What to Expect

Remember to download intake forms, fill out, and bring to your first session. 

At your session, we’ll discuss Rolfing theory and practice, your health history and concerns, and your goals and expectations for the work. Next, we'll begin the ongoing process of getting to know your structure, posture and movement patterns.

Reviewing your responses, we’ll discuss Rolfing theory and practice, your health history and concerns, and your goals and expectations for the work. Next, we'll begin the ongoing process of getting to know your structure, posture and movement patterns.

After a postural and movement evaluation, you’ll be asked to lie on the table. Sessions sometimes begin with neck work to help us tune into what’s going on in your system. Your neck may feel tight due to long-standing holding patterns, or short-term anxiety over a problem at work. Both cause tension in your neck and shoulders, but feel very different in your tissue. Ongoing attention to this area, combining Rolfing manipulation and heightened body awareness, helps you tune into the session and goes a long way toward improving overall results.

Session one focuses on freeing the torso to allow fuller breath. I’ll work toward this goal by working superficial tissue, which affects the breathing mechanism—predominantly areas around the ribcage, shoulders, arms, and hips. During the session, I’ll ask you to breath into areas being worked and move your body in various directions. In addition to facilitating the lengthening, freeing, and repositioning connective tissue, this participation allows your system to explore unfamiliar movement patterns and refine body awareness. All factors allowing us to significantly affect posture and balance.

Throughout the session, you’ll get a chance to walk around, evaluate your experience, note changes, and provide input for continuing the process. Neck and back work is included at the end of almost every session to balance and integrate the work into the body. Time is also dedicated to movement education and training in the form of body awareness techniques, stretching and toning exercises, ergonomic considerations, and healthy sitting, standing, and walking practices. Movement homework is often provided.

The amount of time between sessions varies and is determined on an individual basis. Most clients schedule sessions one to three weeks apart.