‘One discovers by breathing that one had stopped breathing. One only discovers one’s stopped breath when one takes the next breath’ (Hélène Cixous).
Life begins on an inhalation. The Rolfing ten series underscores the importance of breathing by making it our theme of enquiry during the first hour of work.
The London Rolfing Clinic opens September 2014 at the beautiful Atelier Tammam in Bloomsbury. An elegant and spacious venue, the Atelier is a short walk away from King’s Cross, St Pancras and Euston Stations, and offers an ideal setting in which to receive the Rolfing ten series.
Rolfing can help you look slimmer as well as create the best conditions for your body to lose weight naturally. But more importantly than either of these, Rolfing can help you feel better in the body you’re in.
There’s no question that Rolfers are very concerned with posture. But for a certain generation, the P-word gives way to the D-word: deportment. And that leads us into murkier waters.
There are also big differences between the training requirements for Rolfers and massage therapists.