2014

When Ida Rolf devised the ten-session series of Rolfing, there was no scientific theory behind it; it was built on her own experience in yoga, […]

When Ida Rolf devised the ten-session series of Rolfing, there was no scientific theory behind it; it was built on her own background in yoga, […]

At last, the explanation enters the final session. In session 10, treatment is carried out while taking in the whole body. As stated in sessions […]

In session 8, the two Girdles — the shoulder girdle (around the scapulae, clavicles, and sternum) and the pelvic girdle (around the pubis, sit bones, […]

The explanation now moves to session 8 as well. The main questions of sessions 8–10 are: In other words, in sessions 1–7 the focus had […]

Before moving on to the explanation of Rolfing from Session 8 onward, I would like to take up “letting go of tension” once more (here, […]

When taking the Rolfing training, psychological theory does not come up all that much. This is because the view is that by bringing the body […]

While learning various techniques in the Rolfing training, I am sometimes told by the instructor: “People grasp things in terms of ‘right’ and ‘wrong,’ but […]

During the Rolfing training, photographs of paintings come up often. I have touched once before in this blog on the body and the history of […]

The first three sessions of Rolfing focus chiefly on ordering the superficial (sleeve) parts of the body, while Sessions 4 to 7 go into the […]