Celebrating 18 Years as a Certified Rolfer
April 18, 1996 I completed my basic Rolfing SI training at The Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration in Boulder, Colorado. Last month marked the 18 year anniversary of my graduation. Wow! What a privilege it has been to accompany all of you for awhile on your healing journey. I am grateful for your faith in […]
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 […]
Rolfing Structural Integration is NOT Ralphing, ROFL, or . . .
A guide for all you 21st century internet savvy, Facebooking, Blogging, Twittering Peeps out there Long, long ago in a century far, far away lived a woman named Ida Pauline Rolf. She observed that the structure of the human body affects its optimum function, and set out to do something about it. Receiving her Ph.D. […]
Green Jobs Pioneer Van Jones Utilized Rolfing® SI in His Search For Personal Healing
In an interview in the April 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine Van Jones speaks about his personal quest for healing. He says he spent his time “meditating, listening to New Age lectures about self-improvement, dancing ecstatically with white people banging on drums.” He delved into shamanism, Buddhist retreats, Rolfing, yoga, Landmark, you name […]
How I Became A Certified Rolfer™ Part 4 (Finding My Calling)
The final events that led me to become a Rolfing practitioner. The end of one journey, but the beginning of a whole new world of adventures.
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 entered kindergarten in the fall of 1972. Until that time I had been relatively sheltered at home […]
How I Became a Certified Rolfer™ Part 1 (Beginning My Journey)
The origins of my journey to becoming a Rolfing practitoner.