How is it a tool? How is it the therapist?
The quote is by Dr. Ida P. Rolf talking about her view of health and wellness.
So, what did Dr. Rolf have in mind?
“Some individuals may perceive their losing fight with gravity as a sharp pain in their back, others as the unflattering contour of their body, others as constant fatigue, yet others as an unrelentingly threatening environment. Those over forty may call it old age. And yet all these signals may be pointing to a single problem so prominent in their own structure, as well as others, that it has been ignored: they are off-balance, they are at war with gravity.”
As it is for any structure on Earth the human body must deal with Gravity. Our body is designed for balance. Balance in relationship to the force of Gravity.
Dr. Rolf had this vision: “This is the gospel of Rolfing: When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.”
