LOPA SIRCAR
Rolfing® Structural Integration
hands-on bodywork
for your life as a human being
WHAT ROLFING IS AND WHO IT COMES FROM
The Rolf Method of Structural Integration is hands-on bodywork that restores range of motion, revives ease, and reanimates your body via fascial manipulation.
Your fascia is the incredible network of tissue that gives your body its shape. When fascia is healthy it glides. It breathes. It literally dances. Fascia is strained by repeated movements (hello desk jobs, hello treadmills), traumatic events both big and small (hello rough childhood, hello that time you were 'fine' after a car accident, and also that time you weren't), and just plain 21st century life (hello cell phones, hello video games, hellooooooo social media). When fascia is strained, it adheres.
Dr. Ida P. Rolf, a biochemist, made it her life's work to uncover ways to release these adhesions, restoring range of motion, reducing pain, and retrieving our balance in relation to gravity. What we now call myofascial release, Dr. Rolf coined Structural Integration -- more than 75 years ago.
After decades of research and practice, Dr. Rolf gave us the Rolfing 10-Series. Each session has an area of focus which is customized to your body and your lived experience. In the course of the 10, we address your entire form. We want you to find relief from pain. We want you to find balance. We want you to find ease. We want you to find joy. Our goal is not perfection, but to bring your structure to your next level of integration.
“Over and over again, people come to me, and they tell me, "You just don’t know how strong I am." They say 'strength' and I want to hear 'balance.' The strength idea has effort in it; this is not what I’m looking for. Strength that has effort in it is not what you need; you need the strength that is the result of ease.”
- Dr. Ida P. Rolf
WHERE I'M COMING FROM
I am a Certified Rolfer, spoken voice coach, and actor. I am fascinated with our capacity for expression as humans being. For me, Rolfing is a uniquely effective way to encourage a feeling of wholeness in the body — such an important precursor to feeling free to express.
My sense is that Rolfing works not only because it is holistic, but because you and I work together. This means you are in the driver’s seat of your own well-being. This co-operation creates a sense of agency, empowerment, and safety. Throughout our process, we look to activate the resources you already have within you. We uncover a deeper sense of stability. We investigate the possibilities of movement. We engage your senses. We educate. We learn from each other. And we have fun! I have not encountered any other body work that is as effective in the long term and as humane in its philosophy as Rolfing® Structural Integration.
"When you touch one thing with deep awareness,
you touch everything."
- Lao Tzu
"There is a roundness in your work. You bring that feeling of softness like a wave. Softness can be a strength. You are doing something soft but very deep to empower the people you work with. You are doing something to help a small flower to stand on a long stem. What a powerful thing!"
- Archana, 82
30 MINUTE FREE CONSULTATION
Wondering if Rolfing would be a good fit for you? Let's chat and I'll do my best to answer all your questions. We're in this together, so let's make sure we're a good fit!
ROLFING SESSION
Want to jump right in? Let's do this. In your first session, we'll do an in person intake and then we'll get to work. A typical session runs 90 minutes, but please set aside extra time so we can both be clear on what you want. I set aside 2 hours for your first session.
My fee per session is $150.00 plus GST.
Think of this first session as a taster to find out how the work feels in your body.
I am privileged to practice and live on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I understand that before there is reconciliation, there must be truth. I am committed to sitting and listening until this process is complete.
GET IN TOUCH
The Lee Building
175 E Broadway
#211 A
Vancouver BC V5T 1W2
Tel: +1 604 828 4368
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