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Rolfing® Structural Integration
Description
Rolfing® Structural Integration is a form of connective tissue manipulation that incorporates the client's movement. Basic Rolfing® is conducted within a structured ten session series, with the intent of reshaping the body, establishing proper movement patterns, and restoring structural balance. Oftentimes, the body becomes rigid with dysfunctional holding patterns and distorted due to injury, emotional trauma, or improper movement habits. A Rolfing® practitioner uses the hands, knuckles, elbows, and forearms to manipulate and apply pressure to the web of fascia (connective tissue) that spans from the head to the toes.
Rolfing® Structural Integration releases dysfunctional holding patterns, restores proper body alignment, and enhances structural balance. Pain, if any, is similar to rubbing a sore muscle, hard exercise, or acupressure. Benefits of Rolfing® often include increased energy, freedom from breathing restrictions, improved posture, freedom of movement, emotional release, and a sense harmony.
After the basic Rolfing® 10 session series and at least one year of integration, consider one to five sessions of Advanced Rolfing®. Advanced Rolfing® quickly re-establishes the balance created by the basic series, even after several years. Patients wear comfortable undergarments or a bathing suit throughout the sessions.
Service Fees
- Adults - 1 1/2 Hours: $110
- Teens - 1 Hour: $85
- Child/Rolfing® Sampler - 1/2 Hour: $50
About the Practitioner - Kathleen Strauch
Kathleen Strauch is a certified Advanced Rolfer® as well as a movement teacher. She is on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Structural Integrators, and is affiliated with the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration and the Guild for Structural Integration. In addition to Kathleen's expertise in Rolfing®, she has completed Earle Timberlake's Clinical Massage Therapy program, and is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA).
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