There’s an old video from eons ago on youtube regarding Rolfing children.

Click here for Part I (for some reason embedding has been disabled).

» Continue reading “The Promise of Rolfing® Children”

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Did you know NFL players use Rolfing® Structural Integration to get themselves ready for game day? Wayne Henningsgaard is the Rolfer(tm) for several Minnesota Vikings.

From the article “Rolfing brings woman relief from disorder” in The Oklahoman on July 15, 2008:

Muscle spasms and pain have racked an Oklahoma City woman so severely that her friends have described her body as a human pretzel. After 14 years of searching, she’s finding promise in a relatively unknown muscle treatment.

I’ll ruin the surprise and tell you that the treatment is Rolfing® Structural Integration.  Read the rest of the article for more of this woman’s story.

In a previous post, I talked about Starkey Laboratories.  Here’s the news story as covered by WCCO-TV.

A friend once asked me, “What is Rolfing anyway?”

“That’s actually really simple,” I said.  “But to answer your question, I have to ask you a question.  How important to you are your health, your sense of happiness, your sense of presence, and your sense of self-confidence?”

“Those are all important,” replied my friend.  “Why?

“Well, how about your ability to concentrate and your sense of direction in life?”

“Yeah, those are important to me.  So what?” » Continue reading “The Frame of a House: Markus Roßmann’s explanation of Rolfing”

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People often wonder how structural integrators can claim to elicit emotional change. Structural integrators claim that a sense of well-being can result, that sometimes our work is more effective at getting through emotional blocks than talk-therapy, etc. etc. We make pretty bold claims for some people to believe, so let’s look at the science behind such claims, shall we? » Continue reading “What does structural integration have to do with emotions? (this time with detail!)”

Markus Roßmann aus Bayern hat eine schöne Erklärung über die Philosophie und Ziele des Rolfings gefasst:

Ein Freund fragte mich einmal: „ Was ist eigentlich Rolfing“?

„Das ist eigentlich ganz einfach“, sagte ich. „Aber dafür muss ich Dir eine Gegenfrage stellen. Wie wichtig sind Dir Gesundheit, Lebensfreude, Ausstrahlung und Selbstsicherheit“? „Das alles ist mir natürlich sehr wichtig“, antwortete mein Freund, „aber warum fragst Du das“, erwiderte er…

Um den Rest zu lesen, bitte besuchen Sie sein Blog bzw. Was ist Rolfing? - Gespräche Teil I

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Owen Marcus, a certified Rolfer® in Idaho, is looking for female participants in a pilot study on the effects of structural integration on cellulite.

Currently, I am looking for five women who have cellulite who would like to go through a series of Rolfing sessions. In exchange for being interviewed, photographed (your identity can be concealed) and agreeing to follow the protocol of the study, I am offering 50% off my normal rate.

For more information, click here.

» Continue reading “Coming to Rolfing: Tony”