My filters on this subject come from long association with Rolfers, particularly the old school who were directly trained by Dr. (yup a real PhD) Ida Rolf in the 1960s and 1970s... "new school" Rolfing IMHO is a much watered down, softened up version that isn't the real deal as envisioned by Dr. Rolf.... but, as always, the consumer dictates the direction the product must take...

Rolfing/Structural Integration, especially when combined with other proprioceptive awareness modalities like the Alexander Technique do produce astounding changes in bodily consciousness:

The issue is that when you (the trainer that is) sets up sponge states, high suggestility frames, unconscious downloads, however you conceptualize it, you also have a roomful of people who are modelling your personal proprioceptive/kinesthetic levels of awareness and integration... there is a well known trainer, who shall remain nameless, who has given me a profound bodily sensation of having asthma, purely from his respiratory usage.... please, trainers, get all the hard core bodywork you possibly can before inducing YOUR states in your students...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCbphrczHcI&feature=related]YouTube - Charles Siemers Advanced Rolfer[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmO6uXyxtcU&feature=related]YouTube - Rolfing Structural Integration at Starkey Laboratories[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZWPyYLlZs&feature=related]YouTube - Advanced Myofascial Techniques: Superficial Fascia of Neck/Shoulder[/ame]

Fuck no, rolfing is the worst way people, I say ignore that.

Mnmmmm... realllly ? And just what makes you so well informed on this subject ?

psychonaut wrote:

Fuck no, rolfing is the worst way people, I say ignore that.

did it hurt or what?