Centre de santé holistique d'Ottawa

ROLFING ® Structural Integration - (SI)  

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Rolfing® is a holistic manual therapy that focuses on the fascia of the body. It seeks to realign and rebalance the body through manual therapy, movement, and education. It also decompresses the body, allowing greater fluidity of movement and better alignment with gravity. 

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What does it do?

With use, gravity and habits, our muscles and tissues can suffer from compression.  This compression of the body happens over time and can often be the reason behind chronic pain.  Rolfing® SI seeks to reorganize the muscles ant the connective tissues (fascia) through manipulation and movement.  It is a way of decompressing the body. which allows greater fluidity of movement and better alignment with gravity.

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Throughout the sessions, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being can improve.

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Rolfing®SI is a holistic manual therapy that also fosters a greater sense of embodiment.  Its ultimate goal is to help clients find more ease of movement in their life.

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The Ten-Series

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​The hallmark of Rolfing® Structural Integration is a standardized “recipe” known as the Ten-Series. Its goal is to methodically balance and optimize both the structure (shape) and function (movement) of the entire body over the course of ten Rolfing® sessions. Each session focuses on the obstacles of a particular area in the body all the while maintaining a holistic view of the client’s whole system. Each session also prepares the body for the sessions that come next. Sessions 1-3 address the compression that is held at a superficial level of the body. Sessions 4-7 address the deeper levels of compression within the body. Sessions 8-10 are integration sessions where we prepare the body to create new habits and retain what has been learned in previous sessions.