Transformation

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"[Structural Integration] is a way of restructuring the physical body... Individuality begins in the physical self.  We recognize someone by a silhouette, a walk, the tilt of a head...
"Body and mind are as two sides of the same coin, and so the results of working with the body reach into the emotional, behavioral, even spiritual life of the individual....
"[Structural Integration] does not 'cure' symptoms.  The goal...is a more resilient, higher-energy system.  The organism then is itself better able to defend against illness and overcome stress... [The aim] is to establish balance in gravity...  Bodies have a natural liking for uprightness, comfort, and ease.  Insofar as they can experience it, they try to live in a place of balance.  In this place, the energy of gravity can flow with (not counter to) the energy of the individual."
         ---Ida Rolf Talks about Rolfing and Physical Reality
             Rosemary Feitis, Editor

What is Structural Integration?

Ida P. Rolf working with a baby

The Rolf Method of

Structural Integration (SI)

is a system of holistic bodywork originated by Dr. Ida P. Rolf. It is fundamentally different from any other way of working with the body, because it is the only system which deals with the body in relation to the gravitational field in which it has to function. Because of this, SI often relieves chronic pain and other symptoms when all other interventions have failed. Paradoxically, this is possible precisely because SI is not a form of therapy, a technique, or a fix-it approach. It is a unique way of looking at the body as a whole system, and transforming the person as a whole by physically balancing the body so it functions better in gravity. SI doesn’t chase symptoms; it addresses the imbalances that cause them.

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