Client Handbook Part 2

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The oVevwhetrning
fepulalion af thie WorKis that it is
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if peoptehevehcard of Dr Rolf3 Work,
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Iherlhaye hv,rd that il hurts.
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keeping in mind lhe educqilonalnafureof Structural
if s Worl*rnotingthat rt is hardloremain
ln,tegration,
o?e fo a,leqrningexperiense
when ondisw;ftdrawing i4 p4in. fue exgefience
of pAinis'verl subjectiveone
send
?ersonffirough l*v roof
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Thefe is, haWevcr,A difte(encebetr/een+.hepainrt
injuq ahdfue pain of Silructutrallntegrction. W hen
rlouiwrst an ankle ona lump4fteld,the ankle firobs
dnd rerr'tdinsqtr|qn|fo,Se,terit'hou/sof eV€nda4s.
W hcn :5otr practltione(;s atferrrptinllo ftee up Iht
trrgsuethqt hasscarred artdthie)<cnedfrom that sarne
injunj, T4ounrn1revisrf
someafl*uf gain. The differenceig that.onceTjou(practifionerremovesthe ?res9ure,*he pain itott, en d oftBnthere is a feetingoF
lightaessor freedomin tlte areq.
qndunoler*andirq,
tn tfie interestot'communicaflon
['Vcin oluded a ehq,rtttratWe cAnv$e Io l,cep Lloul.
geriesenlighteningand posihvc.The besf mny for
in t{ris work is probabhlfour to ss/en on
achievewtent
the sc^l€at rilht, ftcl kze to volunte* a.rutmberef
rf I neglectto askr or {or
anrltimc dudngt4oursessions
Ihat vrvtler lo sinp\ s44t'ouch!'or "elvptn.
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Anyleedbaclaloucan ofreriiwelcome. A cleardiatoquefsvitcl to ttreWork.the more I l0rowabou*how
youV,feeling,the better tcan'understandand
is one.wego
ld4ress.1ourspecificneeds.Thiq process
throughlng.ther,no{hin9getsdonewr'tho* rloul
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ile gAgtc't6N ser"rgS'
The RolfMethod 4 Structural lnlegratiEnhas been
ha9
gomgosed
Eachsession
asa seriesrt len sessiong.
itEownsrnqller qoelswi+hinlhe broaderqoalsof
gfructrrrat
Integratioh,and,ever1hourbnrild'sonl*te
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prevfoul worK. I thoughfrloufi ight tiketo havegome
ideao?whqtto expe* from Sourgestiofiea'chtirne, so
lhat vpu CaApfep^re4ou(sel?andfor a"'kinfrrmed
questiongbeforehand.'
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Thc firsf houri'5a Superficralone, an exploration
rneanttoeasethe oulergleeveof iasciq'ffompallerns
of strain and the downwqrd.2fiectsofgravi\',
Th,eare*s o{ lhe bodl
Where Wewill be focusinq are mainly the tl'to^
raxand the outer hlps,
makingspacefor4otlu'
brealn andunPirtning
t4owou..r tguit' of i+s
bucklesand crimps.
lf qouq,retfti4Kinqol buyrnguloursel?a.
new?qir o+
ghoeg,Wcrtunfil qffcr thig Ses9i
orrbecauserqouriaS
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quite fiferallrlgain a newpair of ftet!
lAe;ee
tn *hiSsersion
*,hefrcue
is ongiving 1ouside6,
malcing
surethat gtrucfuresthq?belongin the
ftont are'inkont, and
thosel4ul belon6in the
back-qre'in back.
This is*he lasfof the
superficiclgessiorr
s, ryd Wewilt pr.imaritybeworKing
gides
alongthe
of the bod\,lengthen tn1 dnd openinlg.
FOUR,
mr ffi
feel"inq
Thfssession
frels greal,?@?l<usualt4leave
upbftedand tight
1ia/o
Seseion
fidoConcentrates mosttlon_gour
tov./er
legsarrdftet
frere Weare qiving4ou
'a soltdfrundationfrom
which{o feceiveflleresf
*ffiewort.
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The fourth hourigthouqhtof asthedeepesfhour,not
becaugeof ke amountof Vtesture applied,but
beq,usein fhis s€sgion
we beginlo qd'dresim, acfive
Coreof lhe bodtl
The y1e;glak-esVlaceon
the insideso?ldelecls
fromthe heelo?the-$ot
lo the bq"seof the pelvis.
In someculhres+he
p€tvisis seena€the
seatof fhe sor.t,444
i.ndeed,
rf is cenvalh the esfabtishm
entof bara,nce
in
Sirr,tctr,ree
hcre
drereep,onsibte
6r W,tontlr loart..
boh
tiqs
as
and,W
+he
odteffifr
i1g-l.,yhole.uppr
to negotlate
tfte unevertdwhce,?ke eai+h.Whcn
o^l*n
ig able1ogruin!easll4in the nsting"
When *lne'pel,riv
af connectrve
end,sit between thelogs
figsqethat eueg
ttr" lege,thete is a strongand regiticntbasefrom
"f
which the structuresof lne back canrise and in-rvhich
in the
ths visceracanre6t Essenliall!,eve(ygegEion
R-olfingseriesis gearedtoward*[e pelvis,fo eslabtish
ilshovirtntatit'yand mobitity,but it is in *hefourth,
fitth, and sixth hourgthai weveallyfocrtsIhe lar1gi61"
ygorKqfouedthe pelvis
FI V E
is basically
Thig see6ion
a continuation.of
number four. Y1swill prion
mari\ be WorKing
trhedee?ermusclesol
again
the abdomen,
aftemptingto free the
pelvisof an9restrictions.
trffi
"Fh.w.rllf,? m1.4bse
and ia ir1^ruki,'l.riuurf
around*tetacefs exkernetvl
genlleandcqicui, ond
lateygleygs
Ne wornb1++te'??a.l;ii"nr;
ir'i"im oqa
nose
Worlc lf you prekr,Solr cafl choose l.t me
quideqour ciwnqlouedfin9er in to do lhe to
worX,oryou
carr refrrgethe wort<gnnrdttl.I would,e.omr" ndlhot
tlou o1-ive.if
nt V,+h9fi_mesplnt here is rrrinimatqnd'
n12(e9l'trKCanbe faia4anating. yovneverknow
gixth hourworlcvounds
outthefocusonlhe gelvrs,
this
timeapproaohinqfiom',the
loWerbackand Sacrum
(tnitbone).
receive
sessfons
four,
ln scsgion
seVen,
the
objoofigto t putthe
headon,'soto sgeatc.
This hourwewoik on
balqnciajqour
necK
and heaAon{hespine,
treeing rcslrichonsr.n
the tasciqofthe shouldevl,neck,skull and
face.
Yes,the facel Thie ig anofhernotovious
Rdfing *or5;
stx
idea
Irisagood
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f-.a)
fivo,
gdsixreratverx
ll r \llJ
bgetherbecauss (1
close
fhq arcq,ltSoi4fs11s- I /i (
l a r ed.tnt hiestaq e,q ou
l/\/
rl l qqendupfe elin g' UU
unbalanced
in
PrettY
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fil\
a
ttth
hU
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y,U) lt/htfl,L)
V| ' yttNlf
tl
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einc€Uouore smackin
[stween4oura1pointmentg
the middle of a singutar\ intcngeprocessc-rt5a
howrrrucheressu(e
lhire isineiie,1"i, iertarin+,
fry
haveif suddenll relieved.
kgardyeT,W.butkoftheacfiontakesslaceinil"
vfioreumfortablestrucfures
of{he neclch"a *r,rut_
ders,andlhisrsornother
s€erion
ftom*r,i.fip."pt.
Iendtoftoa|
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EloHT,N1NEqndTEN
aredevoted
lo tntqrqtbn
*:tne lhl, ,ftr:?eessions
natrdworkhes b.asrcalllbeen do,nsnori,qnd
eighr
qri1"litgaveifqbi"
ropicr<
ur'*,rk',r,
?:11f1:g:
an4parhcutrrlg
qreqs
stubbirn
toughotdpatferns.
uba
stilictrnginjtothedr
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Tenth howWorkis all aboutcreahngabody+hql
movesGsoneunit Witheaseand freealom.we focusa
lot moreon connectin{,perhapsdoingmcre,lllov€tyl€flt
sessioQ€.
Work*hanin an4 olt\e Prev.ioUg
havelearneda lot
HopefuttqbUthis timer4orr,wilt
bod4.The bhsfCk^ }e(iesie,to me, afqg'
aboulr4our
on of lhe shellfhat w€calt "me!'
cinafingexplora{r
Strqctl^rallntegrahonis a beginnia9',e Rolfedbody
resgondsftlorereadt\to changee,Ierafter. Thc work
thatWehavedonetogetherwill confinuelo rnaniPest
rtsetfove(the rnonlhsand4earS'tocome.
eR4v r{{ sPAcEANIDArU6
qrevid fu be sesrionseleverT,fwelve,
aur.dfltir4-r"en'
st6tLtTY
R-esPoN
there isa certl,inq,rnounf
$retgonsabflit! thaf 4at ass1lfie
vthenTou'begina Qfrvlvrdl lnlegralion gcfigs.
It iE irnportantthaf 4duseelhis qs a Prccessthat 1ou
wilt foltowthrouqhunfit comptetron.lnce loubegin
your series,louWiltbe dna sfateo(transfo(mafiorl
ten is over. fftrou Know+W it ma4 be
until eess{on
aWhilebetweenappointmenq,bl mo lQow sothaf we
can adjust oqr work accordinglrl.Sesgionsone,three,
omdsevenqre goodslopping placesif, for Whqtever
reason,youfind lnafryu needa breqkin 5ourseries.
Realiae,too,thaf this Workis somethingwe do togelhor, twitl be workingwith yuu,notonUou.Youwill be
asKedIo parhupal<,andIo ertendUourqett{o
h discoveryour Line
embracechange and frnd watTs
in dail5 trfe. What l'mtqi 4gto sagisthq* the masand soaKinqil alt up
sagemoddofjust la4i1grrhere
doesnot work"wetlwith Structurat lnfegrahon.
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CONT INUIN GWOR K
[t is generatty(e*omrnendedtttetSouwq.itfrr aboutgiX
monthsbeforehaving6ng t?orc Stracfa;al lntqration
done. (Youmqq w4nt +" come in sooncri{ bou g*
into qn occidcnf of sorneKfnd , dcpefldinqon lhencfure and.szveritl oF+hc in1urr1.;
Theworkwill sticlcwith rlou,bulsince wecontin*e lo
otronnf,,it iEa
9oout in *he world and bash orrrselveg
goodidea.to comein fur q "touch-ug'nowarrdthen.
Youwill vrobablSknowwhenUouieedto com€infir
(offing and when Lgood,stress-busfingmassage
will
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Advqncedworkis ava,ilabte.There ii a serjesof oneto
five sessions
designedto taKe*he client*o *?renext
hijher levelof inte4rqtion.Thoughqf this point tarn
notquatifiedto o(Ier;t nqlelf,l would be haTplIo providejou with tho namesoI localprqctihbnerswho qre
certified (or adva.nced gtruch,r,ra
t lntegration g€ssions.
ON YOUR.OWN
thcre qrc mqnSactive*hings youe,ando to tn4lofuo
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Ro|fi n9 Moverrtent, lnt eqahon, Feldenkrais wor k
Pit4te; the Atexander lechnique...
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bs achvcll seeking oul r.krei'pes 6r sclf- sildr1 frr
mlle€tf and4ou.kcl fireeto cheef<mr1
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