How Does Rolfing Feel?

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If you can imagine how it feels to live in a fluid, light and balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress, then you can begin to appreciate the depth of the Rolfing experience. While every Rolfing session is unique, addressing your specific physical problems and patterns, it involves the manipulation of fascia at varying depths in the body. Thus, the sensations can vary from mild to strong and range from pleasurable warmth to momentary discomfort. At times there may be little sensation at all.

Early in your first session, your Rolfer and you will establish a level of physical intensity that you are comfortable with. Often, within the first few sessions you will notice a palpable release of tension and tightness. Many people report feeling lighter, taller and more balanced. Sometimes the effects build more gradually, with an increasing fluidity of movement, a greater sense of ease as well as increased alertness and energy.

Rolfing typically begins with a series of ten, one-hour to one-and-a-half-hour sessions (a week or two apart) that are designed as a comprehensive approach to integrating your entire body. Special interventions to treat specific injuries can often be accomplished in fewer sessions. Post-ten sessions provide you with an ongoing way to mitigate the damaging effects of stress, to enhance performance and to support a wide variety of personal growth practices.

Today, more than 1,200 certified Rolfing practitioners are available throughout the world. Only Certified Rolfers have the advanced training and years of supervised practice it takes to safely and knowledgeably employ Rolfing techniques. To learn more about how Rolfing may be able to help you overcome physical limitations, let go of chronic constrictions and open to more flexible ways of moving and encountering the world, contact a Rolfer in your area.