Structural Integration – Vol. 37 – Nº 2

Editor?s Note: This article is reprinted with permission from Contact Quarterly, Vol.31, No.2 (Summer/Fall 2006). Hubert Godard, a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement Instructor, will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2009 Membership Conference of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration.

Editor?s Note: Sandra Blakeslee will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2009 annual meeting of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration.

Editor’s Note: Jim Asher, Certified Advanced Rolfer and Advanced Rolfing Instructor, carries a wealth of knowledge on our history from many years of studying with and assisting Ida Rolf. Here, Jim shares his insights into why Boulder, Colorado was chosen for the Rolf Institute’s first permanent location.

Editor’s Note: The following recollections were adapted and translated from material originally published in the special Twenty-Year Anniversary Edition of Rolfing Brasil, the professional journal of the Brazilian Rolfing Association (ABR). [Selected articles from Rolfing Brasil are available on line – in Portuguese – at the Ida P. Rolf Library of Structural Integration (www.pedroprado.com.br).] Taken together, they express many qualities of the community of Brazilian Rolfers. As individuals, they are as hard-working and ceaselessly striving, as one can imagine. They are whole-heartedly and fearlessly dedicated to the realization and continued development of Ida Rolf’s vision. But, true to their culture, they actualize themselves in the community of their colleagues. As Pedro Prado says, “None of us can be well unless all of us are well.” The Brazilians operate under circumstances and constraints that might seem daunting in the U.S. or Europe, but they persevere, create, and improvise in a milieu where, fundamentally, anything is possible. As one often hears in Brazil, “You can’t do that – unless, of course, you have to, in which case…”

Editor’s Note: Vivian Jaye and Jane Harrington are both Rolf Movement Practitioners and Rolf Movement faculty. Jane is also a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolfing Instructor, while Vivian was given the title Honorary Rolfer in 1999. Vivian is now retired and living in Monterey, California, while Jane maintains a practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico and frequent travels to teach. The interview was conducted in January 2009 while Jane was spending time with Vivian in Monterey. Vivian and Jane were instrumental in the third phase of the development of Rolf Movement work, and its subsequent place in the curriculum allowing the work to be available in all Rolf trainings. (The first phase of the movement work was represented by Ida Rolf and Judith Aston; the second was represented by Heather Starsong, Megan James, Annie Duggan and Janie French. This was described by Heather Starsong in “Receiving, Learning, Teaching, Becoming…,” her contribution to the “In My Practice” column in the March issue of Structural Integration.)

Editor’s Note: This is an adaptation of a talk presented at the 2008 annual meeting of The European Rolfing Association®.

Editor?s Note: In this issue, in keeping with the history theme, we profile two early Rolfers who helped carry the torch overseas – Michel Ginoulhac, who works between Mallorca, Spain and Southern France, and Pedro Prado in São Paulo, Brazil.