Long before Michael Murphy and George Leonard coined the term “human potential movement’ in 1965¹ and The Beatles met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in August 1967 Ida Rolf, Ph.D. was interested in the development of human potential. In addition to osteopathy and homeopathy one of the biggest influences on Rolf’s understanding of the human body was [...]
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Professional Baseball Players use Rolfing® SI to Recover From Injury and Stay in the Game
Over the past 25 years many professional baseball players have used Rolfing® Structural Integration to help them recover from injuries and stay in the game. Here is a list of half a dozen players who have benefited from receiving Rolfing® SI. 1) Sean Casey, former Major League Baseball first baseman During his career National League [...]
Leon Fleisher Uses Rolfing® SI and Botox® to Return to Playing Piano With Both Hands
Watch piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher’s most recent interview with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. Fleisher’s memoir My Nine Lives is mentioned and they discuss Fleisher’s long career from two-handed playing, to one-handed playing, to teaching and conducting. Fleisher speaks about his neurological disorder focal dystonia and how he recovered the use of his right hand through [...]
Conscious Connection, The Ego & Embodied Presence: A Tribute for Elena Avila, Curandera
A while ago I had an interesting conversation with David Rickey over at www.SoulsCode.com. You can read our conversation about “A History of Consciousness, and How to Live in Presence” here. The next day, as I was riding my bike immersed in the beauty of the intense yellow, wild, blooming mustard juxtaposed against the spring [...]
2nd Annual Rolfing® SI National Awareness Week Celebrated in San Francisco May 16
Do you suffer from back, knee or neck pain? Carpal tunnel syndrome? Interested in having better posture? Or, do you just want to feel more at home and graceful in your body? If so, GOOD NEWS! Rolfing® SI National Awareness Week is coming up May 14-22, 2011. Join me on Monday, May 16, as we [...]
San Francisco Bay Area Media Cover Rolfing® Structural Integration
It’s been a fantastic three days for news coverage of Rolfing SI in the San Francisco Bay Area. First, on December 4, the San Jose Mercury News re-published the October 7, 2010, New York Times Style Section piece about Rolfing SI. Here are some highlights from the article. Popular in the 1970s, Rolfing once evoked [...]
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson tweets about his Rolfing® SI Session
About 3 hours ago Adrian Peterson NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings tweeted this about Rolfing SI from his BlackBerry®. Adrian Peterson Hello twitter world! I’m at my rolfing session right now! And its wonderful for the body, but its PAINFUL! Here’s more about how the Minnesota Vikings use Rolfing® SI to help them [...]
How Swedenborg’s Mysticism Influenced Osteopathy, Rolfing® SI and The Psychological Lineage of The Fledgling Esalen® Institute
I recently spent some time at Esalen® Institute and while there picked up a copy of Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion by Jeffrey J. Kripal. This book recounts the fascinating formation and history of Esalen Institute, the 1960s epicenter of the human potential movement. Many people are familiar with the deep connections [...]
Rolfing® SI Featured on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda
On October 15, 2010 Jan Sultan, Rolf Institute Faculty member trained by Dr. Ida Rolf herself, and Rey Allen, Certified Advanced Rolfer™ participated in a short segment featuring Rolfing® Structural Integration on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda. This segment comes on the heels of last week’s New York Times Style Section article [...]
Rolfing® SI National Awareness Week Celebrated in San Francisco and Santa Rosa, California
To celebrate the very first Rolfing® Structural Integration National Awareness Week, September 18-26, 2010, I am offering the public a chance to experience a FREE 30 minute mini Rolfing SI session at my San Francisco office on Monday, September 20 as well as at my Santa Rosa office on Friday, September 24.* This is a [...]
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How I Became A Rolfing® Practitioner Part 4 (Finding My Calling)
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Rolfing® SI Featured on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda
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How Swedenborg’s Mysticism Influenced Osteopathy, Rolfing® SI and The Psychological Lineage of The Fledgling Esalen® Institute
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Ida Rolf Was Studying Yoga Decades Before The Beatles Discovered the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Bodywork as Meditation Part 2 of 4
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Ida Rolf Was Studying Yoga Decades Before The Beatles Discovered the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Professional Baseball Players use Rolfing® SI to Recover From Injury and Stay in the Game
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Leon Fleisher Uses Rolfing® SI and Botox® to Return to Playing Piano With Both Hands
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Conscious Connection, The Ego & Embodied Presence: A Tribute for Elena Avila, Curandera
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2nd Annual Rolfing® SI National Awareness Week Celebrated in San Francisco May 16
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Owen Marcus: These kinds of stories make me realize how old I a...
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Northwest Academy: It's great to see Rolfing® SI is gaining popularit...
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Carole LaRochelle: Hi Maria, These are the Certified Rolfers™ that...
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Maria: What is the name of the Rolfer the Adrian Peterson...
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Carole LaRochelle: John, That is fantastic! Thank you so much for yo...
