
| Rolfing's approach to Structural Integration is based on: * Principles of Intervention that allow the practitioner to develop strategies of intervention that recognize the unique needs of the client and guide work outside a basic 10-session series when appropriate. * Gentle Techniques that allow more profound results with less discomfort for the client ~ nothing is forced. Skillful Rolfing should never feel sharply painful or invasive. * Joint Mobilization Techniques to release restrictions in joint motion that impede the whole body organization. * Personal Experience refers to the holistic approach of Rolfing and its recognition that this work impacts the whole person. It is fundamentally "client-centered," aiming for greater ease of effort, self-organization and adaptive capacity within each individual. This involves a unique blending of functional and structural approaches. Unlike massage, Rolfing is very much a participatory and educational process. It is concerned as much with how people experience and use their bodies, as with their structural organization in gravity. |
To learn more, visit The Rolf Institute at http://www.rolf.org. |
