Structural Integration

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The Structural 10 Series

Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.

About Fascia and Tensegrity

The main goal of Structural Integration (Alignment) Therapy is to reorganize your entire body as an integrated whole in alignment with the physics of gravity and ground reaction force. Because human-beings are bipedal creatures, we experience gravity from a vertical direction, pulling us down. As a result, it is relatively easy for us to form compensation patterns in our form. First developed by Dr. Ida P. Rolf over 50 years ago, Structural Integration creates lasting changes and is a highly effective solution to many chronic ailments. The movement education will help you relearn how to carry and hold your body, without conscious effort, in a way that is in alignment with itself and the world in which you exist. In essence, the process reveals and reestablishes your natural state of ease and balance by aligning your structure as a whole.

In Structural Integration, we provide a series of 10 Sessions, or sometimes individual sessions, to return the body to a more natural state of alignment and ease. It is then that our bodies can feel grounded, yet not weighed down, and our relationship with gravity shifts to "flow through" our bodies.

How Does It Work?
Working to soften and lengthen the fascia which envelops the muscles and muscle fibers, I'll apply a deep, slow pressure that warms, softens and hydrates the fascia. Its fibers then ease apart, thus allowing the release of tight, constricted muscle tissue. The "10 Series" addresses the whole body in a sequence that allows the body to gradually open, lengthen and expand. Over a period of weeks, restrictions are freed, and the body starts to lengthen. This is a very empowering experience, with long lasting physical and emotional health benefits as the structural changes are integrated, including:

• More Functional Ease of Movement
• Increased Flexibility
• A Return of Lost Range of Motion
• A Greater Sense of Stability, Support, and Well-Being

• More Comfort in Joints
• Better Organ and Cellular Function
• Improved Balance
• Decreased Pain and Tension
• A More Optimal Alignment of Body, Mind, and Spirit