Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute, March 2017

Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute® is the professional journal representing the field of Rolfing® Structural Integration. It has been in continuous publication for some forty years, initially as The Bulletin of Structural Integration and later as Rolf Lines.

This issue of Structural Integration: The Journal of the Rolf Institute®, Volume 45 No. 1 (March 2017), looks at cross-pollination between Rolfing® Structural Integration (SI) and other endeavors.

Many practitioners come to Rolfing SI after a career in another field, some continue to have dual careers, and some have serious vocations or engage in new professional trainings while maintaining their Rolfing practices. Thus, we are Rolfers™ but we have been or still are artists, physicians, researchers, actors, lawyers, spiritual teachers, nurses, authors, psychotherapists, dancers, etc. These other interests and bodies of knowledge uniquely cross-pollinate with and inform how individual Rolfers engage the field of Rolfing SI, and the Rolfing worldview in turn affects their other interests. This makes for a dynamic field of practice, where each individual brings a perspective or facet that can add understanding of our work as a whole. The cross-pollination theme in this issue features articles by and interviews with a broad sampling of Rolfers from diverse fields. We also feature articles on closure and on the effect of radiation treatment on fascia – and how this tissue that is ‘burned from within’ requires a unique approach.