What is Rolfing® Structural Integration?
Rolfing is typically taught or applied in a series of ten sessions, known as the Basic 10 series. Each session of the process is both a continuation of the previous one and an introduction to the next. The body is systematically and physically manipulated during this initial series of ten sessions, each of which lasts about 60 to 90 minutes and may be scheduled as often as twice a week. Some people choose to schedule their sessions once a week, others once a month. Rolfing is designed to uncover a structural ease and kinetic balance that is unique to each client. It is a process of education in which a Rolfer seeks to help a client discover the most efficient way of using his or her own body, given the limitations, liabilities and virtues of that body. In effect, the plan of each series of ten sessions is created anew for the needs of the individual person seeking help. However, there are certain guidelines and landmarks which every Rolfer follows in each series of sessions.
Rolfing® Structural Integration is a systematic approach to finding balance and ease in the body. Rolfing can promote mobility, enhance breathing, improve posture, lead to greater balance and stability, alleviate pain, improve proprioception, and have a positive effect on the mind. Through the use of hands-on techniques, a Certified Rolfer™ helps to create change in the connective tissue or fascia of the body. Connective tissue is the weblike substance that connects muscle, bones, organs, nerves, and blood vessels throughout the body.
The art of structural integration is the life’s work of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. She received her doctorate in biochemistry from Columbia University in 1916. During her scientific research, she made a fundamental discovery about the body: the same network of connective tissue which contains and links the muscle system when it is healthy can be used to reshape it when it’s been pulled out of proper order.
Dr. Rolf spent nearly 50 years perfecting her craft and developing a unique ten session approach to helping others called structural integration. In 1971, Dr. Rolf founded the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, creating a tradition of quality instruction and ethical practice. It is the only school in the United States that certifies practitioners of Rolfing Structural Integration.
Rolfing is typically taught or applied in a series of ten sessions, known as the Basic 10 series. Each session of the process is both a continuation of the previous one and an introduction to the next. The body is systematically and physically manipulated during this initial series of ten sessions, each of which lasts about 60 to 90 minutes and may be scheduled as often as twice a week. Some people choose to schedule their sessions once a week, others once a month. Rolfing is designed to uncover a structural ease and kinetic balance that is unique to each client. It is a process of education in which a Rolfer seeks to help a client discover the most efficient way of using his or her own body, given the limitations, liabilities and virtues of that body. In effect, the plan of each series of ten sessions is created anew for the needs of the individual person seeking help. However, there are certain guidelines and landmarks which every Rolfer follows in each series of sessions. Contact for more info.
