RolfingŪ William Kaye - Certified Advanced RolferŪ

What is Rolfing: Rolfing is a system for improving human physical structure and function. By slowly stretching and freeing the connective tissue – which holds muscles, bones and organs together – Rolfers (practitioners of Rolfing) restore flexibility, alignment and comfort to the body.

Why do people get Rolfed? Stress, trauma, and repeated imbalanced movement will eventually shorten the connective tissue leaving the body less flexible and often imbalanced. Rolfing reverses this process with slow hands-on manipulation that restores length, flexibility and balance.

How is it set up? What will my first appointment be like? In the first session we will talk about your physical history and then begin to slowly release the connective tissue layer by layer. The basic series of Rolfing consists of ten sessions which usually run between and hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and a half. Most people start by scheduling a single session to see if they like they work before they decide to do the entire series.

I have heard that people will use Rolfing to open or release emotions that may be held in the body. Any emotion we have is actually a physical event that changes the tone, length, position and even temperature of our muscles and connective tissue. Repeated or traumatic events can be recorded as stress, sadness or fear that is held in the body in the form of rigidity, jumpiness, and changes in posture. As the Rolfing slowly and carefully releases the tissue, these feelings dissolve in a way that is not overwhelming or re-traumatizing.

Does Rolfing hurt? I have heard rumors? Often people will “feel” an old injury or pain as it is released through Rolfing, but that is followed by the feeling of relief and well-being as flexibility and balance is restored to those areas.

If I get Rolfed, will the changes last? The changes will not only last but they often continue after the sessions are over. In the same way that an imbalanced movement will eventually distort or wear down the alignment of the body, balanced and efficient movements will build the body back up. Everyday movements will maintain and even improve the effects of the Rolfing.

Won’t my bad habits pull my body back out of alignment? Rolfing increases the body awareness and makes people more sensitive to the effect of “bad habits” or imbalanced movement patterns. It naturally feels better to be efficient and balanced so the body instinctively will move in a more balanced way -because it feels better.

Who was Ida Rolf? Ida Rolf was an American Biochemist who studied the flexibility of proteins in connective tissue in the 1930’s and 1940’s. During that period her son was ill and she could not find a doctor who could properly diagnose his condition. She finally realized that her son’s problems were due to pressure on his internal organs from a compressed physical structure. Following an instinct, she began to massage and manipulate his body until the pressure was released and his problems disappeared. She went on to develop Rolfing over a 30 year period. Ida Rolf created the Rolf Institute after many years of writing and lecturing.

William Kaye is a Certified Advanced Rolfer who has been a member of the Rolf Institute for more than 28 years. He has taught Rolfing and served on the admissions committee of the Rolf Institute. William is also certified to practice Somatic Experiencing® a technique for healing the effects of physical and emotional trauma, and he has also trained in Cranial Sacral technique at the Upledger Institute.

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Contact:
William Kaye
Certified Advanced Rolfer
11 Penn Plaza #1015
New York, NY 10001
(7th Ave. between 31st and 32nd Streets.)
212 268 8705
Toll free 877 ROLF NYC willykaye23@hotmail.com

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