Structural Integration (Rolfing) - Bodywork in Madison

The 10 Series

Sessions 1- 3: Referred to as the "sleeve" sessions, these three address the superficial layers of connective tissue.

Session 1: Devoted to improving the quality of your breath with work on the arm, ribcage and diaphragm. Opening is also started along the upper leg, hamstrings, neck and spine.

Session 2: Aimed at providing you a powerful foundation by balancing your foot and lower leg.

Session 3: Focuses on creating balance between the front and back of the body. This is done through a side view for understanding how the head, shoulder girdle and hips are related to one another when standing in gravity.

Sessions 4-7: Referred to as the "core" sessions and address the area between the bottom of the pelvis and the top of the head, as well as the deep tissue of the legs which play a role in support.

Session 4: Establishes a floor to the pelvis and brings awareness to the medial line of the leg through work extending from the inside arch of the foot, and up the leg, to the pelvic floor.

Session 5: Concerned with establishing balance between the surface and the deep abdominal layers with respect to the curve of the back.

Session 6: Aimed at finding more support and movement in the legs, freeing up the coccyx, and creating a horizontal pelvis.

Session 7: Focuses solely on the neck and head, the positive pole of the body. Looks to balance the head neutrally over the spine.

Sessions 8-10: The "integrative" sessions strive to blend the previous advancements, and ones yet to be made, into the body in a way that encourages smooth movement and coordination.

Sessions 8 & 9: Depending on the individual needs of the client, these sessions may be done in reverse order. They are designed to further deconstruct twists and rotations which affect the freedom and integrity of the lumbars (vertebrae of the low back) by lifting the thorax up and ordering the legs and pelvis below.

Session 10: An educational hour, this session relates the fascial planes to each other and creates an overall balance of the body. This is a final tuning taking you from a state of static balance to dynamic balance.