My soul death is averted by Rolfing® Structural Integration
Here is the final installment of the 3 part series about how I became a Certified Rolfer.™ In Part 3 I discover my love for dance, receive my first taste of hands-on manual therapy for a dance injury, and discover my life’s work Rolfing® SI. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series — […]
Is Rolfing Structural Integration the Same as Deep Tissue Massage and Myofascial Release?
There seems to be a lot of confusion in the public’s awareness of the difference between Rolfing Structural Integration and deep tissue massage therapy. Instead of writing one more article explaining Rolfing SI and how it can benefit you, I have decided to take a different approach. I recently had a new client come into […]
From twister cables to pointe shoes: The birth of a Certified Rolfer™
— 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 mine, eventually leading me to my current profession as a Certified Advanced Rolfer™. Are you familiar with Rolfing® Structural Integration? Rolfing SI is a […]
Leon Fleisher Uses Rolfing® SI and Botox® to Return to Playing Piano With Both Hands
Watch piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher’s most recent interview with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. Fleisher’s memoir My Nine Lives is mentioned and they discuss Fleisher’s long career from two-handed playing, to one-handed playing, to teaching and conducting. Fleisher speaks about his neurological disorder focal dystonia and how he recovered the use of his right hand through […]
San Francisco Bay Area Media Cover Rolfing® Structural Integration
It’s been a fantastic three days for news coverage of Rolfing SI in the San Francisco Bay Area. First, on December 4, the San Jose Mercury News re-published the October 7, 2010, New York Times Style Section piece about Rolfing SI. Here are some highlights from the article. Popular in the 1970s, Rolfing once evoked […]
Rolfing® SI Featured on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda
On October 15, 2010 Jan Sultan, Rolf Institute Faculty member trained by Dr. Ida Rolf herself, and Rey Allen, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ participated in a short segment featuring Rolfing® Structural Integration on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda. This segment comes on the heels of last week’s New York Times Style Section article […]
Rolfing SI Featured in 10 Page Bodywork Slideshow on iVillage.com
I was recently interviewed by reporter Marissa Capodanno for an article about bodywork modalities she wrote for www.ivillage.com. (Update 4/25/16: It looks like the URL www.ivillage.com now redirects to www.today.com. Therefore the original article seems to have vanished.) The slideshow turned out well with Rolfing SI being featured in its very own slide. However, due to space […]
Freedom from twister cables as I stretch my body and soul
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 entered kindergarten in the fall of 1972. (In the photo to the left I’m the blonde beside the teacher).Until that time I had been relatively sheltered at home […]
Starkey Labs Wins 2010 Award for Innovative Work Comp Program That Includes Rolfing® SI
Starkey Laboratories, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota has earned the 2010 Governor’s Award for Innovative Measures in Workers’ Compensation from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and the Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council. Here is a 1997 video clip about Starkey’s program from WCCO TV. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmO6uXyxtcU&feature=related] Starkey Laboratories has 1,760 U.S. employees and is a […]
The Rolf Institute® Membership Conference
2009 Was Divine: Wish You’d Been There? The official theme for the newly renamed 2009 Rolf Institute® Membership Conference was “The Shifting Sands of Rolfing®: Body Maps, Perception, Gravity.” The event was formerly known as the annual meeting, but “membership conference” seems a more fitting name given the emphasis on presentations and the sharing of […]