Structural Integration: The Operating Principle

This is the gospel of Structural Integration: When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.
---Dr. Ida P. Rolf

What is Structural Integration?


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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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