ISI’s training program in Structural Integration is taught in two phases.
On a daily basis, students observe demonstrations of each of the ten sessions
with a detailed explanation of the work from the instructor. Students are allowed
to ask questions, palpate, and assist the instructor during the demonstrations.
This type of instruction will help develop skills in seeing, layering, and understanding
Dr. Rolf’s recipe.
Phase II consists of hands-on classroom application
of the skills acquired in the previous phase. Abiding by Dr. Rolf’s tradition,
each student will exchange all ten sessions with a designated classmate during
class. In addition, students perform the ten sessions of Structural Integration
with three models from the community. The instructor closely supervises all of
the manipulation work. In this context, the strengths and challenges of each
student can be addressed. The immediate and personal feedback from the instructor
enhances the learning process.
Phase I:
1. Introduction to Dr. Rolf’s theories
and ideas.
2. Fascial anatomy from an experiential, hands-on perspective.
3. “Seeing” the
human structure and how it aligns itself in space, and the relationship between
the structure and the gravity field.
4. Fascial palpation, manipulation and layering.
5. Advanced body mechanics.
6. The Recipe:
The fundamental teaching of how to
organize a human structure around a vertical line within a 10-session sequence
of fascial manipulation and movement re-education.
7. Movement re-education.
8. Reiki I*.
Once Phase I is completed, each student will go through an interview
process focused on his/ her progress and preparedness for Phase
II advancement.
Phase II: Clinical Practicum in Structural Integration.
1. Receive Ida Rolf’s
10-session recipe from another classmate.
2. Practice the 10-session recipe for
Structural Integration on 4 different people in the classroom setting and under
instructor supervision.
3. Reiki II*.
* Reiki is taught in both Phase I and II
to accelerate the student’s ability to feel and evoke core energy in another
human being.
ISI’s training program in Structural Integration is taught in two phases.
On a daily basis, students observe demonstrations of each of the ten sessions
with a detailed explanation of the work from the instructor. Students are allowed
to ask questions, palpate, and assist the instructor during the demonstrations.
This type of instruction will help develop skills in seeing, layering, and understanding
Dr. Rolf’s recipe.