12
Mar

Bodywork as Meditation Part 4 of 4

Final installment of the article by my friend Raymond Bishop, Certified Advanced Rolfer. Another dimension of this subtle and global sensing is a phenomenon called entrainment.¹?  Entrainment is the … [Read more...]

08
Mar

Bodywork as Meditation Part 3 of 4

Continuation of the article by my friend Raymond Bishop, Certified Advanced Rolfer. The ideas of Tolle have a strong resonance with a much earlier esoteric philosopher, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff who … [Read more...]

01
Mar

Bodywork as Meditation Part 2 of 4

Continuation of the article written by my friend Raymond Bishop, Certified Advanced Rolfer. If we focus too much on muscular structures, we miss the larger fascial planes that morph and alter the … [Read more...]

25
Feb

Bodywork as Meditation Part 1 of 4

The following is the text of an article written by my dear friend Raymond J. Bishop. Ray did his basic Rolfing® training and his Rolf™ Movement training at the Rolf Institute for Structural … [Read more...]

25
Feb

A Tribute to Raymond J. Bishop, Jr., Ph.D.

Ray Bishop was a close friend and colleague of mine who passed away in December 2008. What follows is a memorial I wrote for Ray. With the permission of his life partner, Carlton, I am also having Ray … [Read more...]

11
Jan

How I Became A Certified Rolfer™ Part 4 (Finding My Calling)

Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this 4 Part series. After graduating from university I tried to force myself into a career as an accountant. I enjoyed the intellectual challenge of working in … [Read more...]

09
Jan

How I Became a Certified Rolfer™ Part 3 (After The Braces Came Off)

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this 4 part series. In reconstructing the timeline for this article I discovered I wore the twister cables for 15 to 18 months. I was still wearing the cables when I … [Read more...]

04
Jan

How I Became a Certified Rolfer™ Part 2 (Gaining Knowledge)

Read Part 1 of this 4 part series. It's taken most of my life to understand the structural issues that are going on in my body. I can't remember ever speaking with a professional who explained to … [Read more...]

01
Jan

How I Became a Certified Rolfer™ Part 1 (Beginning My Journey)

Different synchronistic events and life circumstances can sometimes conspire to show you your life’s path. In my case, those events and conditions combined with my anatomical structure to show me … [Read more...]