Dunk your own dang basketball
There are certain gifted folks in this world, the Michael Jordans, the "AIR" ones. There are others who can learn "air". I am gonna tell you how to do this in 500 words and a…
Bill (Spaceman) Lee at the Rowe Center (again)
Sumer is icumen in, lude sing cuckoo! has never been more entertaining than with noted wackadoo and former American League All-Star left-handed pitcher Bill Lee. He will be expounding on baseball and pitching every inning…
On being airlifted out to Kathmandu…
This springtime and a fortuitous post by Rolfer™Sandy Collins on our Rolfing® SI forum have caused me to remember the brave folks of my practice: the ones who come in with their jaw half kicked…
Shift Happens: Why Rolfing® Structural Integration Lasts
When I was writing my paper to get into the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, 1982, one of the questions was, "Speculate on the reasons why Rolfing SI lasts". Now, fast forward to 2011, and…
“…the roses had the look of flowers that are looked at.”
The above line from "Burnt Norton" by T.S. Eliot is all the more haunting in its full surrounding lines. In part: "And the bird called, in response to The unheard music hidden in the the…
Is it (Real) Rolfing® Structural Integration?
As thinkers go in the structural integration world, just like everywhere else that I know, we have those who proclaim the "letter of the law" as handed to them on personal flaming tablets. Truth is,…
The Rolfing® Structural Integration “Core”: an experience
It is very du jour to talk about strengthening your "core" these days. This "core" word is one of those Rolfing SI words that made it into the Common Knowledge totally trashed of its real…
Some Cognitive Archeology of Rolfing® Structural Integration
The 40th anniversary of the legal founding of the Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration is upon us. Examinations of Rolfing SI itself and attempts to add to it from all fronts, as usual, are abounding.…
To be or not to be surgically repaired: This Rolfer’s thoughts on choosing surgery
The second most impassioned speech I ever heard came from my doctor who was at the side of my gurney, 1979. It seemed that surgery was necessary, and I was not buying it. Mind you,…
Diva Renee Fleming shrinks: the rest of the story
The mind of Renee Fleming --as I wrote in the last post-- seemingly played a large part in her shrinking that I observed, and my post was a little dangerous in that You may have…