About You and Structural Integration

Who are you? And what is going on with your body?

Aches and pains are downright annoying and get in the way of a happy productive life. And most of us have become so tough that we don't even know how bad it is, because its just NORMAL everyday life! Right?

So what's your deal?

• Do you have CHRONIC PAIN? 
• Are you experiencing backlash from a lifetime of athletics and extreme sports?
• Or just a bad day at the office managing deadlines?
• Is your body at a plateau?
• Maybe you've had a surgery or an accident and things just haven't been the same since?

Almost everyone has something to gain from Structural Integration! Amputees, traumatic injury, knitting masters, moms, workmen and women of all sorts of trades and especially athletes and outdoor professionals!

Because when we start into the 10 series together, you will get more space and ease back into your body. We will work together to reorganize your soft tissue around a vertical line so gravity can help lift you up instead of tear you down!

Who knows, you might even grow an inch or two!? Now wouldn't that be nice?

Structural Integration has been helping humans be more human for a long long time. Its been revered by some and vilified by others for all sorts of reasons.

Here's a little paraphrase on some history for you... and hopefully you'll have a vague notion of what this work is all about. Mostly, its about you - growing out of unhealthy patterns and into your best self. The person you were born to be. Enjoy!

Dr. Ida P. Rolf PhD was the founder of Rolf Structural Integration. She was a classically educated biochemist in the mid 1900's who was an expert in the study of collagen (for some fancy rich family that basically owns the medical industry and half the world.)  She sought for a better way to help humans be more human, organized and whole. Her journey was enlightened during the introductory years of Yoga in Western culture, early psychology concepts and was a student of Osteopathic practices. 

Ultimately, her work establishing Structural Integration started at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California in the 1960's and is mother to nearly all fascial and myofascial/deep tissue modalities adopted by the modern massage world and beyond! She was and is a fascinating woman and brilliant mind, that no blurb could suffice to describe. You are encouraged to research her life and contributions to the now budding world of fascia and science!

WHO IS THIS WORK FOR?

... and she said, this work is an educational process for people who are HEALTHY. 

If you are healthy and getting fed up with your aches and pains, then Structural Integration is the last ditch resort you'll wish you had found first!

If you are NOT living in a healthy body and are under the care of a physician, please consult them first and be very transparent with your practitioner to manage any contraindications. IF you have a recent injury or surgery, the rest of the body still benefits hugely from a little TLC. 

ARE YOU ON MEDS?

This is really important. Be very clear about what medications you are taking and consult your physician early. If possible, please provide a description so we can have an educational conversation and make a plan before receiving your first session.

DOES IT HURT?

Structural Integration does not intend to cause pain, but sometimes pain results as each individual body/person begins to unwind patterns of deeply held trauma or historically guarded injuries.  Its a pain you have, that you didn't know you had. My intention is to gently and firmly coax your fascia to play in a new way. Misery is optional.

WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE PREPARED FOR?

Maybe the oddest and most uncomfortable part of this work - which you will get used to eventually - is standing, walking and laying on the table in your underpants! That is definitely an odd experience... and once you are okay with it, you will have learned so much more about yourself and your body that you didn't even know was possible. Are you ready for that freedom? Its okay, we've all had to do it!