by Alan Richardson | Feb 27, 2024
“So many therapists are striking at the pattern of disease, instead of supporting the pattern of health. One of the things that you as Rolfers must always emphasize is that you are not practitioners curing disease; you are practitioners invoking health. Invocation is...
by Alan Richardson | Feb 16, 2024
Imagine if you could observe briefly at a random point in any Rolfing session and make a short thirty-second reel for Instagram. Then you make similar reels for a myofascial release session, one for massage and another for physiotherapy. When you compare the reels...
by Alan Richardson | Feb 6, 2024
Beginnings It is August 1998, a week after arriving in London after doing Unit 3 of the Rolfing training and qualifying as a Rolfing practitioner, in the North East state of Bahia, Brazil. It has been a long trip. Not just the three months spent in Brazil, but the...
by Alan Richardson | Jan 30, 2024
Rolfing Structural Integration offers a range of benefits for individuals from various backgrounds and conditions. Here are some groups who have reported positive feedback: People in Pain Many of my clients originally come to Rolfing because they are experiencing pain...
by Alan Richardson | Jan 19, 2024
Is Rolfing painful? There is a widespread misconception that Rolfing is painful. Indeed I have met clients who have the idea that the treatment is not really Rolfing unless it is painful. My experience of receiving Rolfing is that it can occasionally be...