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 [...]
Leon Fleisher Uses Rolfing® SI and Botox® to Return to Playing Piano With Both Hands
by Carole LaRochelle on July 19, 2011 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Peak Experiences, Rolfing® Structural Integration
San Francisco Bay Area Media Cover Rolfing® Structural Integration
by Carole LaRochelle on December 6, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, History of Rolfing® SI, Rolfing® Structural Integration, The Rolf Institute®
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 [...]
Rolfing® SI Featured on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda
by Carole LaRochelle on October 14, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Events, Rolfing® Structural Integration, The Rolf Institute®
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 Featured in 10 Page Bodywork Slideshow on iVillage.com
by Carole LaRochelle on August 27, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, History of Rolfing® SI, Rolfing® Structural Integration, The Rolf Institute®
I was recently interviewed by reporter Marissa Capodanno for an article about bodywork modalities she wrote for www.iVillage.com. The slideshow turned out well with Rolfing SI being featured in its very own slide. However, due to space limitations, much of the interview was not included in the piece. I thought I would publish the full [...]
My soul death is averted by Rolfing® Structural Integration | Soul’s Code
by Carole LaRochelle on July 1, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, How I Became a Rolfing® Practitioner, Pilates, Rolfing® Structural Integration, The Rolf Institute®
Here is the final part of my 3 part series on www.SoulsCode.com. In Part 3 I discover my love for dance, receive my first taste of hands-on manual therapy for a dance injury, and discover my life’s work Rolfing® SI. My soul death is averted by Rolfing® Structural Integration | Soul’s Code.
Freedom from twister cables as I stretch my body and soul
by Carole LaRochelle on June 22, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Bodynamic Analysis, How I Became a Rolfing® Practitioner, Rolfing® Structural Integration
In reconstructing the timeline for this article I discovered I wore the twister cables for 15 to 18 months. I was still wearing the cables when I entered kindergarten in the fall of 1972. (In the photo to the left I’m the blonde beside the teacher).Until that time I had been relatively sheltered at home [...]
From twister cables to pointe shoes: The birth of a Certified Rolfer™
by Carole LaRochelle on June 19, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, How I Became a Rolfing® Practitioner, Human Potential Movement, Rolfing® Structural Integration
— Different synchronistic events and life circumstances can sometimes conspire to show you your life’s path. In my case, those events and conditions combined with my anatomical structure to show me mine, eventually leading me to my current profession as a Certified Advanced Rolfer™. Are you familiar with Rolfing® Structural Integration? Rolfing SI is a [...]
Starkey Labs Wins 2010 Award for Innovative Work Comp Program That Includes Rolfing® SI
by Carole LaRochelle on June 7, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Rolfing® Structural Integration
Starkey Laboratories, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota has earned the 2010 Governor’s Award for Innovative Measures in Workers’ Compensation from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and the Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council. Here is a 1997 video clip about Starkey’s program from WCCO TV. Starkey Laboratories has 1,760 U.S. employees and is a world [...]
The Rolf Institute® Membership Conference
by Carole LaRochelle on January 3, 2010 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Rolfing® Structural Integration, The Rolf Institute®
2009 Was Divine: Wish You’d Been There? The official theme for the newly renamed 2009 Rolf Institute® Membership Conference was “The Shifting Sands of Rolfing®: Body Maps, Perception, Gravity.” The event was formerly known as the annual meeting, but “membership conference” seems a more fitting name given the emphasis on presentations and the sharing of [...]
Is Rolfing® Structural Integration the Same as Deep Tissue Massage and Myofascial Release?
by Carole LaRochelle on December 19, 2009 in Articles About Rolfing® SI, Rolfing® Structural Integration
There seems to be a lot of confusion in the public’s awareness of the difference between Rolfing Structural Integration and deep tissue massage therapy. Instead of writing one more article explaining Rolfing SI and how it can benefit you, I have decided to take a different approach. I recently had a new client come into [...]
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