SomaSmith®
Structural Integration
SomaSmith® Structural Integration is a continuation of the pioneering somatic legacy of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. Building on the same time tested foundations, I have continued to forge ahead using Taoist longevity practices and engineering principles to create a system of assessments that allow me to find the main structural blockage within the neuromyofascial web. In the clinical setting, this allows every intervention to be specific to your situation. With this method, we do not utilize “one size fits all” strategies.
More importantly, these assessments allow you, as the client, to experience how a blockage affects your structure, and how your structure affects your posture! Why hold yourself up when there are already all the bones and ligaments that you might ever need to do the job for you? So, there is no need to take my word for it. As a session comes to a close, we will reassess, and you will feel for yourself how much has changed.
While many issues can be resolved in a single session using this method, most of us have layers upon layers that need to be worked with to achieve our goals and a pleasant neutral place to work from. That sledding accident when you were ten when you thought you might have broken your tail bone? Your body has built itself around that injury through the years until it ran out of options! A peak strain moment, perhaps you turned left and sneezed, and it feels like your body has had it. Hypothetical situations aside, we have all had something occur that has left lasting marks.
Our bodies tell the tale of our lives. Woven into our bodies lives a “blooper reel” of accidents, injuries and traumas. To fully resolve the issue at hand, we must work our way back through time, one blockage after the next, until we find a comfortable level of resilience. Often it is enough to be free from a chronic or nagging complaint. I know from personal experience how true that is. The amount of energy that pain drains is staggering! What would you be doing right now if it didn't hurt too much? I believe it is time to find out. Then, without pain, you are free to set your sites on new goals!
Most issues are much easier to work with before they get glued in and painful. Since our assessments are not looking for pain but rather for function, we can find issues long before they register as a complaint. Do your hips feel off, but no one seems to know why? The odds are in your favour that we can find the cause and bring it back into balance.
While SomaSmith Structural Integration is not a silver bullet, our assessments and treatment strategies could be just the thing to restore your body's resilience!
Dr. Ida Rolf
