I got a long and very detailed history of a client’s pain and dysfunction. She has a lot of pain areas, and was concerned that the Rolfing® work we did would make her even more susceptible to instability and pain in the future. This was my response: Thank you very much for this. […]
The Calm Center in Motion
‘Feeling the calm at the center of the cyclone.’ ‘Feeling the stillness within motion.’ These are some of my favorite metaphors for how dance can feel for me. Think about it: most movement does not seek to “stabilize” but rather to move though space, whether the motion is small or large. It’s important to develop […]
Sore Hip? Read this.
I was limping on a really sore hip this morning on the way to breakfast next door. I’m in OKC, which means I am literally sleeping in the office, which is situated adjacent to the chiro clinic’s exercise equipment. I got back from Joey’s Cafe and started doing the very same twist-with-resistance exercises that I […]
Sometimes movement work is what brings it all together
Working with a client recovering from a car accident this morning. In addition to: 1. easing spasming muscles, her painful nerves hyper-sensitive from tethered fascias and inflammation in her neck, and holding on for dear life around her liver and psoas; 2. adjusting joints, especially ribs, clavicle and sternum area, jammed by the impact from […]
Comment on the Idea of Integration
At the end of almost every session I tell people to take a walk to help further integrate the work. I am specific ‘letting the hands and arms free, no iPhone, no leash, walking at a leisurely pace ( no more than 100 beats/minute.’ I usually exhort people to ‘let your hips be hips, ankles […]
Success Story
A client who’d had multiple injuries related to a horrendous motorcycle accident a few years ago was told that she had two options: surgery with a 33% of feeling better ( and 66% chance of feeling worse after) or being on pain medication for life. She cried a long time after getting that news. Fortunately […]
Strong and Free Shoulders
One of the things I do for me on a weekly basis is work – or ‘work out’, or ‘play’ – in a dance studio in Boulder. I often end up exploring a particular principal of body movement. It’s a habit from teaching dance ( which I hope to be doing again in addition to […]
Robert McWilliams Certified Advanced Rolfer™ wins “Best of Boulder” Award
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rolfing in Boulder, LLC Receives 2015 Best of Boulder Award Boulder Award Program Honors the Achievement BOULDER August 12, 2015 — Rolfing in Boulder, LLC, Robert McWilliams Certified Advanced Rolfer™ and Rolf Movement® Practitioner has been selected for the 2015 Best of Boulder Award in the Alternative Medicine category by […]
Why Should I See A Rolfer™; Why I Should Consider Robert
When you feel tired… -of being in chronic pain, like plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, low back pain -of feeling like your body is “older” than it should be, with neck tension, tight shoulders, tight back, tight hips, tight ankles and more -when everyday movements feel more clumsy and difficult than previously, and you just want […]
infinity symbol is in our inner and outer relationships
I just took a wonderful workshop with Ron Murray, Advanced Rolfer, Osteopath, and Berry Method teacher. We explored the relationships in the ankle, knee and thigh between very mobile and less mobile but pivotal areas. These are termed lemniscate relationships. A lemniscate is a figure 8 and infinity symbol, and as such in the body […]
