Sunday, August 23, 2026
𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐏. 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Here is an informative video demonstration of Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration at the Whole Life Expo in New York city in 1983 by Certified Rolfer David D. Wronski ... [Newly digitized version]
Thursday, March 5, 2026
𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐏. 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ... 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬
Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration
... Inside of the Inside of its Classic Ten Lessons
My profession is Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration; certified as a Rolfer in 1981. I am as enthusiastic now as ever over the potential for Humans to learn to live consciously growing in alignment with the Force of Gravity ... for optimal health, peak performance, and full creative expressiveness. Enjoying being really alive!
This is written to specifically lay out the themes and goals. And in particular, what it is in terms of it’s being a received experience. Literally, a "body" of knowledge. Not book learning; but a realized, tangible take away. You feel it. “The proof in the pudding” kind of thing.
This is not just an intellectual exercise. If you go to the meat and potatoes topics and imagine each within yourself, that is a DIY approach anyone can do on their own. Individualized guidance and assistance is what Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is for.
For a comprehensive presentation of what goes into this peerless and definitive body of work here is a link to the Standards of Practice which lays out all the many particulars in detail.
Traditional Classic Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is formatted in a ten session series. There is informed touch and guided movement. There are distinct themes and hallmark goals for each session in the series.
Dr. Ida P. Rolf originated this approach toward the evolution of full human potential. She named it “Structural Integration”. Practitioners of this approach use manual touch and guided movement, working in partnership with their clients addressing areas of the body related to each session’s theme and goal[s].
This method is not a therapy. It is a training, with lessons; there’s homework. Living in balanced alignment with the Gravitational Force of the Earth is the essential goal ... “Gravity is the tool. Gravity is the therapist” [IPR]. But this is not a didactic, intellectual exercise ... it’s experiential; there’s a takeaway, ownership. The creative potential of standing in your own right, on your own two feet. As a whole Human Being. Free from outdated and unnecessary conditioning(s). It is “somatic” and “wholistic”. Somatic in the sense that the whole Human being is engaged, but at the somatic/tactile body level. Wholistic in that all levels are affected ... body, mind, psyche, spirit.
Dr. Rolf practiced and taught in the mid-late 20th Century. The work was called “Rolfing”; and practitioners, “Rolfers”. Her original school was the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration; now as the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute. Graduates of that school are certified to practice under the registered name as “Rolfers”; and as members they are entitled to call the work “Rolfing”. Since the Institute’s founding in 1971 several other schools have branched out internationally, each under different identity names. Schools which practice in line with Dr. Rolf teachings are recognized by the International Association of Structural Integration.
This lays out the inner side of the work. Think of each of the elements as embodied understandings, not just concepts. Practical and recognizable “percepts”.
For a comprehensive presentation of what goes into this peerless and definitive body of work here is a link to the Standards of Practice which lays out all the many particulars in detail.
Traditional Classic Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is formatted in a ten session series. There is informed touch and guided movement. There are distinct themes and hallmark goals for each session in the series.
Dr. Ida P. Rolf originated this approach toward the evolution of full human potential. She named it “Structural Integration”. Practitioners of this approach use manual touch and guided movement, working in partnership with their clients addressing areas of the body related to each session’s theme and goal[s].
This method is not a therapy. It is a training, with lessons; there’s homework. Living in balanced alignment with the Gravitational Force of the Earth is the essential goal ... “Gravity is the tool. Gravity is the therapist” [IPR]. But this is not a didactic, intellectual exercise ... it’s experiential; there’s a takeaway, ownership. The creative potential of standing in your own right, on your own two feet. As a whole Human Being. Free from outdated and unnecessary conditioning(s). It is “somatic” and “wholistic”. Somatic in the sense that the whole Human being is engaged, but at the somatic/tactile body level. Wholistic in that all levels are affected ... body, mind, psyche, spirit.
Dr. Rolf practiced and taught in the mid-late 20th Century. The work was called “Rolfing”; and practitioners, “Rolfers”. Her original school was the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration; now as the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute. Graduates of that school are certified to practice under the registered name as “Rolfers”; and as members they are entitled to call the work “Rolfing”. Since the Institute’s founding in 1971 several other schools have branched out internationally, each under different identity names. Schools which practice in line with Dr. Rolf teachings are recognized by the International Association of Structural Integration.
This lays out the inner side of the work. Think of each of the elements as embodied understandings, not just concepts. Practical and recognizable “percepts”.
Each session carries over and is incorporated into the next. Then that set is further incorporated into subsequent; and so on. Like climbing stairs to get to a higher floor.
As I said, you can do this yourself. Just sit for a while and take in each of the sessions as listed below. The wording is mine, let what speaks to you come of its own. And, again, these are not distinctly separate. The idea is to integrate the whole bunch of them into a whole. "Integration." Kapische?
[You are welcome to comment and/or ask questions. See below.]
1-2-3 SURFACE SET
1. “BREATH” — There’s breath. I’m alive! Breath moves my body ... everywhere.
2. “BASE” — I can sit ... just sit. I can stand ... just stand. My feet are my foundation. The Earth is my place. Right here. Right now.
3. “SPACE” — My body has dimension. It has orientation and direction ... front/back, side to side, up and down.
4-5-6-7 CORE SET
4. “ENTER” — My body has a center. Inside. It goes up.
5. “EXPAND” —Moving upward. Expanding inward.
6. “LEVEL”— Horizontality. Feels even.
7. “TOP” — My head goes on top. Squarely.
8-9-10 “INTEGRATION/COMPLETION SET
8. “ADJUST LOWER HALF” — From waist down. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.
9. “ADJUST UPPER HALF” — From waist up. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.
10. “STACKED” — Together. A whole. Complete.
INSIDE THE TEN [10] SESSIONS ...
OUTCOMES/OWNERSHIP
1-2-3 SURFACE SET
1. “BREATH” — There’s breath. I’m alive! Breath moves my body ... everywhere.
2. “BASE” — I can sit ... just sit. I can stand ... just stand. My feet are my foundation. The Earth is my place. Right here. Right now.
3. “SPACE” — My body has dimension. It has orientation and direction ... front/back, side to side, up and down.
4-5-6-7 CORE SET
4. “ENTER” — My body has a center. Inside. It goes up.
5. “EXPAND” —Moving upward. Expanding inward.
6. “LEVEL”— Horizontality. Feels even.
7. “TOP” — My head goes on top. Squarely.
8-9-10 “INTEGRATION/COMPLETION SET
8. “ADJUST LOWER HALF” — From waist down. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.
9. “ADJUST UPPER HALF” — From waist up. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.
10. “STACKED” — Together. A whole. Complete.
THE TAKE AWAY
Things feel symmetrical side to side. Horizontal/even. Connected. Uplifted. “Oh! That’s integrity”. Autonomy. Net, net ... “10 toes in front of two feet”. Simple, like “Chop wood.” “I’m alive!” "WOW!"
Things feel symmetrical side to side. Horizontal/even. Connected. Uplifted. “Oh! That’s integrity”. Autonomy. Net, net ... “10 toes in front of two feet”. Simple, like “Chop wood.” “I’m alive!” "WOW!"
Monday, August 25, 2025
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭" ... 𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐏. 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐟
Now it would be absolutely ridiculous if we lived in a field of Gravity and it had no effect on us, yet down through the ages this has been our assumption, that it didn’t make any difference. This assumption is still held among a lot of people. They think it doesn’t make any difference how you carry yourself because you are a spirit, an immortal and superior something, and it’s the superior something which is in charge of the situation.
Well, a spirit is in charge of the situation, but not in the way many think. The spirit is in charge to tell the individual that he can so organize his body that he is now in line with a supporting force [Gravity]. He cannot just go on indefinitely striking out indiscriminately against this force that’s tearing him down, yet this is what he tries to do.
You know average posture: the head way forward, the back way back, the chest almost lacking, the ribs down, no air coming in, etc., etc. His spirit will carry him through? It is an assumption that no longer works; it is the relic of an idea which was universal a hundred years ago."
— Ida P. Rolf
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