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Dr. Ida P. Rolf:  Of  Grace and Gravity


 Exploring Dr. Rolf's Life, Work, and Legacy

(Courtesy of:  http://ofgraceandgravity.com/)

"Dr. Ida Rolf was undoubtedly one of the most significant women of the twentieth century. A great mind and pioneering thinker, a creative scientist years ahead of her time, she spent much of her life  exploring the human capacity for healing. Her education, professional career and life circumstances led her to explore various modalities that gradually evolved into what become known as "Structural Integration" and then took on the name  "Rolfing."

Essentially, Rolfing seeks to address the development and liberation  of an individual's innate human potential, with the palliation of symptoms an ancillary benefit. Dr Rolf was initially educated and trained within the  empiricism of scientific academia and remained firmly rooted in those  traditions. Her work was founded upon the physics of aligning the human body within the field of Gravity.

​She integrated her scientific perspective with  mind-body awareness without relying on an eastern mystical philosophy to justify her conclusions. It is clear from her writings and teachings that her studies of  biological chemistry and physics provided critical insight, inspiring such statements as, "You cannot change the energy field, but you can change the man—the body will go as far as it will physically go, within the laws of  physics." and "What would happen to behavior if you changed chemistry? The first  way to change chemistry is to change physics." Dr. Rolf conceived of "Rolfing" as a gateway into making progressive changes within the human organism,  encompassing the physical, intellectual and emotional  aspects."
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