1. European Rolfing Association 2020
2. West Side Seattle 2019
3. Healthline 2018
4. USA News 2012

“Rolfing”—a.k.a. “Structural Integration”—is a system of whole-body alignment and organization of musculoskeletal structure developed by Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D

Ida. P. Rolf was a pioneer.  Born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1896, she received her doctorate in bio chemistry from ...

I attended a 4-day workshop on “Visceral Manipulation of the Abdomen.” ‘My, how thrilling,’ you say? It was! While I knew that the abdomen was more than the soft place between ribs ...

The other day I was helping my dog, who is 14, up onto my bed.  She had her front legs up there, but I had to hoist her back end up.  As soon as I did it, I felt it.  Uh oh.  The vague twinge in my right low back.  I should’ve been more careful.  ...

Almost all of my clients, at one point or another, ask me how I came to be a Certified Advanced Rolfer™.  “What got you interested in this work?” they ask.  The real answer is complicated and long, and sometimes I shorten it, depending on how much I sense they want to know.

What I usually do ...

Named after its founder, Dr. Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D., Rolfing Structural Integration is a form of manual therapy that reorganizes the connective tissues, called fascia, that permeate the entire body.

More than fifty years ago, Dr. Rolf recognized ...

My friend/mentor, Mary Bond, is making an instructional DVD to accompany her book, “The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand and Move.” so I spend a weekend at a film shoot.

Cast and crew spent three days together in a gorgeous old Spanish house with terra cotta tile floors, cathedral ceilings, arched doorways, and ...

Rain in Southern California leave the Los Angeles air clean and smelling like eucalyptus, and I’ve been taking full advantage, inhaling the (relatively) fresh air as much as I can, hiking with my dogs in Elysian park. But I’ve begun to notice that, lately, I’m yawning and sighing a lot. I yawn even as I ...

Where do you stand?

Last weekend I attended my friend Robert’s birthday party. I had just sat down with my plate of food next to my friend Sara, who sat conversing with a man wearing rainbow colored striped socks with sandals. Between bites of food and conversation, I kept sneaking glances at the colorful feet. They ...

If you’ve ever had low back pain, you know how debilitating it can be. I write this for those of us who have trouble finding a comfortable position to sleep in, have had to brace ourselves on the sink while we brush our teeth, sit down to put on our pants, and watch, filled with ...

Eyeglasses and posture

Did you know that wearing eyeglasses can affect your posture? The way glasses fit on our faces often forces us to tilt our heads or crane our necks. In order to ...