As the body succumbs to pain and dis-ease from genetics, injury, or trauma it is ever more obvious that space
and organization in the body are necessary. Certified Rolfing and Rolf Movement manipulates and re-integrates the tissue and nervous system to release, realign and balance the whole body, thus relieving pain, reducing compensations and enabling a more authentic expression.
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Structural and Functional Integration acknowledges the breath as primary in enabling the body to realize a new potential, the body organizes around the breath and the way that it expresses stimulating a pre-movement in the whole body system. Breath is something that few are truly aware of until it is realized, like the heartbeat and all of our visceral functions, they operate with or without...
At a point in history that is saturated with self help books, get rich gimmicks, and exercise infomercials, it is no wonder that Budokon purposed to emerge in our culture. Budokon is philosophy, science, and art for the spirit, body, and soul. Its literal Japanese translation is "way of the spirit warrior" and it represents a conscious decision to no longer chose more of the same.
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Throughout this exploration of the Rolfing journey there has been quite a bit of change initiated into the clients' structure. Manual manipulation alone is not sufficient to integrate the change accumulated in the Rolfing series.
An element of physical and psychological therapy is utilized in almost all movement session's that are used. These three movement sessions enable the client to...
Rolfing and Rolf Movement have become similar terms used to describe technique that can foster a shift in structural and functional potentials. Rolf Movement will be the focus of this outline describing what a Rolf Movement four series incorporates into sessions to cultivate this shift.
Four independent sessions will explore breath, appendicular, axial, and cranial orientation and...
In this Rolfing session there is no new work to initiate . This is the final opportunity for the Rolfer to bring resolution to the clients body. Tenth hour: Closure/Holism (8-9-10) 3D, present time, dynamic.
The main goal for the tenth hour is to establish functional alignment from the ankles to the A/O joint. This is the opportunity to bring this clients body to the highest level of...
The human body is a social, spiritual and scientific enigma. Like the proverbial onion, the body has many layers and as each one is peeled back for closer inspection, the complexities are marvelous. The ten series Rolfing "recipe" has the ability to impact multiple layers, differentiating functionally and structurally, yet maintaining a wholistic intent. Rolfing can generate responses locally...
In the fifth-hour session it is going to be more obvious where the girdles are inhibited. The sleeve is more at ease and the deeper structures can be observed and addressed.
The three planes of movement of the structure and tissue have to be addressed to enable a deeper sense of the contralateral relationship to emerge. The fluid contra-lateral movement that is most advantages to us a...
Since my Rolfing endeavor began, one thing has become clear, Rolfing uncoupled from movement cues will not get the same results. What once seemed abstract, except for the occasional aha now seems much more tangible. It seems that which begs the question What is Rolfing is also begging the hallows of movement protocols as well. Here is how I have incorporated movement into table work with a...
Movement is necessary to include in each session and inclusion of subsequent pure movement integration sessions are a gem when time allows for them to be rolled into the Ten-Series.
The form or structure of the human body is a product of the nervous system and sub-consciousness mind. The fascia is the container of expression or the web of life, literally the human starts off as a streak of...
