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There is something special about Rolfing. It seems to open some door, gift us with some possibility, pass to us some touch of magic. How do we talk about it? I think it's related to our human quest to find something more, find more meaning perhaps, look behind the curtain of this world, to touch into a greater world of love and wisdom, freedom, happiness, and fulfillment that we long for. What Dr Rolf was after we don't seem to have a good word for, strangely. I think that in ancient Greece and Egypt it was called Philosophy. It was a quest for a deep understanding of the human being, our …

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What Dr Rolf was after we don't seem to have a good word for, strangely. I think in ancient Greece and Egypt it was called philosophy. It was a quest for a deep understanding of the human being, our place in the universe and an integration of all parts of us: mind, body, soul. But nowadays philosophy seems more like an intellectual endeavor and it has lost the whole body. In Dr Rolf's time she called it the occult. Now that word has lost its meaning and has become a word referring to magic and ghosts. Psychology perhaps was a try for that understanding but now it seems to refer to Freudian …

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  In my article on my website: psychological and spiritual dimensions of the 10 series I say that healing is about reclaiming our own personal power. As a practitioner I am supporting my client in that endeavor. It is their choice that has to be the ultimate decider of where we go. I think to really truly make good decisions about where we go in our life requires that we get in touch with how we really feel. Getting in touch with our feelings has to be the basis of healing and of living a life that is fulfilling,  joyful, and harmonious with who we are. So as a practitioner,  …

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A beautiful poem attributed to Charlie Chaplin. As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is Authenticity. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call this Respect. As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that …

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Human beings have contemplated the issue of fate vs choice, and the issue of free will since the beginning of thought. Our current society still struggles with this question; in philosophy, religion, science, social issues, medicine. Here I want to look at it in the field of healing, particularly our own healing and well-being at the individual level. People come to me because they want their life to be better. Maybe they are suffering or they want to have a better quality of life now and in the future and haven’t found that the choices they have discovered so far are satisfying to them. …

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Human beings have contemplated the issue of fate vs choice, and the issue of free will since the beginning of thought. Our current society still struggles with this question; in philosophy, religion, science, social issues, medicine. Here I want to look at it in the field of healing, particularly our own healing and well-being at the individual level. People come to me because they want their life to be better. Maybe they are suffering or they want to have a better quality of life now and in the future and haven’t found that the choices they have discovered so far are satisfying to them. …

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(note: this is a short version of this article. A longer version is here.) Dr. Rolf was in part a mystic; we don’t fully know all of her travels in that realm. In part because of what was available at that time in our culture and of what concepts and language in which she had to express ideas. She saw her work as moving humanity forward in our evolution, both individually and as a species.  She also felt that our work was on the whole human being, at all levels including physical, emotional, mental, and energy fields. It’s just that we can get our hands on the physical body so that was …

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Dr Rolf discovered that she could change the shape, structure, and function of the body with her bare hands. This idea is still radical. This idea is helping in the transition of world consciousness from the industrial era to the quantum physics and information era. In the former era the world, our bodies, even to some extent our minds and psyches, were looked at as machines – collections of parts attached together to make a functioning machine. The machines followed simple physical laws that could predict how they would function. If a part was damaged, it could be replaced or …

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What can I stand on; to be myself, in my own power? I have been working with a great Hatha Yoga teacher, Charles Matkin of Stepping Stones Yoga. He’s helped me make connections in myself that I have been trying to get to for a long time. It’s been wonderful for my own body-mind – and it has given me great resources to contribute to my clients. He’s helped me a lot with breathing and how the ribs and diaphragm work. Especially great is that he’s showed me restrictions in myself and helped and taught me ways to open up and evolve my own breathing. Especially key for me has been …

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