Wow! The 40th anniversary of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration is swiftly approaching. To celebrate, the Institute has set aside the week of May 14th - 22nd as Rolfing Structural Integration National Awareness Week. Not only is this week Awareness Week, it is also the time Dr. Ida Rolf would have had her 115th birthday (May 19th, 1896)! This Awareness Week provides Rolfers worldwide, as well as those who have benefited from Rolfing, with an opportunity to celebrate an inspiring scientist who created an amazing whole-body therapy, and whose institute has been sharing her mission since 1971.
Dr. Rolf’s vision was to make her powerful healing art available worldwide. Her goal was to retrain people's fascia with hands-on therapy as well as with movement re-education. The element of education was crucial to Dr. Rolf, because she believed that without self-awareness, the body could not move with true freedom in gravity. Thus, Rolf Movement Integration has evolved as a course of study promoted by the Institute. Rolf Movement helps one recognize habitual, dysfunctional patterns and then evolve past them into more functional movement patterns. Any activity, therefore, from surfing to standing up, can be completed with greater ease, flexibility and freedom of expression. People from all walks of life, all ages of a life span, and even animals have benefited from Structural Integration and Movement Integration.
The Rolf Institute offers three different training programs, and to date there are over 1,700 Certified Rolfers in 35 countries. Since its inception, the Institute has brought relief to thousands of people worldwide. With growing awareness and interest in health and physical well-being, this number can only grow--and Dr. Rolf’s vision is free flourish.
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