Rolf Structural Integration Since 1991 with Jim Arkison
Why do people choose Rolf Structural Integration instead of other therapeutic modalities? Most of the time, they are looking for help with a body that is letting them down. Often they have already tried other forms of therapy. Many come because they know someone who has benefited from the 10-series. The list of reasons is long and even where I name a lot of them on another page of this web site, that list is by no means inclusive.
Before and After Rolfing
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Why Rolfing?
There are two main questions for most of them. First, what is this Rolf Structural Integration and why try this modality? Second, why should they get the work from Jim Arkison?
What is Rolf Structural Integration? It is a systematic process for unwinding the body’s war against gravity until gravity becomes a friend that supports it.
Any structure out of balance to gravity, especially one that moves like our bodies, is under strain. This strain can manifest in either a drain on our energy as we struggle to remain upright, or a deterioration in our bodies’ structural components due to the sheering of over-stressed joints, or both.
The experience of this imbalance can be felt as getting tired easier as we get older, but more commonly the thing we notice is pain. We can’t do what we used to be able to do, and the feeling is one of being trapped in a body accelerating into dysfunction.
With the Rolf Method, the ropes and pulleys of your body get rebalanced. Attention is paid to the entire body from head to toe. The arches of the feet addressed so you can walk straighter with more spring. Imbalances in the hips are relieved. Knees are addressed; the entire spine is addressed; the sacrum, neck, and shoulders are addressed. Even the entire head gets its due.
So Rolf Structural Integration is as holistic as any modality can be. No other profession so systematically attends to all the compensations on all the different levels. Almost every person who walks in with a complaint finishes the series having experienced relief, but also openness in the body that they never expected.
Why Jim Arkison
But why come to see Jim Arkison? I initially received the work as a way of healing my messed up body, so I know first-hand what this work can do. It was this experience that convinced me to change careers so that I could give back. My dedication to this work is total. I have been in practice since 1991, and during that time, I have had many suggestions from people to sell diet aids, supplements, do massage, add chiropractic adjustments, etc. I have never done any of these as my goal is to be the best at doing Dr. Rolf’s work. I am comfortable referring to other professionals as needed. I have even attended seminars for other professions, but the focus is always to be the best practitioner that I can be.
Finally, I offer you my eyes, my ears, my hands, and my heart. No two people are the same, and when you come to see me, I pay attention to everything about you with compassion. You are trusting me, so I treat you during the series as I feel I would want to be treated.
