Rolfing is a way to manipulate soft tissue and organize soft tissue relationships in the body. The objective is to structurally realign the body and harmonize movement patterns. Vitality, well-being, feeling good. Share your experiences...
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Rolfing is a way to manipulate soft tissue and organize soft tissue relationships in the body. The objective is to structurally realign the body and harmonize movement patterns. Vitality, well-being, feeling good. Share your experiences with rolfing and get the latest news about it.
One physical way to manipulate the body soft tissues is Rolfing. This is a term used
in structural integration. Rolfing is going to organize the relationship of soft tissues to
each other in order to harmony to the body and allow free movement. This is going
to enhance a person’s well being and it is going to be used in many different parts
of alternative medicine and it is thought to be an excellent process in helping a person
get rid of stress and move around easier... Read Full Story
There are many similarities between rolfing and yoga, both in theory and in practice. Not only do both of these natural therapies involve the use of movement to strengthen the body, they both also employ breathing methods to lower stress in the body and to improve the body’s internal...
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Conclusion??
From many of my own healing crises and thousands of Rolfing clients, as well along with clients in other settings, I can say that no matter how intense a healing crisis is, it will pass. If you or any friend of yours has any concern about what is occurring, seek medical advice.??
As strange as this may sound, enjoy the healing crisis as much as you can. It is your gift to your body to help it get well. Avoid ?? turning from one who thinks all this is New Age hyperbole to the... Read Full Story
There has always been a lot of controversy over natural healing and alternative medicines. While some of the criticisms are founded in actual concern for the patient – such as physicians being concerned that seriously ill people will not seek traditional medical help – other criticisms are...
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Here are videos explaining Rolfing.
Michael Solberg, MD a Dallas plastic surgeon and Rolfer, describes how Rolfing works. When I had my clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, I had plastic surgeons for clients. These fellows, without really knowing it, had a great understanding of fascia. Back then, fascia was not given much attention in anatomy classes, so not much credit was given to fascia for what it was doing. Yet without fascia surgery, plastic surgery would not be possible. Fascia allows the... Read Full Story
For many people, there is little to no different between traditional massage therapy and rolfing.
For those who are rolfing practitioners or “rolfers”, as they are sometimes called, as well as for those who are rolfing proponents, rolfing is a completely different type of therapy.
While it still involves the manipulation of soft tissue in the body, rolfing differs from massage therapy in its basic principles.
Essentially, the purpose of rolfing is to loosen up the soft tissue in the... Read Full Story
The Rolf Institute and a number of other schools, including IPSB Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing, Hellerwork Structural Integration, and the Guild for Structural Integration, currently teach the rolfing method created by Dr Ida Rolf. In addition, Ida Rolf's theories about the fascia have played an influential role in many other schools of deep tissue therapy. Read Full Story
Rolfing is making the science news. Science Magazine, “the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary,” has an excellent write up about the recent First International Fascia Research Congress in its November 23, 2007 issue (vol. 318, pp. 1234-5). Go to the Rolf Institute website at http://www.rolf.org/about/research.htm to link to the full text of the article, “Biomedical Research; “Cell Biology Meets Rolfing” and “From Rolfer to Researcher... Read Full Story
Rolfing - A Different Kind of Massage
For many people, there is little to no different between traditional massage therapy and rolfing.
For those who are rolfing practitioners or “rolfers”, as they are sometimes called, as well as for those who are rolfing proponents, rolfing is a completely different type of therapy.
While it still involves the manipulation of soft tissue in the body, rolfing differs from massage therapy in its basic principles.
Essentially, the purpose of... Read Full Story
Preventing a healing crisis??
Anticipate that your body/mind will detox. Create a network of support using what I mentioned earlier. Be proactive with your communications and your detoxing; don???t wait until you are in a position where you have to do it.??
Also, investigate detoxing programs. There are many of these programs available. They may include cleansing [...] Read Full Story
