What Is Rolfing® Structural Integration

Rolfing designates the Rolf Institutes brand of structural integration.

Rolfing SI was developed by Ida P. Rolf Ph.D.  She obtained her biochemistry post graduate degree in 1920 from Columbia University. While working in this field, she also studied yoga and other more alternative methods to deal with some physical challenges she had.  Eventually, she began to develop her own system of working with human structure.  She ultimately designed a 10 session series with a goal of greater verticality in the body.  More simply put,  a body with the ability to sit and stand straighter with less muscular effort and to move with greater ease and fewer restrictions.  Rolfing SI uses hands on intervention and education to achieve these goals.  

Although this is a whole body approach, each session works with a different part of the body and has different goals.  It is an unfolding process.  Some people experience change rapidly while others experience the unfolding at a much more measured pace.