Class Info

This course will be taught in English.

Housing

Contact Martina Berger- martina.berger@rolfing.org
+49 (0) 89 543 709 – 41
 

Details

The Advanced Rolfing® Training is the final step for completing your training as a Rolfer™; it is the opportunity to consolidate, deepen, and expand the knowledge and skills acquired during your years of Rolfing practice, during which you will have consolidated and familiarized yourself not only with the techniques but also learned to recognize in clients their structural, functional, and psychobiological characteristics.

What does it mean to advance as a Rolfer? Advancement occurs at multiple levels.

It is the Rolfer who "advances" progressing in the discovery and awareness of their own resources and limits, learning to self-regulate and center themselves more and more. From this new place, the Rolfer will be able to frame the 10 sessions from a new, different perspective and meet the clients from a more stable and safer place.

The level of competence in the manual approach will advance. You will learn and refine manual intervention techniques on the articular and visceral systems so that you can effectively include and address these systems, which often interfere with the organization of the muscular and fascial systems, in your sessions; these skills will help in facilitating reaching the goals of the session, both basic and advanced ones.

It will also advance the understanding of Rolfing as a method. After years of practice and application of what was taught during the basic training and the CE workshops, the Advanced training offers the possibility to review those principles, concepts, and the recipe that had been the daily guide for the Rolfer.

During the Advanced training, you will learn how to creatively structure 5 "tailor-made" sessions: these sessions are free from pre-established formats and will be client-centered.

They aim to bring the client to the next possible level of integration.

The 5 Advanced Rolfing sessions can follow the basic series or constitute a standalone path, focused on the client.

My way of teaching and practicing Rolfing is based on the manual approach, which is the essential element of our work, and on improving the ability to relate effectively with the client.
As Dr. Rolf says, "The body is not the only thing going on, but it is where I can put my hands on."

During the training, you will learn to better differentiate the fascial layers, intervene on the articular system, and treat the visceral components. All elements that will help meet the diverse issues and needs of our clients.

Body reading is another essential aspect of the work that helps us see and recognize how the body organizes itself in space and how gravity affects it. Progressing in "body reading" is a cornerstone of the advanced training because it helps create a plan and a project for a series of tailored sessions for our clients.

During the session, there is a constant interaction with the client; a continuous verbal and non-verbal dialogue; listening and resonating with the client allows for a strong alliance, which is the foundation of a successful practice.

The format is in 3 modules. The division of the course into three parts offers the opportunity to try and experiment with clients what is being learned between modules.
Returning to class each time with new observations, specific requests, and comments that emerge from your daily practices.

About the Instructors

Pierpaola Volpones

France Hatt-Arnold