What Is Rolfing and How It Can Benefit You?

Rolfing, also known as Structural Integration, is classified as a holistic therapy which aims to organize and integrate the human body in gravity to promote well being. Specifically, it’s when a professional Rolfer or Rolf Practitioner, performs soft tissue manipulation to a client in order to loosen and lengthen tight or shortened fascia (connective tissue) which corrects imbalances and restores alignment in the body. In simplistic terms a Rolfer works to realign connective tissue.

To better understand Rolfing, we need to know what fascia is. Myofascial layers are the connective tissue that quite literally holds us together and …read more