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What is Rolfing?
Quite simply, Rolfing® is a kind of body based therapy whose aim is to release restrictions in the connective tissue and restore or augment healthy function. This is done largely by aligning the body with respect to the field of gravity. This system yields many, many positive results, including better posture, the resolution of various body aches and pains, as well as providing a greater measure of general emotional or psychological well-being to those who undertake the course of treatment.
Rolfing® is not, as many people think, deep tissue massage.
Originally called Structural Integration, Rolfing® was developed in the 50s and 60s by Biochemist Dr. Ida P. Rolf, from whom it takes its name. It has more in common with Osteopathy and Physiotherapy than massage, though it does contain elements of each of them. It is a unique therapy having its basis in Bio-mechanics but is influenced by understandings from other disciplines, including Hatha Yoga and Cranio-Sacral therapy.
As a Rolfer®, my approach is to, by turns, bring the various segments of the human form back into alignment with gravity wherever insult or injury have caused chronic contraction of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia.
In addition to aligning with respect to gravity, we also work to bring adaptability between the segments themselves.
If we take a higher view, then our overarching aim is to simply create or hold a safe space where the client can find resolution for troubling issues and invoke a greater measure of well-being, grace and joy.
It may sometimes sound a little complicated, but ultimately the aims of Rolfing® are simple:
more comfort, ease and well-being in your body; comfort, ease and well-being that are lasting and that come from having a physical structure that is more optimally balanced and thus fostering the feeling of being more deeply connected to your own core-being.
Rolfing® is not a quick fix. One of the distinguishing features of this therapy is that it is designed as a process, or program of ten or twelve separate sessions, systematically and methodically working through the whole body to provide true, deep and lasting integration. This is experienced not only physically, but also for most people, psychologically and emotionally. Some clients prefer to start with 3-4 sessions to get a sense for how the process of re-structuring the body works for them and decide to continue on as the progress accumulates session by session.
David Welker
David’s training in Rolfing® Structural Integration began at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado which came about as a natural progression of his lifelong passion for holistic health as well as his own embodied experiences of restoring health through manual therapy. The healing experiences of this work and its potential to render greater vitality throughout all areas of life continue to inspire his endless curiosity and dedication to holistic, integrative health.
In addition to being a Certified Rolfer®, David is an outdoor enthusiast and a certified Yoga instructor. He understands both the active lifestyle and the restorative practices that facilitate balance and resilience. Rolfing® has provided him the catalyst for profound transformation and, as a certified practitioner, he is passionate about sharing these potentials with each of his clients by meeting them precisely where they are on their path to greater health and vitality.
David has recently relocated his practice to Austin from the foothills of Colorado and is enjoying being close to family and friends as well as the incredibly creative and vibrant energy that the city offers.