Structural Integration (Rolfing) - Bodywork in Madison
Structural Integration (Rolfing) Resources
Books
Rolfing and Physical Reality -- Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D
Rolfing: Reestablishing the Natural Alignment and Structural Integration of the Human Body for Vitality and Well-Being -- Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.
Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists -- Thomas W. Myers
The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand and Move in the Modern World -- Mary Bond
Core Awareness: Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise & Dance -- Liz Koch
Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery -- Eric Franklin
Structural Stretches: Self Exploration and Cultivating the Vertical -- Pedro Prado
The Endless Web: Fascial Anatomy and Physical Reality -- R. Louis Schultz
Vogue Article on Structural Integration (PDF)
Links
International Association of Structural Integrators
The Guild for Structural Integration
Kinesis Myofasical Integration
Donald E. Ingber MD PhD - Professor of Pathology at the Harvard Medical School. He has been the preeminent researcher of cellular tensegrity structures. Thanks to his research, it is understood that biological forms at the cellular level are tensegrities.
Mechanobiology and Diseases of Mechanotransduction - An article by Dr. Ingber which addresses the molecular basis of disease and the role of the extra-cellular matrix in this process.
Dr. Stephen Levin - An orthopedic surgeon who studies the macro end of the biological scale. He has pioneered the field of Biotensegrity.
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