Rolfing
What is Rolfing® Structural Integration, and how does it differ from massage?
Rolfing® is a specific manual body therapy like massage. Unlike massage, which aims to relax the tension in the body, Rolfing® targets explicitly the body’s fascial network and integrates functionality and balance back into the body in relation to the line of gravity.
What is Fascia?
Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and supports every bodily structure, including the muscles, organs, bones, and nerves.
Is Rolfing® SI Myofascial Release?
Rolfing® SI is more than releasing the fascia. It’s understanding and working with the intricacies of the body that intersect and take shape in the form of displacement, adaptation, and pain. Instead of working toward relaxation or structural correction, we aim to heighten inner awareness toward somatic understanding and connective transformation.
Working with Fascia
Fascia is densely innervated with many sensory receptors and nerve endings. Estimates suggest more than half of the body’s sensory receptors, 250 million, exist throughout the body’s fascial network. By working with the fascia, we can address the root source of pain and discomfort in the body, allowing for greater awareness, ease, and natural fluidity while in motion.
Benefits of Rolfing® can include but are not limited to:
Relief from chronic pain
Release stored patterns of tension in the body
Increase in muscular activation and functionality
Increase interoceptive and proprioceptive awareness
Improved structural alignment
What is a Rolfing® Ten-Series?
A Ten-Series is a 10-session approach a Rolfer™ takes to evaluate and address the overall functioning and flow of the client’s entire body. By systematically separating the whole body into specific territories, each session focuses on a new area and goal for the body. Each session’s goals aim to free up the current session’s territory and help reinforce and support the work performed in previous and upcoming areas.
Sleeve Sessions 1 - 3
Session 1 - Increasing expansion of breath.
Session 2 - Establishing foundational support.
Session 3 - Open up the side of the body.
Core Sessions 4 - 7
Session 4 - Approach the core from below.
Session 5 - Approach the core from the front.
Session 6 - Approach the core from the back.
Session 7 - Approach the core from the top.
Integration Sessions 8 - 10
Session 8 - Integrate adaptability into the Upper or Lower body.
Session 9 - Integrate support into the remaining territory.
Session 10 - Integrate all parts of the body as a whole.
Who Can Benefit From Rolfing?
Anyone who is:
In pain
Recovering from injury or surgery
Struggling with a hyperactive or hypoactive Nervous System
Wants to gain more range of motion
Wants to gain more functional awareness
Struggling with a sedentary lifestyle
Athletes
Seniors
Do I Have to Commit to a Ten-Series?
While Nolan does provide singular sessions that will stay focused on a specific region of the body, offering your body the full connective experience of a 10-series is highly encouraged.
Guidelines for a Rolfing® Session
Please arrive clean and on time. Cleanliness is a key part of showing up for yourself in this work.
To receive the most benefit, Rolfing requires access to the skin. Therefore, the client’s clothing should be minimally modest. It is recommended that women wear comfortable shorts with a sports bra, a bathing suit, or underwear, and men dress in comfortable shorts or underwear. Draping during sessions is offered to all clients.
Additional Modalities Offered
Assisted Stretching
Functional Assessment
Yoga
Movement Exploration
Grounding
Breathwork
Somatic Awareness
Nervous System Regulation
Muscular Training
Functional Aging for Men
— Dani, Former Client
“His expertise, knowledge, and skill sets, have made my body feel so much better. I feel that I’m getting back to a place where I am active again.”
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