Paul Fitzgerald
Certified Advanced Rolfer™
Rolf Movement Teacher
(650)218-3973
Moved to Lisbon, Portugal!
Resuming work in Fall 2021
ROLF MOVEMENT™
The purpose of Rolf Movement is to work with the client to identify the movement patterns that promote strain and asymmetry in her system. Once these patterns are identified, the Rolf Movement practitioner doesn't necessarily seek to change those patterns which have served the client well. Rather the Rolfer offers more economical solutions, ones that promote greater balance and efficiency in the gravitational field.
Like the structural Ten Series, Rolf Movement is taught as a sequence of sessions devoted to specific structural and movement themes. In a classic movement series, the first session is devoted to exploring breathing patterns and using the breath to promote ease and release holdings in the ribs, lungs and respiratory diaphragm. Subsequent sessions address movement patterns in the foot, ankle and knee joints, the hip joint, the arms and head and neck. These sessions are normally repeated to access deeper holding patterns and achieve higher levels of order just as structural Rolfers return to the extremities and upper and lower girdles (the shoulder and pelvis) in the latter sessions to more fully integrate structure and function.
While Rolf Movement can be explored by clients who have completed a structural series, it serves equally well as a stand-alone tool for achieving higher levels of self-awareness and body coherence.
"We are not truly upright, we are only on our way to being upright. This is a metaphysical consideration. One of the jobs of a Rolfer is to speed that process along. We want to get a man out of the place where gravity is his enemy. We want to get him into the place where gravity reinforces him and is a friend, a nourishing force."
Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D
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