What is Rolfing Structural Integration?

Named after its founder, Dr. Ida P. Rolf, Rolfing® Structural Integration is a form of hands on therapy that reorganizes connective tissue, called fascia, that permeates the entire body. The term "Rolfing" is the nickname that many clients and practitioners give this work. It is now a registered service mark in 38 countries.

More than fifty years ago, Dr. Rolf recognized that the body is a system made up of a seamless network, rather than a collection of separate parts. Fascia surrounds, supports and moves all of the muscles, bones, nerves and organs. Rolfing Structural Integration works on this web-like complex of connective tissues to release, realign and balance the whole body. Rolfing SI aims to restore flexibility, revitalize your energy, and invites you to feel more comfortable in your body.

What Can Rolfing Do For You?

Rolfing provides an opportunity to help you develop more functional movement patterns, so that you can live in harmony with gravity.

Athletes, dancers, children, business professionals, and people from all walks of life have benefited from Rolfing SI. People seek Rolfing SI as a way to ease pain and chronic stress, and improve performance in their professional and daily activities. It's estimated that more than 1 million people have received Rolfing work.

The results of Rolfing include release of chronic pain, supported posture, and structural improvements that last beyond any given session. My clients feel their bodies becoming more coordinated, balanced, centered, flexible, and energetic. Clients often “re-enlist” for a second series. Some choose to return periodically for my bodywork sessions to reinforce and deepen Rolfing’s therapeutic effect. Rolfing Structural Integration has the ability to dramatically alter a person's posture and structure.

"Rolfers® maintain that the human structure is not fixed, but rather is highly mutable. Structure can deteriorate over time, due to injury, trauma, habits and repetitive patterns that cause inhibitions in movement, which can become chronic restrictions in tissue. However, structure can also change for the better, at almost any point in life."

-The Rolf Institute® Standards of Practice

What Does A Rolfing Session Look Like?

Originally designed as a series of ten sessions, Rolfing SI observes how a person relates and moves in gravity. We will discover structure in gravity through mindful walking to identify what areas are restricted. Once on the table, I will do a series of mobility tests to gain more information, so that we can improve relationships between the different functioning parts in your body. My work is aimed at creating more space throughout the body, as living a modern life tends to compress our bodies. Rolfing Structural Integration works with each individual to reach the highest level of movement and integration possible.