Recommended Readings and Related Sites

    These are just some of the books and web sites I recommend to my clients and people who are interested in finding out more about Rolfing, the human body and mind, and how we can best heal them both to improve our lives.

Books

How to Calm Down by Fred L. Miller

Ida Rolf Talks about Rolfing and Physical Reality by Ida Rolf

Balancing Your Body by Mary Bond

Diamond Heart, Book One by A.H. Almaas

Relaxercise by David Zemach Bersin

Web Sites

The Rolf Institute

Trauma Healing Home Page

  

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        These images were made from photographs of a woman undergoing ten sessions of the Rolfing technique.

        Some things to notice through the progression of the images.

•Her head is more balanced over her shoulders with less strain on her neck and upper back.

•You can see that her chest appears less compressed, more open.

•Overall her body actually looks longer, less compressed.

        Imagine living in the body that is in the first image versus the body in the last image. It is easy to imagine that you would feel more comfortable, more at ease, even more confident in your stance and more open in your heart.

        His mother made a difficult yet courageous decision in 1959 to have Dr. Rolf work with her son, instead of following the doctors' advice to put him in a cast for five years (doctors told her that by the time he was 20, he would be confined to life in a wheelchair). The last 37 years have borne out the correctness of her decision: Tim went on to be a champion surfer in high school and college!

Greg was featured in this Rhode Island ABC6 news story about Rolfing.

Greg Knight, Inc.         Rolfing Structural Integration

220 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, Rhode Island (RI)  02914

To make an appointment call (401) 724-8426 or email  gregoryknight@cox.net