Structural Integration deals with patterns and choice in the body: compensation, injury, repetitive movement and loss of awareness limit our ability to adapt and stay free and healthy in the face of day to day life. Giving someone the freedom and tools to recover and improve their own function gives the client long term and self-sustaining change.
We do this by finding the keystones, the most important places in these patterns, whether they are in the connective tissue, movement habits, or perceptual misalignments. Helping these key places find options, different ways of doing things, allows the path of least resistance to unfold naturally and automatically. The result: a body that is able to adapt to what life brings with more grace and comfort. Whether your specific interest is performance, freedom from pain, or more vitality and joy in daily life, this is the baseline.
Here are some links....
This is an excellent
description of rolfing. (another good one is here)
Here's a large collection of
articles about Rolfing and Structural Integration.
Some other Structural Integration links:
- The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, where I trained. (Find a local Rolfer)
- The International Association of Structural Integration
- The Guild for Structural Integration
- Hellerwork International
- Kinesis Myofascial Integration
I draw from my full toolkit to meet the desires and goals of the client:
- Structural Integration
- Cranial, Visceral, Neural, and Joint Manipulation
- Movement education and repatterning
- Perceptual and neurological development
- Conditioning and exercise
- Russian Martial Art-Systema
Hours:
My normal office hours are Monday through Thursday 7-2.
Cost:
Consults are free as a matter of course. I find it very useful to sit down with prospective clients and give some in depth background, as well as gathering the basic information I need to decide if my work is appropriate, and be specific about how that might look.
Sessions (60 minutes): $120
My location:
98 Maine Street, Brunswick