InsideSI
By michael K
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Podcast Description
Exploring the Philosophy Science and Art of Structural Integration
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Align for Life’s author – Dan Bienenfeld – about the book and free tele-class | Dan Bienenfeld has spent over 30 years as a practitioner, trainer, and teacher in the field of SI. He just published "Align for Life" - a methodical and definitive guide to optimizing the Structural Integration process. He talks about the book, and a free teleconference to be held 10/12, at 7 pm PST. Contact Michael nbsp;at mkastris@cox.net to register. Below is a letter from Dan: Dear fellow SI practitioner: I began my studies in SI in 1978, and have practiced and taught SI over the past 30 years. I have finally developed a client's guide to the process of SI that I am very proud of. AS you know, being a practitioner of SI requires a great deal of skill and flexibility, because not only is our work complex, but we also work with so many different types of people. There is often that challenge of finding ways to have our clients experience the work at deeper and deeper levels, yet we can never really know what they will take home with them. The power of SI does not come all at once, the series can be just the beginning. The principles of SI must be practiced in the lives of our clients if it is truly a process work doing. Learning the principles requires teachings: Align For Life, Journey to Structural Integration is a tool for practitioners and their clients to use as a guide throughout the process of SI.. This tool will: *increase your client's structural awareness from 0 to 100. *Suppliment your client's SI and make your job easier. *Increase your business, because your work will last. 200 beautifully illustrated pages of theory, lessons, a self-evaluation process, complete with journal to track the results of the process. Illustrated and designed by Art Ellis, who designed over 500 books for Disney. Ida Rolf intended that our work be educational in nature, which involves more than just passive sessions. Journey to Structural Integration offers clients to learn, practice, and integrate the life giving principles that SI has to offer, along with revolutionary and transformational tools that will change their lives! As you know, our work can be quite beneficial, but why not make it completely transformational? The difference is in the integration. Living SI requires our clients to learn how to apply SI to their lives, and this is not always possible to teach on the table. This is why I created this tool. I would like to invite you to experience Align for Life, so please come visit my website Sincelery, Dan Bienenfeld | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workshop (and podcast) with Jeff Linn | Jeff Linn's interview explores where the recipe came from. The Guild is sponsoring a workshop with Jeff Linn in Salt Lake City from Dec 4-9.nbsp; The theme of this six day workshop is 'Integration De-Mystified' and participant's will explore the three series as both a completion of the ten series and a classic approach to post-ten work.nbsp; Practitioner's will exchange sessions and work with outside models. Jeff will draw from his extensive knowledge of Dr. Rolf's teaching from his time working with the Rolf audio archive as well as his background teaching Structural Integration since 1993 and general bodywork since 1988.nbsp; Come prepared to learn more about work from the bench as well as exploring and refining body usage and client participation. Bring your thought's and questions about the work and dive deep into Jeff's uniquely informed perspective. For more information about the workshop you can contact Jeff at jeff@yogabodywork.net. For logistical information or to enroll contact Susan Melchior (susan@rolfguild.org) or Cristina Bordes (cristina@rolfguild.org) at the Guild for Structural Integration. nbsp; Jeff Linn is an Advanced Certified Practitioner of the Rolf Method and currently an instructor at the Guild for Structural Integration teaching basic and advanced SI. Prior to his faculty position at the Guild he taught Structural Integration at the International Professional School of Bodywork - Ipsb. He has studied the Rolf work extensively with Ed Maupin, Emmett Hutchins, Peter Melchior and a host of other notable (and obscure) teachers and practitioners. He graduated from Ipsb's bodywork program with his specialization in Structural Integration in 1987 (when it was still the little hippie school). He attended the Guild in '93 (with Advanced certification in '95) and the Rolf Institute in '97. | 9/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6/2007 — Tom Myers – Contrasts of the Rolf 10-series and the KMI 12-series – Part I | Tom Myers developed his Anatomy Trains concept as a way of explaining continuity in the body and identifying the myofascial chains on which the human form is so reliant. His book, Anatomy Trains, expands on this concept, and his school, Kenisis Myofascail Integration, incorprates it into their SI training. Tom touches on explains the similarities and differences between the original Rolf 10-series and the KMI 12 series. Tom touches on Spatial Medicine, which describes the larger realm to which Anatomy Trains is a conceptual contribution, and in which KMI, and Structural Integration in general, lives and has its being. Anatomy Trainsreg; Myofascial Meridians is a revolutionary idea for understanding whole-bodynbsp;patterning in posture and movement. Anatomy Trains is a new map of the anatomy of connection - precise fascial and myofascial links through the body that lead to new holistic strategies for identifying and resolving complex underlying problems. For information on upcoming workshops and wealth of information, check out AnatomyTrains.com | 8/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6/2007 Tom Myers – Part II – Contrasts of the Rolf 10 series & KMI 12 series | This is part II of Tom's interview | 8/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7/2007 – Dr Jeffrey Maitland on Rolfing, Orthotropism, & working outside the Recipe, all with a touch of Zen | Dr. Jeffrey Maitland talks about Rolfing, working outside the recipe, Orthotropism, and more. More more read ldquo;The Three Paradigm Model of Treatment Intervention?, and ldquo;Orthotropism and The Unbinding of Morphological Potential?. For more articles go here. Dr. Maitlandrsquo;s Rolfing career began in 1979. In order to become certified as an Advanced Rolfer and Rolfing Instructor for the Rolf Institute, he has received over 5,000 hours of training. He maintains his private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to becoming a Rolfer, Dr. Maitland was a professor of philosophy at Purdue University for 13 years. After experiencing the dramatic results of being Rolfed for a debilitating back problem, he gave up his tenured position to pursue a career in Rolfing. Dr. Maitland has published and presented many papers on the theory of somatic manual therapy, philosophy, and Rolfing. His articles and book reviews are published in numerous professional journals. He is also the author of two books, Spacious Body: Explorations in Somatic Ontology (North Atlantic Books, 1995) and Spinal Manipulation Made Simple: A Manual of Soft Tissue Techniques (North Atlantic Books, 2001) He is presently writing a book on the biology of freedom and transformation. The study includes a philosophy and science of living wholes which, in turn, provides the foundation for any holistic medicine and the principles of its practice. Because he is known for getting quick results and enhancing performance, Dr. Maitland has worked with many professionals who depend on their bodies: dancers, musicians, baseball players, football players, golfers, and NBA super stars.Certified Advanced Rolferreg; and Advanced Instructor, is one of seven Advanced Rolfingreg; instructors who teaches Rolfers and other healthcare professionals in the United States, Europe and Brazil. | 8/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mary Bond – 6/07 – The New Rules of Posture | Mary Bond was a dancer before she trained with Dr. Rolf in 1969. There were a dozen or so Rolfers in the world at that time. Mary has a Masterrsquo;s degree in dance from UCLA, is a movement instructor at the Rolf Institute, and teaches movement workshops nationally. She is the author of lsquo;Balancing Your Bodyrsquo;, and has also published articles in numerous health and fitness magazines. In the Preface of her new book, lsquo;The New Rules of Posturersquo; Mary writes: ldquo;People who have had firsthand experience with Structural Integration know that it is far more than a manual therapy. Rolfing is, in fact, a philosophy; it is an inquiry into the nature of human embodiment. My hope is that lsquo;The New Rules of Posturersquo; can help chanel Rolfrsquo;s inquiry into a mainstream conversation.�? This book is destined to be mandatory reading for all institutions offering anatomy, kinesiology, and medical courses.�? Hubert Godard, Ph.D., Professor of Movement and Research, University of Paris says of her book: ldquo;At last, at any level of knowledge of the body and movement, everyone will have the joy of a discovery that can profoundly change our relationship to ourselves, to others and to the beauty of the world.�? ldquo;We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.�? Henry David Thoreau In The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape. Drawing from thirty-five years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture. She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our bodyrsquo;s signature. Bond identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, particularly in light of our modern sedentary lives, and proposes six zones that help create postural changes: the pelvic floor, the breathing muscles, the abdomen, the hands, the feet, and the head. She offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each zone as well as information on basic ergonomics and case histories to inspire us to think about our own habitual movements. This book also is a resource for Pilates, yoga, and dance instructors as well as healthcare professionals in educating people about postural self-care so they can relieve chronic pain and enjoy all life activities with greater ease. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don Hanlon Johnson – 11/08 – A Rolfing Philosopher -from the Protean Body to Utopian Dreams | Don Johnson was a Jesuit preist when he was first Rolfed by Ed Maupin. In 1978 he published one of the first books on Rolfing, "The Protean Body ." Don "challenges the dominant notion of the body as a fixed material object, subject to change mostly through sickness, accidents, and aging. I examine the changeability of the body from four perspectives: the biological nature of the body itself, changes due to the body practices of everyday life, attitudinal influences, and changes possible through bodywork, particularly Rolfing." This was one of the first books published on Rolfing. Don is a philosopher, an ex-Jesuit, a leading Somatics scholar, and a true visionary. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Louis Schultz – 4/07 – Rolfing’s first & #1 Anatomist | Louis Schultz trained as a Rolfer in 1973. The following year he established the anatomy program for the Rolf Institute. At Dr. Rolfrsquo;s request, he and Dr. Rosemary Fetis wrote The Endless Web. They also edited Remembering Ida Rolf. Dr. Shultz is also the author of The Complete Male Pelvis, and over forty scientific publications. I spoke to him at his home in New York. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Emilie Conrad | Emile discussesnbsp;The Three Anatomies, fromnbsp;her most recent book - Life on Land Continuum | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Stenstavolf – 6/2008 – by Liz Stewart | Richard Stenstadvold - President of the Guild for Structural Integration - with Liz Stewart Posted by: admin in IASI Richard was Director of the original Guild for Structural Integration (which became the Rolf Institute) for eighteen years; 1971 - 1989. Prior to that, he worked for Adolph's in Los Angeles, as General Manager from 1958 - 1971. His generosity, personal management style, commitment to and close relationship with Dr. Rolf, all went toward shepherding the young organization through the seventies and eighties until it became a thriving entity. Richard reorganized the Guild for Structural Integration in 1989. His plan was designed to preserve Dr. Rolf's traditional teachings while developing her dream of satellite schools. Richard's commitment to Dr. Rolf's vision and his personal promises to her inspires us all as we witness the results of his labor of love; a high quality school and an exceptional, talented community of people, dedicated to the traditional teachings of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. We had some technical probleemd, and had to record this is a coffee house in Boulder, so please excuse the sound quality. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
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Structural Integration is a philosophy, a science, an art form, and more. The many individuals who have carried on the work of Dr. Rolf are truely remarkable. Some of them are here. My gratude goes out to all who have made this work what it is, and to those who will take it to the next step.
Fantastic!
If you are interested in taking your body to the next level then this podcast is for you. Michael does an excellent job interviewing some of the best body workers on the planet. Check it out. Better yet...listen to the podcast and then find a Rolfer. It will change your body and your life.
more interviews please.
Great show. It's hard to find resources like this for those of us in this awsome field of work. I would love to see more podcasts put up. Fantastic job.






