The Ten Series of Structural Integration sessions, also known as “Grandma’s Recipe”, is a collection of “hour” long interventions that Dr. Ida P. Rolf developed as a means to helping people heal themselves to promote alignment and well-being.
Dr. Rolf called the process of going though this series “Rolf Structural Integration.” or Rolfing.
These progressive and systematic sessions of manual intervention contain specific goals, cover specific territory, and address specific purposes. The hours describe structural relationships to reestablish, movement functionality to restore, and an order in which to proceed.
The first three sessions address the superficial fascia to improve adaptability, support, and front/back balance. We consider these “sleeve” sessions.
The following four through seven sessions follow the core of your body from your plantar fascia up through the deeper structures of head and neck. We consider those as core sessions.
Sessions eight, nine, and ten focus on integrating the work more deliberately by establishing movement and interaction from the core through the sleeve, and into one's experiencer of their external and internal environments.
One session sets up the next two sessions. Those sessions complete the work that came before, and begin a new phase simultaneously. In a way the Ten Series could be considered one comprehensive ten hour treatment.
The Benefits of Rolf Structural Integration
Resolves chronic pain and tension
Greater resilience and flexibility in body
Improves athletic performance
Improves Posture
Promotes freedom, ease, and depth in breathing
Relieves joint pain
Assists with recovery from injury and surgery
Increases flexibility and range of motion
Enhances body awareness
Increases energy
May release trauma stored in the body
Allows you to feel better in your body
