Brief history of Rolfing®
“What conditions must be fulfilled in order for the human body-structure to be organized and integrated in gravity so that the whole person can function in the most optimal and economical way?“ – Ida P. Rolf (1896-1979) posed this fundamental question.
Trained as a biochemist she earned her PhD at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1920. Over more than 50 years of research and her inquisitive and visionary nature being influenced by disciplines such as osteopathy, yoga or chiropractic, she developed her system of soft tissue manipulation and movement education. It is what we now call Rolfing®.
In the mid 1960’s she began teaching at Esalen. In 1971 she established the Rolf Insitute in Boulder, Colorado, which is dedicated to this day to share her work by certifying Rolfers™ worldwide.
www.esalen.org
www.rolf.org
In 1991 The European Rolfing® Association e.V. (ERA) was founded to promote Rolfing® in Europe and is based in Munich, Germany.
www.rolfing.org
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