Yogis Discover Rolfing Enhances Their Practice
Yogis are discovering that the intense yet stimulating movements of Rolf Structural Integration can enhance their practice. Did you know that Ida Rolf developed her work in part inspired by yoga? Rolf Structural Integration and [...]
Discover the power of Rolfing
Discover the power of Rolfing Special to the Bonanza INCLINE VILLAGE, Nv. Deeply transformational bodywork called The Rolf Method of Structural Integration is now available in Incline Village Lake Tahoe and Davis. The Rolf Method [...]
Structural Integration Mission Statement
The Guild For Structural Integration The dictionary defines a mission as “a continuing task or responsibility that one is destined or fitted to do or specially called upon to undertake.” Accordingly, the Guild offers the [...]
Lesa Pensak en Espanol
Nueva Oficina 2022 True North Rolf Integración Estructural 753 Pena Drive A Davis, Ca 95618 "Integración Estructural se trata a la persona entera. Se trata de la fascia y el sentimiento. La sensación de pasar [...]
Cultivate Better Posture The Organic Way
Read the full article here: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/cultivate-better-posture-the-organic-lasting-way-ruthie-streiter/ By Ruthie Streiter Many of us would love to have better posture without having to think about it or “make” it happen. Who has the time or mental energy [...]
Gravity and Optimism.
Gravity & Optimism. Article by Ruthie Streiter photo: Lana Bernberg I recently read on a fitness blog a question about addressing rounding in the upper back. The fitness ‘expert’ replied by saying, “Gravity is not [...]
Myths and Realities About The CORE
Myths and Realities About the Core ~ by Ruthie Streiter In a fitness world loaded with recommendations and catch phrases about the “core” and “core strength,” it can be confusing to navigate this complex topic. [...]
Lesa Sol Pensak – Rolf Structural Integration in Davis and Lake Tahoe
Lesa Sol Pensak is Board Certified Advanced Structural Integrator certified from the Guild for Structural Integration. Lesa is also a Holistic Health Practitioner and Massage Therapist certified from Mueller College of Holistic Studies. She has [...]
Staying Fit: Yoga, Rolfing and Fascia
Staying Fit: Yoga, Rolfing and the Elusive Cinderella Tissues by Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. What is the most plentiful tissue in the body -- and the most ignored? The answer is fascia -- the gooey, gliding stuff [...]
Dr Rolf Speaks posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
"Anybody and everybody can put hands into a body and change a body. And have mercy, good lord, on you if you come and say to me, “Well I know I did a [...]
FAQ's About Rolf Structural Integration
Structural Integration Structural Integration is a scientifically validated body therapy. Unlike massage, Structural Integration focuses not on the muscles but on their protective layer, called fascia (also known as connective tissue). Muscles are contracting tissues [...]
Fascia: The Sensory Organ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj9NqWZ-0ik By: Robert Schleip Posted by: Lesa Sol Pensak
"I Got Rolfed" Posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
I GOT ROLFED Not only is “Rolfing” fun to say, but it helped me stand straighter, too By Carli Cutchin This article was published on 04.26.01. I’d like to say that I tried [...]
Of Grace and Gravity: Rolfers speak about Dr Rolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owExX1Gmnxs&feature=player_embedded Dr Ida Rolf was undoubtedly one of the most significant women of the twentieth century. A great mind and pioneering thinker, a creative scientist years ahead of [...]
The ART of Rolfing: Posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110517/LIV06/105170308/The-art-rolfing?odyssey=nav|head The art of rolfing 9:00 PM, May 16, 2011 Written by Geralda Miller gmiller@rgj.com Rolfing Ida Rolf created the 10-session Rolfing process that now is used internationally. Lorne Johnson might be a cowboy who [...]
Rolfing: Integration and Balance :Posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
"Rolfing is not primarily a psycho-therapeutic approach to the problems of humans, but the effect it has had on the human psyche has been so noteworthy that many people insist on so regarding it. [...]
Dr. Rolf explains Rolfing-YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zj2vuCpduk
Dr Rolf Quote: Posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
So many therapists are striking at the pattern of disease, instead of supporting the pattern of health. One of the things that you as Rolfers must always emphasize is that you are not practitioners curing [...]
Dancers and Rolfing – Posted by Lesa Sol Pensak
Dancers and Rolfing MARIA F. — Dancer, member of Modern Dance Company This article appears in the book Rolfing – Stories of Personal Empowerment, by Briah Anson I’m in the Susan Warden Dance Company. Everyone [...]
Being Healthy Is A Revolutionary Act!
Being Healthy Is a Revolutionary Act: Renegade Perspectives for Thriving in a Mixed-Up World By Pilar Gerasimo / January-February 2011 You Want to Be Healthy? Well, hey, that’s wonderful! This article is designed to help [...]
Rolfing’s Renaissance – Posted by Lesa Pensak
By Rachel Worrall– April 1, 2011 After an altercation with a snow groomer in January 2005 left me with chronic pain in my lower and middle back, left shoulder, and neck, I couldn’t find many [...]
Why Ten Sessions? – Posted by Lesa Pensak
"In Structural Integration, we expect to give a cycle of ten sessions. There is a reason for this. We are not dealing with local problems. We are not dealing with the kind of thing that [...]
Fascia Video!
by Dr. Robert Schliep Fascia -- dubbed from German TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj9NqWZ-0ik
Rolfing/Structural Integration for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
http://www.altmd.com/Articles/Rolfing-for-CTS Article from AltMD Rolfing/Structural Integration for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a painful condition caused by pressure on the median nerve in the wrist. It develops from a repetitive stress injury [...]
Fascia The Forgotten Tissue. Top 8 Highlights
http://www.jeffcubos.com/2011/01/24/fascia-the-forgotten-tissue-top-8-highlights Posted on the Jeff Cubos website listed above. A guest post from my good friend and colleague, Dr. Thomas Lam of Fits Toronto After the first talk by Robert Schleip I could have left [...]
Fascial Fitness
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What Others Say about Structural Integration
*Lesa Pensak is featured in the article* http://www.rolfguild.org/otherssay.html Tim Thackery, the 2000, US National Taekwondo champion (flyweight division) started receiving Structural Integration sessions at the age of 13. Now at age 21 he still receives [...]
The Rolfing Experience Posted by Lesa Pensak Lake Tahoe
"The principals of Rolfing can work in a large variety of situations and the level of touch can be adjusted to suit the newborn or the armored football player." by: Betsy Sise The Rolfing [...]
Rolfing and Yoga Posted by Lesa Pensak Lake Tahoe
"Mr. Iyengar notes that it is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert. This means that the spine isn't just a physical structure but a psychological one as well. The moment the [...]
Dr Rolf Quote Posted by Lesa Pensak
"You must add length to get a person out of his misery. This is because the gravitational force is pulling him down. And the point of weakness will be the point where he will accomodate [...]
About Dr. Ida Rolf Posted by Lesa Pensak Lake Tahoe
Dr. Ida Rolf Dr. Ida Rolf was born in New York in 1896 and grew up in the Bronx. She attended Barnard College, graduating in 1916 in the middle of World War I. The war, [...]