Comments on: Client Exper’s http://align.org Rolfing – Structural Integration Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: owen http://align.org/rolfing-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-3 owen Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:42:19 +0000 http://new.align.org/?page_id=14#comment-3 It seems my whole life i had been living with tension in my body, constantly feeling “wound tight” physically and emotionally. Even though it didn’t seem right, I chose to accept it as a part of me, my make up that i had to just “deal with”. I would do meditation, relaxation exercise, dance,emotional counseling, acupuncture, on and on…. l… but my body would hardly ever truly relax. I call this pain ,which can be incredibly hard to describe or pinpoint. Its the sense that every day something in my body would hurt and ache, causing consistent frustration . Even things that i really loved to do stopped feeling good. This is when i chose to see Owen. NOW!!….after receiving the rolfing treatments in little over a month, i literally feel saved and grateful to tears . I am experiencing shifts in my body consistently. i can relax with less effort. I have a significant amount more flexiblity…. with less effort. When i walk I can feel my thighs hang naturally, my belly and chest are softening which allow me to breath more fully and release tension. I not only feel great and notice my body re-organizing but i feel way less “gripped” in my spirit. This was such an important piece. Owen was able to help me acknowledge the whole picture and walk away with body insight as well as life tricks. thank you Owen. We need more people like you!!. Hallie It seems my whole life i had been living with tension in my body, constantly feeling “wound tight” physically and emotionally. Even though it didn’t seem right, I chose to accept it as a part of me, my make up that i had to just “deal with”.
I would do meditation, relaxation exercise, dance,emotional counseling, acupuncture, on and on…. l… but my body would hardly ever truly relax. I call this pain ,which can be incredibly hard to describe or pinpoint. Its the sense that every day something in my body would hurt and ache, causing consistent frustration . Even things that i really loved to do stopped feeling good. This is when i chose to see Owen.
NOW!!….after receiving the rolfing treatments in little over a month,
i literally feel saved and grateful to tears .
I am experiencing shifts in my body consistently. i can relax with less effort. I have a significant amount more flexiblity…. with less effort. When i walk I can feel my thighs hang naturally, my belly and chest are softening which allow me to breath more fully and release tension.

I not only feel great and notice my body re-organizing but i feel
way less “gripped” in my spirit. This was such an important piece.
Owen was able to help me acknowledge the whole picture and walk
away with body insight as well as life tricks. thank you Owen. We
need more people like you!!.
Hallie

]]> By: owen http://align.org/rolfing-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-2 owen Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:37:02 +0000 http://new.align.org/?page_id=14#comment-2 A good friend recommended I try Rolfing, and I was skeptical at first. Even be frightened of what I might experience, I found Owen an amazing individual and easy to connect with. He didn’t lie to me that rolfing would hurt - it does at first - but there’s great reason behind it. Being the world’s biggest wimp, I survived just fine, and learned a lot in the process. Rolfing helped me understand what I never knew (and used to mock), that there is a very powerful link between body and mind. I am in the process of connecting my mind and body, after having little connection my entire life (I’m in my mid-30’s). I was surprised to find how much emotion is stored inside my body, and how much I’ve stuffed my anger, my fear, my stress, and my pain. Rolfing has been a key ingredient to releasing my inner turmoil in an outward way. I am thankful for the experience. One of the more shocking experiences I had was when Owen was working on my ribs. I have always been sensitive to anyone touching my rib cage, and I even have been careful sleeping on my side for some fear that I might crush my ribs. Silly in my judgment. One day on the table Owen gently pressed on my rib cage, and I rolled into a ball sobbing and babbling like a baby. For 10 or 15 minutes I cried my eyes out, experiencing some unknown and utter fear of something. I don’t know what that fear was, but it was something I had stuffed for years - in my ribs no less. After this bizarre experience, I no longer cringe when my ribs are at risk of being pushed. This is not something I would have signed up for had I known before hand - and anecdotal stories Owen has shared with me about Rolfing show that many people have many different reactions to Rolfing, but the outcome is always a more real and powerful life. I recommend Owen to anyone interested in self-help and living a better life. The benefits are sometimes hard to quantify in tangible ways, but it’s the heart that knows the truth of the value of the experience. Mark Rockwell A good friend recommended I try Rolfing, and I was skeptical at first. Even be frightened of what I might experience, I found Owen an amazing individual and easy to connect with. He didn’t lie to me that rolfing would hurt – it does at first – but there’s great reason behind it. Being the world’s biggest wimp, I survived just fine, and learned a lot in the process.

Rolfing helped me understand what I never knew (and used to mock), that there is a very powerful link between body and mind. I am in the process of connecting my mind and body, after having little connection my entire life (I’m in my mid-30’s). I was surprised to find how much emotion is stored inside my body, and how much I’ve stuffed my anger, my fear, my stress, and my pain. Rolfing has been a key ingredient to releasing my inner turmoil in an outward way. I am thankful for the experience.

One of the more shocking experiences I had was when Owen was working on my ribs. I have always been sensitive to anyone touching my rib cage, and I even have been careful sleeping on my side for some fear that I might crush my ribs. Silly in my judgment. One day on the table Owen gently pressed on my rib cage, and I rolled into a ball sobbing and babbling like a baby. For 10 or 15 minutes I cried my eyes out, experiencing some unknown and utter fear of something. I don’t know what that fear was, but it was something I had stuffed for years – in my ribs no less.

After this bizarre experience, I no longer cringe when my ribs are at risk of being pushed. This is not something I would have signed up for had I known before hand – and anecdotal stories Owen has shared with me about Rolfing show that many people have many different reactions to Rolfing, but the outcome is always a more real and powerful life.

I recommend Owen to anyone interested in self-help and living a better life. The benefits are sometimes hard to quantify in tangible ways, but it’s the heart that knows the truth of the value of the experience.

Mark Rockwell

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