The Whole Body Approach to Well Being

Imagine living in a flexible and balanced body that is free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress. Imagine your body at ease with itself and able to adapt to life's physical, mental and emotional challenges.

What is Rolfing?

Rolfing Structural Integration is a holistic system of soft tissue manipulation and movement education designed to restore the body to its natural, healthiest and most efficient alignment. By methodically lengthening and rebalancing tension in the connective tissue, which consists of muscle, tendons and ligaments, Rolfings goal is to establish optimum change in the body's overall structure leading to a more comfortable, flexible, pain-free body that conserves energy and creates more economical, refined patterns of movement.

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Rolfing and Yoga

Rolfing and Yoga compliment one another by realigning and improving the human structure; bringing greater strength, balance, awareness, flexibility and resourcefulness to the body as a whole. Dr. Rolf studied and practiced yoga extensively herself in the 1930's with Pierre Bernard in New York, one of the few good teachers available in the U.S. at the time. In the past several years, yoga has grown rapidly in the West with numerous expert instructors, teaching from a variety of yogic traditions. Dr. Rolf’s personal study of yoga, osteopathy and homeopathy contributed to the evolution of her Rolfing principles. The goals of Rolfing came in part to the same goals of yoga “a physical system that enriches the student’s body, mind and spiritual well-being through an understanding of structural balance.”
 
As Dr. Rosemary Feitis states “What Dr. Rolf would slowly come to understand is that the asanas did not achieve length and separation of the joints, that in too many cases there was actual contraction of the joint surfaces. Something else was needed.” Sometime later, Rolfing was born. Rolfing physically changes the body’s structure for optimum length and alignment, thus energetically improving movement and function.
 
Common Objectives for Rolfing and Yoga

• Gain relief from chronic or acute muscle tension and pain
• Increase flexibility and coordination
• Improve posture and alignment
• Learn to relax and obtain greater overall body awareness
• To counteract the adverse effects of aging
• Release emotional blocks stored in the body
• Have more energy, vitality and stamina
• Find relief from breathing difficulties

Chris Richardson
Certified Advanced Rolfer®, NCBTMB
By appointment: 484.888.2550 or email: chris@rolfingnow.com

Chris is internationally certified through The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration (RISI) and The National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).

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