BARSI – The British Academy of Rolfing Structural Integration is pleased to announce that a new round of the Modular Training to become a Certified Rolfer will begin in September this… read more →
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Life-Changing New Careers for UK’s First Rolfing Graduates! The UK Rolfing Community welcomes twelve new Certified Rolfers bringing the total number of Rolfers in the UK to 36. The new… read more →
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Rolfer Fabio Palma and Keith Graham have opened new practices in London. Fabio is offering Rolfing and Physiotherapy at The London Natural Health Centre –Click here for details. Keith has… read more →
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The London Rolfing Clinic opens this September in the heart of Bloomsbury, at the beautiful Atelier Tammam. An elegant and spacious venue, the Atelier is a short walk from King’s Cross, St Pancras and Euston… read more →
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“Certified Advanced Rolfer Alan Richardson opens a new practice in the Summit Therapy Rooms in Highgate. While still practicing from Muswell Hill/East Finchley and The Hale Clinic in Regents Park,… read more →
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Aidan is delighted to let you know that he is seeing clients at The Light Centre Belgravia on Thursdays 2.15pm- 5.15pm and Fridays 5.15pm-8.15pm. The Light Centre Belgravia is a… read more →
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Due to increased demand, Certified Rolfer Sibyl Darrington has added Monday availability to her London schedule, now offering 2 days of availability. She is available for bookings on Mondays, 2pm… read more →
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Keith Graham Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement practitioner of www.rolfingtaichilondon.co.uk has opened a new practice in Surrey at The Haslemere Clinic on Fridays and Saturday mornings. The Haslemere Clinic is a… read more →
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Certified Rolfer and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Liesl D Hinkly is delighted and truly excited to announce that after a three year wait she has now been accepted on to the team at… read more →
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Plymouth
Tavistock
For Bookings: 07901 808529
Email:jactherolfer@talktalk.net
Website: www.rolfingdevon.co.uk
Certified Rolfer
Rolf Movement Practitioner
Having originally trained as a Sports Massage Therapist, I qualified as a certified Rolfer in Munich , Germany . I later also graduated as a Rolf Movement Practitioner, following further training in Colorado , USA . My clients age range is three weeks old to 87 years old.
Wickhambreaux, Canterbury
For Bookings: 01227 728 670
Email: info@rolfinginkent.co.uk
Website: www.rolfinginkent.co.uk
Certified Advanced Rolfer – LM
Rolfing Movement Practitioer
Yoga Teacher
Health Practitoner (‘Heilpraktikerin’)
Isabell was certified as a Rolfer in 2000 in Munich by the European Rolfing Association.
She completed her advanced training in 2005, has been assisting in Rolfing trainings since 2006, and is currently a teacher-in-training at the European Faculty.
Isabell has attended a wide variety of workshops including Visceral Manipulation, Cranio-Sacral Therapy and Continuum-Movement.Isabell originally trained in acting and theatre. She has a special interest in freedom of movement and expression of the whole human being. Isabell gives special emphasis to working with the dynamic of the whole person, supporting the unfolding of their potential, physically, emotionally and in terms of awareness.
Isabell also has a background in trauma work and family constellations (after Hellinger). Recently Isabell has been training as a Pilates instructor. After 12 years of working as a Rolfer, Isabell remains fascinated by the healing potential of aligning the body in the field of gravity, and the way that can mirror into all areas of life, bringing about greater well-being, ease, joy and freedom.
Central London, Camden
Garden Flat 92a
Lady Margaret Road
London, N19 5ES
For Bookings: 020 7697 0464 or 07904 289 672
Email: gravity@rolfing-yoga.com
Website: www.rolfing-yoga.com
Certified Advanced Rolfer
Rolf Movement Practitioner
Rolf Institute Faculty member
Rolf Movement Group Explorations
Giovanni Felicioni is a certified Rolfer, Rolf Movement Practitioner and a Yoga Teacher. He has been practicing as a bodyworker in London and abroad for the past 19 years. Giovanni teaches on the European Rolfing Faculty, trains Yoga Teachers, runs a practice in London and teaches workshops and retreats internationally.
As a bodyworker Giovanni’s interests lie where human wellbeing and the ordinary movements of everyday life meet our capacity for the dynamic of contemplation. And where the process of structural and movement integration, brought about through appropriate use of touch and language, meets the person’s own process of coming to a deeper and broader awareness of self and others.
Southbourne,
Bournemouth
BH5 2DP
For Bookings: 07977 979126 or 01202 432906
Email:angie@angiewebber.com
Certified Rolfer
Rolf Movement Practitioner
Angie Webber first became interested in the structure and function of the human body and its links to mental and emotional wellbeing during her yoga teacher training in 1999.
She was later introduced to Rolfing Structural Integration and went on to train at the Rolf Institutes in Munich and Sydney, graduating in 2005 as a Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner.
In her practice Angie sees clients who come for varying reasons, from those who wish to address structural issues with their related tensions and pains, to those who wish to experience the ten series. She is inspired by Rolfing and the way it enables clients to become so in-tune and aware of their physical body as it responds to sensitive intervention coupled with the client’s perceptive co-ordination of breath and movement; how this awareness translates into everyday life and how the treatment helps clients access deeper aspects of their being.
She is constantly challenged and constantly learning from the process.
Bristol, Bath
For Bookings: 0117 9735 987
Website: www.rolfingbristol.co.uk
Certified Rolfer
Rolf Movement Practitioner
Coming soon…
Minehead, Somerset
Bedminster, Bristol
For Bookings: 07867 488561
Email: andrea@yogauk.com
Website: www.yogaandrolfing.co.uk
Certified Rolfer LM
Andrea has Rolfing practices in Minehead and Bristol. Andrea is interested in the nature of life and what it means to be human. She graduated with a degree in biochemistry in 1986 and since then has practised and studied many different forms of yoga and its role in stress management and the maintenance of good physical and mental health. Andrea has been teaching yoga since 1994 and runs 3-year yoga teacher training courses in Bristol, as well as in-service training workshops for yoga teachers around the country. Andrea discovered Rolfing in 2004 and became a Certified Rolfer in 2008 after training at the European Rolfing Association centre in Munich. She enjoys working with all Rolfing clients, including those who are experiencing pain and wish to address a specific issue, and also those who wish to explore more deeply the way their body is organised and to develop better posture and greater ease of movement. Andrea’s website is at www.yogaandrolfing.co.uk
14 Westmoreland Road
New Brighton
Wallasey,
CH45 1HU
For Bookings: 07817966752 or 01516 306572
Email: andrea@abmovement.com
Certified Rolfer
Andrea is a certified Rolfer, she qualified in 2010 at the European Rolfing Institute.
Her interest in this work originates simply from a passion for movement and alongside Rolfing she continues her work as a dance performer, maker and teacher.
Having experienced many forms of body work, Rolfing has been key in finding a healthy relationship with her own dancing body and her everyday habitual responses.
With an interest to delve deeper into the body’s intelligence and attain to a better relation with gravity, Andrea welcomes the opportunity to assist others in managing the aches and pains, caused by imbalances in posture and alignment, which have been reinforced over time.
19th October 2016…..Rolfing® UK, the organisational body of RolfersTM based in the UK launched its new website today.
The purpose of the new website is to inform and educate the non – Rolfing® public about Rolfing® Structural Integration and all of its benefits as well as widen the appeal of Rolfing® Structural Integration within the field of complementary healthcare. The website also provides a central information resource for anyone looking to find a Certified RolferTM along with appropriate links for those interested in the Rolfing® training.
Whilst Rolfing can help at any age, a recent article in High 50 Health explains about the benefits that Rolfing can bring to those over 50.
http://www.high50.com/health/50-rolfed-rolfing-set-health-craze-2017
Children between the ages of five and 16 are now reportedly spending an average of six-and-a-half hours a day in front of screens. While there has been significant research into the emotional and psychological effects, there has not been a great amount of attention paid to the physical effects – aside from the neurological and particularly the over stimulation of the mind.
Rolfing UK has found that there really isn’t a huge amount of public awareness as to the impact of our high tech lives on our children’s structural development and specifically their posture
Advanced Certified Rolfer Alan Richardson recently shared a testimonial from a parent who found Rolfing very beneficial for her 12-year old son, Joey. His mum was a professional ballet dancer and she became increasingly frustrated at Joey’s poor posture resulting from too much time spent in front of screens. Joey refused to attend ballet or yoga classes and his mum was tired of nagging. Then Joey’s grandmother shared an article about Rolfing in ‘The Dancing Times’ recommending it as a very successful in realigning children’s posture. Here you can read about how Rolfing really benefited Joey, not just in terms of improving his posture and balance, but also boosting his confidence and self-esteem.
Our mission at Rolfing UK is to build greater awareness as to the health benefits of Rolfing Structural Integration to the wider public. While Rolfing is well known in professional dancing and sports circles, we recognise it still isn’t widely known just how beneficial the method can be for helping children. And yet, the Rolfing® logo that is used worldwide depicts one of Dr Rolf’s most famous cases, that of a four-year-old boy, Tim Barrett, who was diagnosed with Leggs-Perthes disease in 1959.
An orthopaedic childhood condition, Leggs-Perthes presents in limited movement in the hip joint, knee pain, and limping. Doctor’s advised Tim’s mother to put him in a cast for five years and the prognosis was that Tim would be in a wheelchair by the age of 20. Dr Rolf believed she could help Tim without having him put into a cast and she worked on him for several months. Tim grew up without any handicaps and went onto to enjoy a healthy life in Hawaii where he became a keen surfer.
To find a Rolfer near you, visit: www.rolfinguk.co.uk/find-a-rolfer/
Certified Advanced Rolfer & Rolf Movement practitioner, Keith Graham, shares this interesting case study where he has helped a woman with arthritis.
Keith reports:
Phyllis first came to me in early 2014 for help with her arthritic hip pain, her main goal being to avoid the hip surgery that her medical consultant was recommending.
I initially took Phyllis through the first six sessions of the classic Rolfing ten series and then with some small improvement in her overall flexibility, my client decided to take a break. Six weeks later Phyllis resumed Rolfing treatments with me; she had decided that of all the therapies that she had tried, Rolfing had produced the best results.
We continued for another 13 sessions during which time, my overall goal was to keep the whole body aligned and balanced in gravity while continuing to gradually break down fascial layers in the pelvis and legs, using Rolfing connective tissue manipulation until I could reach the deep adhesions surrounding the hip joint.
One of the major challenges to overcome when someone has been in pain for a long time is habitual muscle tightening around the damaged joint. This is caused by the nervous system’s fight or flight response and I have found that a combination of MET (muscle energy techniques), Neuromodulation therapy and gentle Rolf Movement is very effective in calming this automatic response. The result was that Phyllis began to experience significantly less pain and a more normal range of movement of the femur in the hip joint.
Having made steady progress during this second series, the rate of improvement again reached a plateau. At this point, it seemed sensible to take another break.
We resumed work in early 2015, and over the first few months of the year made several significant breakthroughs, with marked improvement in Phyllis’ range of movement and further reduction of pain levels.
This has been a very interesting and enlightening experience for me as a practitioner. It has shown, as Ida Rolf demonstrated, that although for most, the classic ten hours of Rolfing can bring remarkable changes to alignment, range of movement and mental/emotional outlook, for clients with more complex issues, the method can still be effective but more time is needed.
Admittedly, this has been an exceptionally long treatment period taking perhaps 30 hours to achieve the desired results. Weighed against this however my client now has a better posture, is out of pain and has achieved her goal which was to avoid hip surgery.
I am enormously grateful to my client for her faith in both Rolfing and me, for her persistence and for her generous financial commitment to the process.
We are now working patiently with an arthritic shoulder, and with only occasional work on her hips, they remain pain-free and mobile.
For more information, contact Keith Graham at Info@rolfingtaichilondon.co.uk.
