
Fascial Dysfunction: Manual Therapy Approaches (First Edition)
This collaborative, research-driven handbook is an invaluable reference tool for manual therapists from many disciplines, as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in learning more about how the human body works and the science behind fascial function. It highlights a few weaknesses in the world of hands-on fascial therapy as well as presents […]
Structural Integration and the Living ‘Line’
Publishing The Rolfing Skillful Touch Handbook:
Fascia, Pain, and the Pelvis
ABSTRACT In this interview with Dr. Ida Rolf Institute® (DIRI) faculty member Kevin McCoy, the elements of fascia, persistent pain, and pelvic architecture are explored. Starting with a personal story about his own injury in childhood that impacted his own pelvic alignment, McCoy gives a useful analogy of people who develop chronic pain. Drawing from […]