Delayed Development

Two factors are important here. The first is the idea of embryology, the second is the randomness of experience.

I learned embryology as the course of fetal development. I now believe there is a program that operates all through our life that causes ongoing change. If I cut my skin, it is highly likely to heal. I will change as I age, think of a teenager’s body vs someone in their forties. This is the present for a lifetime embryologic force that governs our physical structure and physiological function. Sometimes certain functions may not be switched on. Osteopathy discusses how to wake up those circuits.

Random Inputs

We all get bumps and bruises. Some have resolved, others have not. Such intimidating experiences can lead to protective tactics, some less mature than other options. Manual therapy is a particularly good option to resolve both the physical and psychological dysfunctions.

Some people grow up in relative neglect and lack the experiences necessary to learn how to navigate social situations. Rolfing helps people find and use previously undiscovered strengths in themselves.

Others have altered or limited capacity to process inputs. Many young people with milder forms of autism have improved considerably with Rolfing.

Teenagers who receive Rolfing usually mature a great deal. 

Client Testimonial 

In short, since Rolfing in 2021, things have shifted for me….A LOT.

I see the positive shifts in my marriage, my relationship with my kids, my business, my relationship with God and the church…pretty much every area. And I see the positive things…while grieving the hard things and releasing old thought patterns, beliefs and paradigms.

I earned a professional certification in November 2022. I am now running a successful business. I have found my own lane with this business and have released my business mentors from being responsible for training me or helping me grow. It was ME taking responsibility for my business. 

I have thought many times of the day you said, “I think you’ve outgrown your mentors.” When you initially said it, I felt afraid. Almost like a child who has been told her parents can’t take care of her anymore. 

I don’t feel afraid anymore. I feel empowered to forge my own path. It is an unknown path, but following the “rules” or the system and trying to please them isn’t working for me anymore. I am grateful for their mentorship and their system that helped me create a sizable income, but I know in my bones I am supposed to take a different approach. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but my confidence in taking a different path is growing every day.

For the past couple of weeks I keep thinking about the Rolfing, and feeling like the 10 series was a huge contributor in the growth and expansion I’ve seen over the last couple of years. It just keeps coming up in my awareness. Then one day I remembered a conversation we had when I asked if, after the 10 series, I would be done. I think I was always looking for what might “fix” me. You said I might need a tune up from time to time. I asked how I would know when I needed a tune up and you responded simply, “You’ll know.”

Something in me knew I needed a tune up for whatever is about to happen in my life. I could speculate about where this is going, but it would just be speculation. I don’t know exactly, only that it feels like I’m outgrowing another layer or cocoon and need help shedding it off.

I am amazed at the changes in my son too. Besides the fact that he’s grown 7” taller (no kidding, I just checked the recorded measurements), he has a girlfriend and several friends. He applied for and was accepted into a magnet school and will be transferring there this fall and will start studying a specific area. He traveled with the high school club out of town last month. Neither his dad nor I were on that trip as chaperones. He is smart and articulate, and has a pull up bar hanging in his bedroom door frame. Every time he goes in or out of his room he does a certain number of pull ups (I can’t keep up with where he’s at at this point, but he loves doing them. It’s crazy!). :)  

She brought him to Rolfing, stating he was on the autism spectrum. He was not functioning well socially, had not dated, and rarely was without parental supervision. Friendships, dating and the out of town trip was quite an improvement.

There’s so much more I could say (you know me), but I just wanted to give you a snapshot of the fruit of the Rolfing. My soul has been looking for ways to expand for many years now, I can look back and see it. I made some strides before the Rolfing, no doubt. But I truly believe there was something about the 10 series that shook things up and broke things open in a way that I could finally RELEASE them. They don’t BELONG to me anymore. They are a part of my story, but they don't OWN me.

And whatever old, stale energy may be left I’m ready to release it, too.  

She is particularly articulate about the psychological growth Rolfing typically imparts. Such psychological growth expresses itself in the context of the person’s life stage and maturity when Rolfed. Confidence and a willingness to move through uncharted territory are themes for her and her son. Rolfing helped her and her son discover previously untapped strengths, allowing them to fix themselves.

This letter is lightly edited for anonymity.