The Rolfing® 10-Series

The ‘belle of the ball’ of the 10-Series. This session, which focuses on the psoas muscle and it’s surrounding structures, takes the leveling sensation of the last session and lengthens it up the front. This is the second part of the ‘core series’ within the greater 10-Series outline. Whereas the last session worked at opening …

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This book is a wonderful way to provide a valuable resource to your clients. Offer it in your waiting room as a take-away or as a gift for enrolling in a full 10-Series! The colors, imagery and easy-to-understand descriptions create a sense of understanding with your clients as they await their next session. Individual stretches and exercises are included with each session – an easy way to promote ‘homework’ among your clients.

In my first 10-Series my Hellerworker placed an open palm on my inside thigh paused. “This is going to be difficult.” she said. It was my fourth session and I was ready to start making changes in my core. The first three session had been great and I was excited for more. As she worked …

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In session three we give special consideration to the SIDES of the body.

Why the sides? you ask…

In the 10-Series Companion we outline how the sessions in a 10-Series are broken up into three stages – superficial, core and integration. The third session is the completion of the ‘superficial’ stage of the series. What we hope to realize by the end of the first stage is a sense of freedom in the body. Much like peeling a wetsuit off your body, you want to feel like movement is easy and free. Whereas the first session opens the breath and the second stabilizes the feet, the third session is a liberation from the broad sweeping muscles that span the body’s sides.

The three most obvious broad sweeping muscles that we’re talking about are the traps, the lats and the iTBands. These muscles are fairly superficial in the body in that they are just under the skin, but they allow the body to have strength in large broad strokes. Imagine a monkey swinging from tree to tree or the wings of a bird spreading out to glide. In the legs, picture a karate master scissor kicking in mid flight. These are big movements, but when this level of musculature becomes impinged, it’s like wearing a t-shirt or jeans that are too tight. It is binding.

By lifting and releasing the adhesions that can bind this level of musculature to the body we give space to what’s underneath, the core.  Without freedom in this level of musculature the core can’t fully realize its potential.