Background
Ida Pauline Rolf was born in New York City, the daughter of an electrical engineer, and grew up in the Bronx, New York, United States.
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This seminal work made its debut in 1977, and it has since remained the most important reference for Rolfers around the world. In this new edition, the late Dr. Rolf illustrates her theory and practice of Structural Integration, which brings the body into alignment and balance by manipulation of the connective tissue. Rolfing has helped thousands of people to stand taller, look better, move with greater ease, and have a greater sense of vitality and well-being. This is the original and classic text, with more than 600 illustrations and photographs. An indispensible reference for the hundreds of Rolfers in this country, it will also appeal to other professional bodyworkers and the interested lay person.
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Paperback Publisher: Bookslinger; First Edition edition (June 1985) Language: English ISBN-10: 0930385004 ISBN-13: 978-0930385002 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
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(A warm and wise self-portrait of the woman who originated...)
A warm and wise self-portrait of the woman who originated the therapy that bears her name. Here, Ida Rolf tells about her life, about the wonder of the human body, about life in general, and about Rolfing in particular, explaining her technique of manipulating muscle tissue to allow the body to come into its correct alignment. After Rolfing, your body has been encouraged to do what it wants to do--you move with ease, your lungs take in more air, and you are taller (and therefore, slimmer).
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biochemist creator physiologist
Ida Pauline Rolf was born in New York City, the daughter of an electrical engineer, and grew up in the Bronx, New York, United States.
She graduated from Barnard College in 1916 and received a Ph. D. in biological chemistry and physiology in 1920 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.
While studying at Columbia, Rolf also began working as a biochemistry assistant at the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller University) in Manhattan, winning her position in part because of the large number of young men who were overseas fighting in World War I. Rolf worked in the institute's Department of Chemotherapy and Department of Organic Chemistry and eventually became an associate at the institute, where she remained until the late 1920's.
Over the next twenty years, Rolf worked in the areas of chemotherapy and organic chemistry while studying homeopathy, osteopathy, and yoga. In 1940 her interest in yoga led her to use a series of yoga exercises to help a friend, a piano teacher, regain the use of her hand and arm that had been disabled in an accident. Rolf later referred to this incident as the beginning of Rolfing, a short-term method of physical therapy. She began refining the therapy over the next decade, integrating exercises she learned from osteopath Amy Cochran. Rolf then traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe, teaching and lecturing on the method, which she called structural integration. The primary purpose of Rolfing is to realign the body, thus restoring its natural balance, through the physical manipulation of the connective tissue that surrounds the body's bones and muscles, "moving the soft tissue toward the place where it really belongs, " as Rolf described the method. She also stressed that Rolfing was not strictly a medical practice and was intended to enhance a person's overall health rather than simply treat specific symptoms. After a successful series of Rolfing sessions, a person would not only experience the relief of painful physical conditions but also an improvement in the body's general functioning and psychological well-being. Rolf eventually developed a treatment program consisting of ten hour-long Rolfing sessions.
Rolfing became more widely known around the world after she began holding workshops on structural integration at California's Esalen Institute in the mid-1960's, at the invitation of Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls. The therapy was given the name of "Rolfing" by her students. In the summer of 1970 a group of Rolfers met at Esalen with the intention of establishing a headquarters for the growing number of Rolfers. The initial meeting led to the creation of the Guild for Structural Integration, which eventually became the Rolf Institute, founded in 1973 in Boulder, Colorado. Rosemary Feitis, who had been trained at Esalen, assisted Rolf in the writing of her two books, the first of which was Rolfing: The Integration of Human Structures (1977), which focused on the principles of Rolfing. Ida Rolf Talks About Rolfing, which features an introduction by Feitis, was written to provide the public with a less formal look at the subject. By 1978 Rolf was quite ill and was rarely able to travel. She died the following year in a nursing home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
(Paperback Publisher: Bookslinger; First Edition edition (...)
(This seminal work made its debut in 1977, and it has sinc...)
(A warm and wise self-portrait of the woman who originated...)
(Health book)
Quotations: "This is the gospel of Rolfing, " she wrote in Ida Rolf Talks About Rolfing and Physical Reality (1978). "When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself. "
In 1920, Rolf married Walter Demmerle, a building contractor; the couple had two children.