The Basic Ten Series |
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| The Basic Ten Series consists of ten sessions, each one building on the last. Each session lasts approximately 60 to 90 minutes and can be scheduled anywhere from one a week to one a month. At the time of the first session, the client completes a health questionnaire. | |
| The client undresses down to underwear and "before session one" photographs will be taken to assist with evaluation as the series progresses. Then while the client lies on the table, the Practitioner begins the fascial work. Applying pressure to the myofascial tissue, the Practitioner will use hands, arms, and sometimes elbow to carefully move the tissue. |
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| The relationship between the tissue, the rhythms of respiration, nervous System responses and organization in gravity is all part of the Practitioner's work. The client is a participant, often being asked to breathe into the area being worked on, to make small movements through the joint, and to discuss patterns of movement and the use of gravity through that movement. |
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Quotation
Fascia is the organ of posture. Nobody ever says this; all the talk is about muscles. Yet this is a very important concept, and because this is so important, we as Rolfers must understand both the anatomy and physiology, but especially the anatomy of fascia. The body is a web of fascia. A spiderweb is in a plane. This web is in a sphere. We can trace the lines of that web to get an understanding of how what we see in a body works. For example, why, when we work with the superficial fascia does this change the tone of the fascia as a whole?
Ida P. Rolf
