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What is Rolfing®
Rolfing® Structural Integration systematically approaches the body and whole person to resolve the root causes of pain, poor posture, and misalignment. Because our bodies are intelligent and complex beings, physical manipulation and movement exploration go a long way to engage the nervous system and rewire the brain. This is why results often reach beyond physical relief and well-being, and into a higher level of emotional and mental clarity. Rolfing encourages the rediscovery of homeostatic and thriving life.
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How does Rolfing® work?
Practitioners are trained to look for patterns that limit the way a person can move and stand upright in gravity. This is why each session includes a brief visual assessment consisting of simple movements such as walking and raising the arms up overhead. This information helps the Rolfer identify areas of the body that will most benefit from change.
The client spends the majority of the 75 minute session lying in various positions on a massage table while the practitioner uses personalized pressure and asks for simple movements to target physical adhesion, nerve restriction, and pain patterns.
The combination of pressure and slow movement is a key component to the work as it helps to stretch fascia and undo muscle tension, as well as enable the nervous system to discharge trauma manifesting as perpetual protective holding or locking up around old injuries and surgery sites. Working in pain areas as well as numb or "blind" spots enables the brain to create a new mental map of these zones, by giving the system a new type of input. This greatly reduces the pain receptor response signaling an alarm to the brain, and replaces it with clear visceral information describing the state of things as safe and pain-free.
The Ten-Series Benefits
The Rolfing 10-Series is the classic whole-body formula developed by Ida P. Rolf PhD in the 1940's. It systematically works layers and regions of the body allowing for the greatest amount of change. Each of the ten sessions are 75 minutes in length and are typically completed in two to four months, allowing time for the body to integrate new possibilities. This sequencing enables the effects to not only last, but to continue an intelligent process of unfolding integration.
The goal of the ten series is to bring the person's body into greater alignment. Alignment can be visualized as a plumb-line from a person's ear to ankle bone in profile. In an integrated body, the regions of the body will stack neatly on this line, creating a tall, spacious, and energetically efficient structure with a long spine. Most people's bodies have come out of alignment from injuries, hobbies, or lifestyle. The ten-series takes away holding patterns that no longer serve the person, allowing a natural discovery of a new way to physically be in the world. Often times this results in greater energy and mental focus because it is no longer needed to fight the forces of gravity. Other ripple effects include greater confidence as the person becomes physically taller, more spacious, and effective in movement, this in turn is read and responded to positively by others.
After the 10-Series is complete, the body can continue to change into greater alignment on its own accord for up to 12 months without additional bodywork because its natural will to thrive has been given space to play and grow.
Read more about the 10-Series Recipe here
"This is the gospel of Rolfing:
When the body gets working appropriately,
the force of gravity can flow through.
Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself."
~ Ida P. Rolf
Practitioners are trained to look for patterns that limit the way a person can move and stand upright in gravity. This is why each session includes a brief visual assessment consisting of simple movements such as walking and raising the arms up overhead. This information helps the Rolfer identify areas of the body that will most benefit from change.
The client spends the majority of the 75 minute session lying in various positions on a massage table while the practitioner uses personalized pressure and asks for simple movements to target physical adhesion, nerve restriction, and pain patterns.
The combination of pressure and slow movement is a key component to the work as it helps to stretch fascia and undo muscle tension, as well as enable the nervous system to discharge trauma manifesting as perpetual protective holding or locking up around old injuries and surgery sites. Working in pain areas as well as numb or "blind" spots enables the brain to create a new mental map of these zones, by giving the system a new type of input. This greatly reduces the pain receptor response signaling an alarm to the brain, and replaces it with clear visceral information describing the state of things as safe and pain-free.
The Ten-Series Benefits
The Rolfing 10-Series is the classic whole-body formula developed by Ida P. Rolf PhD in the 1940's. It systematically works layers and regions of the body allowing for the greatest amount of change. Each of the ten sessions are 75 minutes in length and are typically completed in two to four months, allowing time for the body to integrate new possibilities. This sequencing enables the effects to not only last, but to continue an intelligent process of unfolding integration.
The goal of the ten series is to bring the person's body into greater alignment. Alignment can be visualized as a plumb-line from a person's ear to ankle bone in profile. In an integrated body, the regions of the body will stack neatly on this line, creating a tall, spacious, and energetically efficient structure with a long spine. Most people's bodies have come out of alignment from injuries, hobbies, or lifestyle. The ten-series takes away holding patterns that no longer serve the person, allowing a natural discovery of a new way to physically be in the world. Often times this results in greater energy and mental focus because it is no longer needed to fight the forces of gravity. Other ripple effects include greater confidence as the person becomes physically taller, more spacious, and effective in movement, this in turn is read and responded to positively by others.
After the 10-Series is complete, the body can continue to change into greater alignment on its own accord for up to 12 months without additional bodywork because its natural will to thrive has been given space to play and grow.
Read more about the 10-Series Recipe here
"This is the gospel of Rolfing:
When the body gets working appropriately,
the force of gravity can flow through.
Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself."
~ Ida P. Rolf
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Ida P. Rolf
Dr. Ida P. Rolf was the visionary creator of the Rolf method of Structural Integration. Her journey began in the world of biochemistry where she earned her PhD from Columbia University in 1917 during a time when this field was predominantly occupied by men. Dr. Rolf went on to study European osteopathy, homeopathy, and Eastern traditions. Her legend lives on with a few thousand practicing Rolfers worldwide, trained at her original school, The Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration in Boulder, CO.
Dr. Ida P. Rolf was the visionary creator of the Rolf method of Structural Integration. Her journey began in the world of biochemistry where she earned her PhD from Columbia University in 1917 during a time when this field was predominantly occupied by men. Dr. Rolf went on to study European osteopathy, homeopathy, and Eastern traditions. Her legend lives on with a few thousand practicing Rolfers worldwide, trained at her original school, The Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration in Boulder, CO.