What is Movement Instruction?
Movement instruction is a separate aspect of Rolfing that forwards the same goal as the Rolf Method. Where the Rolf method works with structural patterns, movement education is focused on re-educating the body’s movement patterns. Life is motion. When we are unable to meet life’s demand to move in certain ways, tension results. Familiar symptoms of this kind of tension are low energy, aching muscles and stress. Clients may also notice they carry habitual blocks in there walk, stretches or work habits. The practitioner works to guide the client in replacing binding tension patterns with free and well-integrated movement. Movement work can be done for its own value or as a powerful aid to the manipulation work. Often, the Rolf practitioner will include movement education in the structural sessions to further release certain patterns and educate the client on how they may be able to move more efficiently with less effort.
