Dr. Ida Rolf Institute
5055 Chaparral Ct, Ste 103
Boulder, CO 80301
Dates/Times:
September 9-12, 2024
9am to 6pm daily, with a 90 minute lunch
Hiroyoshi Tahata is a Certified Advanced Rolfer® and Rolf Movement® Instructor living in Tokyo. Tahata’s work places exceptional importance on spatial relationship—within the body, with the environment, and between practitioner and client—as a fundamental aspect of presence, perception, and healing.
In this workshop, we will focus on the true pelvis (i.e., lower pelvic bowl) as a principal element of our whole-body biotensegral structure and of our perceptual capacity. Tahata views the true pelvis as the site of hara 肚, a Japanese word connected with the Chinese concept of dantian, frequently used in traditional medicine and martial arts. We will reconsider the location of the centering point as G center.
Over four days, participants will deeply explore how the tensegral structure of the true pelvis is integral to our own embodiment and presence, our ability to perceive in relationship to others, and the possibilities available to us for helping others:
Participants will:
Become familiar with the embodiment of hara, centering sensation.
Learn optimal positions that deepen the sensation of hara within the transformative field with Ma.
Enlist a relaxed, integrated, tensile body as a powerful mode of perception.
Explore the pelvic cavity as a tensegrity structure in resonant relationship with all body cavities.
Understand the significance of the practitioner’s first standing position relative to a client, and how to identify it.
Why become Rolf Movement® Certified?
Rolf Movement Certification Training is a distinct and complementary program to the Basic and Advanced Rolfing® Structural Integration programs.
Expanding movement education reflects the increased role that an understanding of gravity orientation, perception, coordination, expressivity, and nervous system regulation plays in determining lasting shifts in posture and function. Further, teaching Rolfers® to understand, embody, and articulate these perspectives serves the greater DIRI mission to educate the world about Rolfing Structural Integration. Rolf Movement Integration is still a young field but one that distinguishes Rolfing from other brands of structural integration. Rolf Movement Integration links ongoing discoveries in the study of neuroscience and motor patterns to the legacy of Dr. Rolf.
Prerequisites
Rolf Movement Certification is open to all SI practitioners from IASI-recognized SI program. This class is open to all interested movement practitioners from allied professions with instructor approval. This workshop offers 4 credits toward the 30-day Rolf Movement Certification. Modules may be taken independently or sequentially and combined with Rolf Movement Workshop Format courses. This class fulfills the Rolf Movement requirement for Advanced Training and earns 30 NCBTMB Continuing Education Hours. Rolfing® SI Training students must have completed Phase II before enrolling in any of these Intensive Module Courses.
Open to all Certified Rolfers and practitioners of Structural Integration who have completed an IASI Recognized SI Program.
Open to Allied Professions with Instructor approval.
Rolfing® SI Training students must have completed Phase II before enrollment.
About the Instructor
Hiroyoshi Tahata, Rolf Movement® Instructor, is renowned for developing, teaching, and practicing a subtly powerful work that integrates the deepest levels of self with the informing field in which he stands. His unique approach to Spatial Somatics™ recognizes that the body is in constant relationship to the surrounding space. He has developed the concept of ‘yield’ as an approach to Rolf Movement. His articles are available to read on his website (https://yielding.work) and he may be contacted at info@rolfinger.com.
