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Mission
Statement
1. Structural Integration is a method and a philosophy
of personal growth and integrity.
2. The vertical line is our fundamental concept. The
physical and psychological embodiment of the vertical
line is a way of BEING in the physical world. It forms
a basis for personal growth and integrity.
3. The teaching of Structural Integration is transmitted
through a form called the “Recipe”. The “Recipe” is
the tradition, the foundation, the essence of Dr. Ida
Rolf ’s teachings.
Identity
Statement
THE GUILD FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION
is a group of educators and practitioners of the method
called Structural Integration. We are a teaching,
research and service organization whose broadest aim
is to celebrate the ability of the human organism to
awaken, heal and transform itself when given proper
encouragement. The means of achieving this are the
focus of our programs.
Dear Friend,
Thank you for your interest in the Guild for Structural Integration’s Training programs. We are happy that you
want to learn more about the vision and the traditional teachings of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. As you read the following
pages, we trust you will sense the love, dedication and inspired purpose present in the Guild.
Guild associates have had their lives changed by Dr. Rolf’s work and her original teachings. We believe that the
process of becoming a GSI Practitioner may also transform your life and the lives of those you touch. We hope
so, for Dr. Rolf called her work “a way of life.” We firmly believe that the work of Structural Integration creates
individuals who are more upright in all areas of their lives: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The
goal of SI is to maximize human potential by enlisting the supportive benefits of the gravitational field we live
in, creating a more balanced, vertical and integrated human being. And as we know, anyone can go deeply into
a body; we at the Guild promote an intelligent touch and way of seeing structure in the gravitational field that
emphasizes integration based on Dr. Rolf’s theories and principles.
The Guild is aware that there are a growing number of individuals and schools which claim to teach the work of
Dr. Ida P. Rolf. We regret that this puts a burden on potential students to choose which training best suits their
needs. We offer the following information regarding the Guild, which we hope will make your decision easier:
1. As indicated at the top of our letterhead, the Guild “is dedicated to the teachings of Dr. Ida P. Rolf.” This
statement is the keystone to our teaching.
2. The Guild is considered: “The Traditional School of Dr. Rolf’s work.”
3. Dr. Rolf founded the Guild for Structural Integration in the mid-sixties. We are doing everything possible
to honor Dr. Rolf and the fifty years she spent creating this life-changing technique and art.
4. The Guild’s President, the School Director, and most of the Guild’s faculty worked closely with Dr. Rolf for
many years. Dr. Rolf’s first two teachers, which she chose nearly 40 years ago, were founding members of the
Guild. These original teachers were Peter Melchior (now deceased) and Emmett Hutchins. Emmett Hutchins
is still actively teaching Guild classes. Neal Powers, another senior teacher, also studied with Dr. Rolf.
5. The Guild teaches and strongly believes in the power of Dr. Rolf’s original Ten Session “Recipe.” We
acknowl­­edge the wisdom and genius of this very special woman.
Our commitment to each student attending the Guild is: To clearly share the vision, the wisdom, the power, and
the magic of Dr. Rolf’s life’s work. You will experience the Guild as a safe environment in which to learn and to
expand your path of exploration and growth in this field.
The Guild offers GSI practitioners and other selected schools whose founders had direct contact with Dr. Rolf the
opportunity to participate in a continuing education program, and to join a community of other SI practitioners
who are highly unique and talented individuals. The staff at the Guild provides and maintains an office and school
that is personable and attentive to your needs in talking about trainings, fielding questions to the Instructors
and in ordering brochures. The Guild continually updates an SI Practitioners list which is also included on our
web site, and publishes an annual magazine with class information and interesting articles and announcements.
Our staff is here to serve you and the larger community.
We realize that the choice to become a GSI Practitioner is a life-transforming process that requires study, practice,
resources and a commitment to the goal. We are here to assist you in reaching that goal.
Please look over the following pages and contact us again with your questions and concerns about your situation
regarding the trainings.
We truly appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you again.
Sincerely,
Susan Melchior,
School Director
and
Richard Stenstadvold,
President
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GUILD FOR
STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Staff Officers
The Guild........................................... 3
and
Board of Directors
The Guild’s Mission...........................4
Richard A. Stenstadvold, President
Emmett Hutchins, Vice President
Wayne Hackett, Secretary-Treasurer
Susan Melchior, School Director
John Baier, Director
Friends of the Guild.........................6
Faculty
Entrance Requirements.................. 10
Emmett Hutchins
Neal Powers
Jeff Linn
Liz Stewart
Amber Burnham
Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D. ...............................7
GSI Training Programs......................8
Application....................................... 12
Suggested Reading List................... 19
Administrative Policies................... 23
Staff & Instructors.......................... 25
Tuition and Fees.......................... insert
Training Schedules..................... insert
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obody can prove what I am about to say, but I think it is so: every energy in which we
live is nourishment to us. It is something which is literally contributing food to the
individual. If you are living within a field of sound, the same is true of your ears. Now it
would be absolutely ridiculous if we lived in a field of gravity and it had no effect on us, yet down
through the ages this has been our assumption, that it didn’t make any difference. This assumption
is still held among a lot of people. They think it doesn’t make any difference how you carry yourself
because you are a spirit, an immortal and superior something, and it’s the superior something which
is in charge of the situation. Well, a spirit is in charge of the situation, but not in the way many think.
The spirit is in charge to tell the individual that he can so organize his body that he is now in line
with a supporting force. He cannot just go on indefinitely striking out indiscriminately against this
force that’s tearing him down, yet this is what he tries to do. You know average posture: the head way
forward, the back way back, the chest almost lacking, the ribs down, no air coming in, etc., etc. His
spirit will carry him through? It is an assumption that no longer works; it is the relic of an idea which
was universal a hundred years ago.
— Ida P. Rolf
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he Guild for Structural Integration was founded and named by Dr. Ida P. Rolf in the mid-sixties. The word “guild”
comes to us from medieval times, perhaps reminiscent of Dr. Rolf’s search into the roots of Western thought and
belief. It means a union of persons in the same craft or trade to uphold standards and promote common interests.
About seven years after its inception the organization’s name was changed to the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration. The
concept of a craft guild became subordinate to other values. Years later (1989−90), a small group of individuals, dedicated to
preserving Dr. Rolf’s traditional teachings, and the Spirit and Heart of the original Guild, left the Rolf Institute to re-form
the Guild for Structural Integration.
Today, the Guild for Structural Integration (GSI) is an association of Structural Integration practitioners and associates who
pledge to persevere through the long-term personal challenges which Dr. Rolf ’s teaching and work present. Association with
the Guild implies not only a commitment to professional excellence in the performance of Dr. Rolf ’s standard ten-session
series of Structural Integration; it also indicates a resolution to explore a path of personal growth which includes the transcendental vertical line. Regardless of the constituency of our clientele, the Guild affirms that our primary interest is in human
potential and not the palliation of symptoms, and that the miracle of symptom relief is only coincidental with the true goals
of Structural Integration. We also vow to promote interest in the “unfinished” aspects of Dr. Rolf ’s work and to continue her
inquiry into the energy fields of the body and their relationship to balanced structure.
We believe that the scope and importance of Dr. Rolf ’s work demand that many philosophical choices be explored. We,
therefore, formed the Guild to insure a creative community consisting of individuals who are dedicated to sharing and exploring her work. Following the example of our teacher, we believe we can have our feet planted firmly in physical reality while
keeping our eyes fixed on the far stars.
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n the summer of 1978, a few months before her death, Ida Rolf paid her last visit to Boulder. She
had legally signed over the terms “Rolfing” and “Rolfer” to the Rolf Institute only a few days
before. She was frail and blind. She had asked to have her hands placed on the great tree which once
stood near the front entrance, and she had pronounced it magnificent. She had toured the building,
and afterwards she sat quietly upstairs with Richard Stenstadvold, her old friend and Director of her
organization. Then she broke the silence saying: “Dick, I have a question for you. It’s a philosophical
question.” With steady hand gestures and few words, she asked, “Do you think it’s better to take this
many people (a large number) this far (a short distance) or this many people (a small number) this far
(as high as they can go)?”
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Guild’s Mission
The dictionary defines a mission as “a continuing task or
responsibility that one is destined or fitted to do or specially
called upon to undertake.” Accordingly, the Guild offers the
following mission statement:
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he Guild is dedicated to the traditional teachings
of Dr. Ida P. Rolf. The product of her life’s
work and teaching is the “Recipe,”a ten-session
sequence of structural, fascial and educational goals which
establishes order in human structures. Due to its efficacy in
symptom alleviation, both physical and emotional, there is
little doubt that the Recipe will survive in various forms as
techniques; it is not certain that it can endure as art and craft
without the special dedication of those individuals who are
inspired by the potency of intention and wisdom of process
concealed within. The Recipe is not technique. The Recipe
is more than a discrete succession of myo-fascial goals and
intentions. The Recipe is, rather, a process, accumulating
of a set of relationships which establishes structural balance and order. These relationships are based upon sound
theoretical physics as well as some traditional metaphysical
hypotheses. Relationships belong to the realm of art, they
are non-linear. Technique is better suited to scientific and
linear analysis. The Recipe, as taught in other schools, has
been modified or, perhaps, specialized in several ways. Some
of these modifications ignore the underlying priorities in
Dr. Rolf ’s teaching. The Guild is formed to insure that the
Recipe does not lose its potency of intention, its expression
as art, nor its comprehension as process.
Dr. Rolf ’s teaching emphasizes the concept of the personal line of vertical intention, the “Line.” The Line passes
through the centers of gravity of the body’s vertical blocks.
The Line, in our concept of the Structurally Integrated
human, does not pass through bone, except at the top
of the head. In actual fact, this weight-bearing line does
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pass through bone in all but the most exceptional human
structures. Indeed, it was Dr. Rolf ’s observation that our
species had not yet successfully completed its journey to
uprightness. The Recipe is designed to offer personal assistance in this evolutionary voyage. The emergence of the
unstressed vertical, the Line which passes only through
soft tissue, is evidence of progress toward this goal. The
Line being defined as a set of theoretical points in space
is not real, but experiential, and it can be, perhaps must
be, intentional. The horizon is the horizontal reference for
the Line. The shoulder girdle and the pelvic girdle must
contain true horizontal balance to define and support
vertical extension. The Line goes through the top of the
head and through the bottom of the feet to infinity. The
Line forms a relationship between the field which is man
and the field which is earth, the field of gravity. The Line
is transcendental; it relates the realm of material particles,
of basic physics, to the non-material, the world of energy
fields. While Dr. Rolf’s metaphysical hypotheses concerning
the Line are not original, her use of the Recipe as a tool for
exploring them is unique. The idea of using a vertical line
of extension to integrate one’s personal energy field with
the energy field of the earth is a compelling idea with both
practical and visionary implications. The Guild recognizes
the singular importance of the Line as raison d’ etre for the
Recipe. We believe that effort to clarify and develop a clear
sense of vertical extension should be a path for personal
growth. And further, that instruction concerning the Line is
an essential educational aspect of the practice of Structural
Integration.
The practice of Structural Integration is, clearly, a logical
choice for traditional, holistic, and self-help professionals.
However, many of Dr. Rolf ’s oldest, most successful and
well-known practitioners were not attracted to her work by
professional considerations alone, but rather by the personal
challenges which she believed were inseparable
from the practice.
The practice of Structural Integration was
presented as a path of personal growth and
integrity, where personal alignment implies
structure on all levels: physical, verbal, logical,
spiritual, and emotional. The practice was also
presented as a path of service, which “refines”
the spirit of the practitioner, and assists in the
development of true sight and compassion.
The discipline of the path is the performance
and understanding of the Recipe. Repetition
of the Recipe disciplines the mind and clarifies
the will. Awakening our consciousness of the
Line becomes the personal goal and the Line
our inner guide. Fanciful ideas of personal
growth, life paths, service and the awakening
of special sensory abilities may have little to
do with professional competence but they
have much to do with the exploration of human potential. Therefore, the Guild believes
these extra-professional challenges are useful,
even essential, and should be presented to all
practitioners of Structural Integration.
The decision to become a Structural Integration Practitioner involves a lifetime of continual learning and intellectual challenge. But
it further implies a decision to develop one’s
inner knowing, the integration of mind, body
and spirit.
Peter Melchior
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his is the important concept: that Practitioners are integrating something; we are not restoring something. This
puts us in a different class from all other therapists that I know
of. It takes us out of the domain designated by the word “therapy.” It puts our thinking into education: how can we use these
ideas behind Structural Integration? How do we put a body
together so that it’s a unit, an acting, efficient energy unit? One
of the differences between Structural Integration Practitioners
and practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc., is that the latter are all relieving symptoms. They
make no effort to put together elements into a more efficient
energy system. From the first day we see a client, we are putting
him together, we are integrating him. We integrate him at the
end of this first hour, at the end of the second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth. At every hour before that man
or that woman walks out the door, we should have integrated
him to the place where he has the best, most efficient use of his
system that he can have at that level. At the end of the eighth
hour he should certainly have an efficient use of a higher level
of operation than he had at the end of the seventh hour or at
the end of the second hour. If, in our presentation to the world,
enough stress can be laid on this, we will have a certain amount
of publicity indicating that we are less therapists than we are
educationists. I am not hiding behind a bunch of words here.
This is what I mean, this is my goal: an educational process.
— Ida P. Rolf
Emmett Hutchins
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F
riends of the
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SI “Friendship” status is extended to individuals dedicated to Dr. Rolf ’s work.
For GSI Practitioners, Rolfers, Hellerworkers, and IASI members, we ask for an annual $150
“subscriber” fee to enjoy the services we offer. For
others who simply want to remain in contact and
receive our newsletter, we ask for donations. Donations continue to help us provide scholarship funds,
maintain our web site, public service and general
operating expenses.
The Guild seeks to support its Friends with the following services and events:
 The “Guild Online,” a newsletter dedicated to the
free exchange of information about our work and
related subjects, announcements and class schedules.
 Updating catalogs, brochures, videos and other
related educational materials.
 Maintain and continue development of highquality basic trainings and (a voluntary) continuing
education program, and access to experienced instructors for tutorials and individual client counseling.
 Listing on the Guild’s web site.
 Distribution of general information and a listing
(directory) of Practitioners of Structural Integration.
The Guild also offers professional and personal support that is rare in the world. We are a mature and
established community, built with common goals,
and as such, the networking among Practitioners and
the active support from the office is great. The Guild
maintains a toll-free number so that Practitioners,
as well as students, applicants and others, may stay
in touch over the years. Communication is a central
theme at the Guild office. We have an “open door”
policy for those interested in observing classes or at-
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Guild
In fact, the ability to start out upon
your own impulse is fundamental
to the gift of keeping going upon
your own terms,
not to mention the further and more
fulfilling gift of getting started
all over again — never resting
upon the oars of success or in the
doldrums of disappointment...
Getting started,
keeping going, getting started again
— in art and in life, it seems to me
this is the essential rhythm...
— Seamus Heaney
tending events that are offered. We welcome all inquiries and are
able to discuss, at length, each person’s situation regarding preparation for training and provide support for those already practicing.
I
da
P. Rolf, Ph.D.
Founder of The Guild for Structural Integration
May 19, 1896 - March 19, 1979
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da P. Rolf, a native New Yorker, graduated from
Barnard College in 1916; and in 1920 she
earned a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.
For the next twelve years Ida Rolf worked
at the Rockefeller Institute, first in the
Department of Chemotherapy and later
in the Department of Organic Chemistry. Eventually, she rose to the rank of
Associate, no small achievement for a
young woman in those days.
In 1927, she took a leave of absence
from her work to study mathematics
and atomic physics at the Swiss Technical
University in Zurich. During this time,
she also studied homeopathic medicine
in Geneva.
Returning from Europe, she spent the
decade of the 1930’s seeking answers to
personal and family health problems.
Medical treatment available at that time
seemed inadequate to her; this led to her
exploration of osteopathy, chiropractic medicine, yoga,
the Alexander technique and Korzybski’s work on states
of consciousness.
By the 1940’s, she was working in a Manhattan apartment
where her schedule was filled with people seeking help.
She was committed to the scientific point of view, and yet
many breakthroughs came intuitively through the work she
did with chronically disabled persons unable to find help
elsewhere. This was the work eventually to be known as
Structural Integration. For the next thirty years, Ida Rolf
devoted herself to developing her technique and training
programs.
During the 1950’s, her reputation spread to England, where
she spent summers as a guest of John Bennett, a prominent
mystic and student of Gurdjieff. Then, in the mid-'60’s,
Dr. Rolf was invited to Esalen Institute in California at
the suggestion of Fritz Perls, founder
of Gestalt Therapy. There she began
training Practitioners and instructors of
Structural Integration.
The more Structural Integration classes
Ida Rolf taught, the more students
sought admission to training. Newspaper
and magazine articles began featuring the
person and work of Ida Rolf, and soon
the necessity for a formal organization
became apparent. As early as 1967, the
first Guild for Structural Integration
was loosely formed and eventually headquartered in a private home in Boulder,
Colorado.
Until her death in 1979, Ida Rolf actively advanced training classes, giving
direction to her organization, planning
research projects, writing, publishing and doing public
speaking. In 1977, she wrote Rolfing: The Integration of
Human Structures (Harper and Row, Publishers). This book
is the major written statement of Ida P. Rolf ’s scholastic
and experiential investigation into the direct intervention
with the evolution of the human species.
Another book compiled by Dr. Rolf ’s close associate and
companion, Rosemary Feitis, is Ida Rolf Talks About Rolfing
and Physical Reality. It is truly a jewel, giving us insights
into Dr. Rolf ’s unique and incredible mind.
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SI Training Programs
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REREQUISITE COURSE
530 hours
ASIC TRAINING
PHASE I & II
The Guild’s Prerequisite Course is an
intensive, in-depth, integrative approach
to anatomy, physiology and exploring the
first three sessions as the ‘Bodywork’ piece
of the class. With extensive, independent
home study before class and practice
hours after class, this four-week course
is a unique experience for the student
pursuing the Guild’s Basic Training. A
student begins to become familiar with
the layers of the tissues, begins body readings and “seeing” with the heart and mind
of the SI Practitioner. The anatomy and
physiology is taught from the perspective
of Structural Integration. This course is
designed for the beginner and for the seasoned therapist. We strongly recommend
starting your training with this course.
The principles and structural techniques expressed in Ida Rolf ’s series for
ten Structural Integration sessions are
the core of the Guild’s Basic Training
Program. Basic Training consists of two
phases: Auditing Class and Practitioning Class.
Before Session #1
Each phase is eight weeks in duration
and each class begins with one week of
Integrative Anatomy. The ensuing seven
weeks of instruction focus on Structural
Integration studies. Classes are conducted four days a week. Each phase consists
of auditors and practitioners with approximately two or three instructors in
attendance. An interim period between
classes is recommended, although some
students attend consecutive classes.
Required Books:
Rolfing $25.00
Rolfing and Physical Beauty $20.00
Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Beil $58.00
Ed Maupin’s Vol I & II $75.00
The Anatomy Coloring Book, 3rd edition
(Plates to complete before class: 1-17, 20-85, 90, 91,
101-106, 121, 129-135, 136, 151, 168)
An application, as outlined on page 12, is required. Call and
talk to the GSI staff for more details concerning this course.
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Throughout Basic Training students
learn to “see”, to analyze and interpret human structure
and movements in the Earth’s field of gravity. Students
also acquire a comprehensive knowledge of Structural Integration theory and fundamental principles of Structural
Integration. In addition, students receive exposure to the
history and development of the work, and preparation for
practicing the craft.
Photographs:
Tom Jones before and after a 1−10 series by one of
GSI’s Basic Students, Karin Holzscheiter, in class.
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UDITING CLASS: PHASE I
SIB011 264 hours
C
ONTINUING EDUCATION
WORKSHOPS
All students enter auditing with the focus on “seeing.”
“Seeing” human structure and movement is an indispensable prerequisite to Structural Integration work. The way
we see the whole person is the hallmark distinguishing
Practitioners of the Ida P. Rolf Method of Structural Integration from other bodyworkers. True sight is not casually
acquired; it is hard work, perhaps even a lifelong process.
Convinced that “seeing” presented a most difficult yet essential and important task for practitioners, Dr. Rolf created
auditing so that students could begin to train their sight
before doing their work. Today, auditors
in GSI classes principally observe sessions, participate in lectures, have group
discussions and engage in other learning activities as part of their experience.
Manipulation is not done by the auditors
during this part of the training.
Continuing Education (“CE”) is an essential part of
a GSI Practitioner’s development and refinement. The
Guild offers workshops throughout the year, in different
locations, and recommends that a Practitioner take at least
one workshop a year for three to five years before entering
the GSI Advanced Training. Workshops explore post-ten
work in the format of an Advanced Three Series, or they
specialize in different aspects of helping the Practitioner to
understand their work better.
At the conclusion of Phase I, individual
interviews are conducted by the instructors and the administrative staff to
determine which students advance into
the Practitioning Class (Phase II). At this
point the student and the instructors are
able to discuss the student’s progress and
what is needed to prepare further for the
practice of Structural Integration. If a
student is found to be unacceptable for
passing into the Practitioning Phase, it is
also discussed at this time.
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RACTITIONING CL ASS:
PHASE II SIB013 264 hours
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DVANCED TRAINING
192 hours
The Guild’s Advanced Training is a
six‑week course that teaches the Advanced 1−5 Series as it was developed
by Dr. Rolf and our senior teachers: Emmett Hutchins (and Peter Melchior, now
deceased). In the class the students also
review the Ten Series of Basic SI. This is
a very empowering class.
Requirements for enrolling are at least
one year of full-time private SI practice.
If one is coming from another school, a
letter of introduction and a resume need
to be submitted.
After Session #10
The Practitioning Class (Phase II) concentrates on manipulative instruction and practice by students who have successfully completed the Auditing Class.
During the weeks of Structural Integration studies, each
Practitioning student works with models who receive the
standard ten sessions of Structural Integration. In this
phase, the Practitioning students also exchange the ten
sessions with a designated partner. All manipulation work
is directly supervised by the class instructors. A diploma is
awarded at the successful completion of this class.
Touch was never meant to be a
luxury. It is a basic human need.
It is an action that validates life
and gives hope to both the receiver
and the giver. The healing of
touch is reciprocal.
— Irene Smith
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ntrance
Requirements
Structural Integration training requires a background of
careful preparation of body, mind and spirit. The following
requirements and suggested studies are designed with this kind
of preparation in mind.
E
xperience of
Ten Basic Sessions
Ten Basic Sessions of SI rooted in Dr. Rolf ’s work are
required. Candidates for training are also encouraged to
experience the Advanced Five Series and movement integration work. Contact the GSI office for a directory of
Practitioners in your area.
The work of Structural Integration is physically demanding
and for this reason a candidate must be healthy and have
a competent structure.
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Training and Experience or Other
Manipulative Experience
assage
Candidates are required to have massage training and experience. The massage requirement may be met in any of
the following ways:
 The Guild’s Prerequisite Course
 A formal full-length course at a massage or bodywork school
 Physical Therapist training, Occupational Therapist
training, etc.
 Other courses offered may be accepted. Please discuss with the Guild staff.
H
uman
Anatomy and Physiology
This requirement may be met in the following ways:
 The Guild’s Prerequisite Course
 College courses taken for credit, no credit or as
an auditor
 College correspondence courses taken for credit
 Courses taken through a massage school
 Other courses (discuss with staff )
Supplemental study from the reading list and the Anatomikan workshop are highly recommended. Other related
course work in the human sciences is encouraged. When
studying gross human anatomy, focus on the musculoskeletal system, with emphasis on bones and their attachments,
as well as major blood and nerve supply. If you are considering GSI’s preparatory course, contact the office for details.
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motional/Psychological
Preparedness
Candidates must possess a mature understanding of themselves
and others. We look for intellectual understanding, integration
of personal insight and academic or personal experience that
could assist in the Client/Practitioner relationship.
College courses, individual therapy or group psychotherapy,
independent seminars and workshops are a few areas in
which a candidate may gain psychological awareness and
understanding. Other modalities are available and may be
used to prepare in this area.
A candidate must also demonstrate success in life.
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The ability to undertake and complete a significant task
over an extended period of time is a crucial personal skill.
This may be met by obvious professional, business, educational, or personal accomplishments.
It is not unusual for a new Practitioner to have to build a
practice through education and personal referrals.
Candidates are encouraged to research and abide by their
local and/or state laws governing bodywork.
A candidate will discover that it is an advantage to have
already established a “hands-on” clientele before training.
Jeff Linn with client
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school is not a business
But the Heart of a community,
Born of a yearning, a need,
To share, Focus, Celebrate,
All that is Holy,
with willingness, gratitude
and open Minds.
The heartbeat resounds,
pulses and vibrates in
all directions, as explorations
open and unfold, seeing
and coming to know:
“To give and to Receive are
One in Truth.”
Amber Burnham with client
With this school, I join the
Heart of community.
I enter the sacredness of
Healing, of Light, born and
Sustained through the
Life Work of infinite Beings.
With ancient Blessings,
I take my place of service,
and enter into the very
Heart of community,
Where miracles manifest and
Dreams come true.
— Susan Fairbrother Melchior
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A
pplication
To enroll in the Prerequisite Course, submit the application
fee, application letter, reference letter, resume, photograph
and a $300 deposit.
To enroll in Phase I Auditing, submit all of the following
application items with a $300 deposit.
All application materials must be submitted at least one
month prior to the class starting dates and two months
for Kauai classes. Early registration is encouraged and
appreciated.
 Application Fee. USD $100 (Non-refundable).
 Letter of Application (typewritten please). This is the
heart of the application, in which you communicate who
you are...who you are becoming...and what major events and
influences have helped shape you. Include a detailed discussion of how your Structural Integration/Rolfing sessions
have affected your body, your movement and your life. Be
specific. Discuss why you want to be trained in the work of
Structural Integration. Include a history of your SI sessions
and Practitioner(s) name(s).
 Photographs. Submit one full-length photo of yourself
(in underwear) after your tenth session.
 Resume (typewritten please). Using an outline form,
summarize your educational and employment history, massage/bodywork training and experience, your participation
in other trainings and workshops, and leisure-time pursuits.
List your mailing address, telephone number(s), the date
and place of your birth and your current height and weight.
 Letters of Recommendation. You may obtain letters
of recommendation from your Structural Integration
Practitioner(s) and include them in your application or have
them sent directly to the Guild office. (Please note: if you have
difficulty in obtaining these letters, discuss this with the Guild
staff.)
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 Transcripts. Please provide transcripts of your studies in
human anatomy and human physiology and other courses
related to preparation for Structural Integration training. If
courses have been audited or taken for no credit, ask each
instructor to write a letter discussing your participation in the
class. If your preparation has been gained entirely through independent studies, submit information about time spent and
a bibliography of textbooks and audio-visuals used.
 Massage Diploma/Certificate/transcript. These materials
along with a letter from your instructor or other credentials
need to be included in your application.
Application Materials may be sent to:
The Guild for Structural Integration
Attn: Susan F. Melchior, School Director
Post Office Box 1559
Boulder, CO 80306 USA
Telephone:
(800) 447-0150 (Toll-Free in USA and Canada)
(303) 447-0122
Email: susan@rolfguild.org
Completed and Accepted. Once your application is complete
and accepted, we send class announcements, housing list,
enrollment agreement, GSI’s Code of Ethics and Standards
of Practice (for the Basic Training) to you. Upon enrolling
in the Prerequisite Course, we send class announcements, a
housing list, the materials and required reading list for study
to you. Enrollment agreements must be signed and submitted
before class.
Tuition, Fees, and Class Schedules are listed separately and
inserted (if this separate page is missing, please contact the
Guild office).
Don’t force things. If you’ve done your preparation right, you don’t have to force things. There’s a steadiness, a gradual
straightening that organizes the body. — Ida P. Rolf
W
hen the position of the ribs is changed, breathing changes. In the first hour of Structural Integration, if we start on the right side, the client will feel the right side is
breathing differently. He’ll feel he’s getting half again as much air up through the right side.
This is the basic experience; later there is recognition of psychological change, but immediately you can see that the man is getting more air. Now there isn’t anyone that knows so
little about biological chemistry that he doesn’t understand that getting more air into the
lungs and getting it moving faster is going to change the chemistry of every cell in the body.
So, in a first hour, we have started changing the chemistry of every cell in the body in the
first ten minutes. This is quite a fantastic claim, and yet what else are we going to claim?
All of a sudden skin becomes pink; the skin may be a little more moist - the glands of the
skin are working. We are seeing all of this; he’s feeling all of this, if we give him time to feel
the difference between the right side and the left side.
— Ida P. Rolf
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This is the gospel of Structural Integration: When the body gets working appropriately, the force of gravity can flow
through. Then, spontaneously, the body heals itself.
— Ida P. Rolf
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Peter Melchior
1931−2005
Liz Stewart working
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Emmett Hutchins
Peter with Grandbaby Ella Rose
Amber Burnham with client
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Neal Powers
Jeff Linn
T
here has been a great change in Western thinking in the last 150 years which hinges on one specific idea derived
directly from medieval thinking. This is the metaphysical notion that there is a vital principle which makes a
man. This is a beautiful idea because - in a way - it is so. It’s because it has certain elements of truth - you are a vital
principle. One hundred and fifty years ago, the accepted idea was that you could not create an organic chemical
except in an organic body (not necessarily human) where this vital principle was at work. It was the vital principle
which created the organic substance.
It took just one day in one man’s laboratory to knock this idea into a cocked hat. The man who did it was a German
chemist by the name of Woehler, and the way he did it was by synthesizing, in a laboratory, the substance urea. This
had been known a long time as one of the excretory products of bodies, and being an excretory product of a body,
it was said to be a vital something which could occur only through the intervention of the vital principle. This was
now shown to be nonsense, but we started on the even more nonsensical road of the terrific expansion of organic
chemistry through test tubes and glass retorts, etc., etc. As a result you have an immense amount of information on
organic substances, derived in the laboratory by standard laboratory means.
Yet we are still playing with the metaphysical notion of a vital principle. Now it is no longer in the field of chemistry, but in the field of physics, and nobody except Structural Integration Practitioners have as of yet knocked this
idea into its proper space. It is still assumed that, because we are vital spirits, we can do anything we please with our
bodies. Our vital spirit is able to re-create it. Right there is the hang-up. The vital spirit can re-create a body if it is
not violating the laws of material substances. These are the laws of physics; the laws, specifically, of the department
of physics that we call mechanics. What defines and differentiates mechanics is that it deals with, studies, thinks in
terms of, postulates and projects in terms of the gravitational influence on matter.
In this world in which we live, nothing can happen outside of gravity. This may change two or three hundred years
from now. I don’t know. But believe me, if it changes, there’s going to be a terrific change in human bodies. If people
are going to live outside the gravitational field, they’re going to have to have their bodies modified. Our business as
Practitioners of Structural Integration is to understand that we are working in a gravitational field. Nobody else has
done this; nobody else has sat down and said, “I have to learn to use gravity as a tool.”
— Ida P. Rolf
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hat we do to a body physically starts to release it emotionally. I don’t know the mechanism in which - by
which - with which - it works. I only know that this will lead to problems, sometimes with more upset
than other times. We take a person along, we keep opening him a little and a little, and all of a sudden he is
stuck with something which was an arrested problem or a childhood problem, an early problem. Often, when
you look at him, you can see it. Often he’ll make certain childish or exaggerated gestures. Often he’s using his
feet like a child - like a seven-year-old or like a four-year-old. His emotional behavior patterns get into that
age level and you have a kid who won’t do anything you want him to do. Or you have the adolescent who is
picking on everybody in order to establish his own superiority and independence. Or the very small child who
insists on attention. Here is your forty-year-old man acting like a four-year-old. This is quite a problem for you.
There are places where people get so regressed, if you want to say it that way, that you can’t operate intelligently
with them. You can’t put the information into them when they’re acting like a four-year-old. They’re sure that
they have evaluated the situation appropriately to their forty-year-old self. There is nothing to do except to
keep on working. Keep working and all of a sudden it will click. Different areas in humans frequently give a
specific pattern. Will Schutz at one time worked out a whole system, linking up different parts of the body
with emotional types. The only trouble is, I don’t think it works quite that simply.
— Ida P. Rolf
Emmett Hutchins, Neal Powers, Peter Melchior
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uggested
Reading List
for GSI Candidate Preparation and Continued Study
available through the Guild
Books 
**Rolfing by Ida P. Rolf ...........................................................$25.00
Energy Medicine in Therapeutic & Human Performances ....$35.00
**Rolfing and Physical Reality by Ida P. Rolf .......................$20.00
Rolfing: Structural Integration (What it achieves, how it works and
whom it helps) by Rolfer Hans Georg Brecklinghaus ...................$15.00
The Rolfing Experience by Betsy Sise ..................................$22.00
Rolfing: Stories of Personal Empowerment by Briah Anson ..$23.00
Aligned, Relaxed & Resilient by Will Johnson .........................$13.00
Somatic Patterning by Mary Ann Foster ............................$40.00
*The Anatomy Coloring Book by Kapit/Elson ...................$20.00
The Human Beings are Awoken, you have set them upright
Balancing Your Body: A Self-Help Approach to Rolfing Movement
by Hans Georg Brecklinghaus ...................................................$30.00
by Mary Bond ..................................................................................$15.00
*Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel ..............................$58.00
The New Rules of Posture by Noah Karrasch.............................$19.00
Trail Guide to the Body Flashcards by Andrew Biel
Body Moveable by David Gorman ......................................$120.00
Volume 1- Skeletal System, Volume 2-Muscles .......................$22.00 ea.
Body Epiphany by Edward Maupin, Ph.D. .............................$20.00
*A Dynamic Relation to Gravity Volume 1 & 2
by Edward Maupin, Ph.D. ...............................................................$75.00
The Endless Web (Fascial Anatomy and Physical Reality) by R. Louis
Schultz, Ph.D., and Rosemary Feitis, D.O. ........................................$17.00
Energy Medicine (The Scientific Basis)
by James L. Oschman, Ph.D. ...............................................................$35.00
* Required books for the Guild's prerequisite courses
** Required books for the Guild's Basic Training
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Brochures 
DVDs /Audio Tapes 
Structural Integration by Kate Hildebrandt (pkg. of 50)......$40.00
Available to students and Practitioners of Structural Integration only.
Recipe Demonstration (Ten in series. 2 sets to choose from)
for subscribers ...........................................................................$30.00
Emmett Hutchins 1999 DVD ....................................$125.00
Structural Integration - What is It and What Can I Expect From It?
by George Smyth (pkg. of 50) ......................................................$20.00
Scoliosis & Structural Integration,
(Article) by Lana Lensman...................................................$1.50/ea.
Peter Melchior 1994 DVD ...........................................$125.00
Growing Up with Rolfing (Children's Video)
by Briah Anson .......................................................................$30.00
Alternative Medicine
(30 min. promo video w/ Peter Melchior) ..................................$20.00
Reprints 
Structural Integration - A Path of Personal Growth and Development
by Emmett Hutchins.................................................................$0.50
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GSI Ladies’ Long Sleeved T-Shirts: Med, Lg, X Lg
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Colors: White / Black
Structural Integration by Richard Podolny...........................$0.50
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Structural Integration Opens Potential by Betsy Sise........$0.50
(GSI logo over your heart) Colors: Baby Pink / Yellow / Baby Blue
The Many Benefits of Structural Integration
GSI Unisex T-Shirts: Med, Lg, X Lg, XX Lg ..........................$15.00
Colors: White / Purple / Black / Slate / Burgundy / Gray
Health Counselor Reprint............................................................$0.50
Structural Integration and the Rolf Method
Boulder Style Magazine Reprint....................................................$0.50
8 x 10 picture of Peter Melchior or Ida P. Rolf.................$10.00
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GSI Men’s Cotton Tanks: Med, Lg, X Lg .........................$12.00
Colors: White / Black / Blue / Gray (logo in front/‘Gravity’ back)
GSI Ladies’ Ribbed Cotton Tanks: S, Med, Lg ....................$12.00
Colors: White / Black (logo in front/back blank)
Miscellaneous Items 
Finger Cots: Sm, Med, Lrg .......................................................$8.00
Client Consent Form..............................................................$5.00
GSI General Information Catalog ................................No Charge
Ida Rolf on Structural Integration (Audio Tape - 40 min).....$10.00
GSI Logos (Ready for the Printer) ...................................No Charge
Work Bench & Work Table Construction Plans......No Charge
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Neal Powers
Emmett Hutchins
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Ida Pauline Rolf, Ph.D
May 19, 1896 – March 19, 1979
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A
dministrative
Policies
Attendance
Students are required to attend classes on a full-time basis,
100% attendance, unless excused by the instructors. Unexcused absences and habitual tardiness, or leaving class session
early, will be discussed with the student and may be cause for
termination.
Fail - A “fail” grade indicates that a student did not understand
the material presented, did not perform the work required,
or was found to be unsuitable due to misconduct, unexcused
absences, or the inability to relate to others sufficiently. A
failing grade indicates that a student will need to satisfy and
address the concerns, and then re-apply to repeat the course.
Grading
Progress Reports/Interviews
Students are graded on a pass/fail/conditional pass-incomplete
basis. Performance is indicated as follows:
Pass – A “pass” grade indicates the student’s ability to
understand the material presented, successfully complete
assignments, successfully demonstrate their ability to participate, and, when appropriate, complete the sessions (or
massage) in a mature manner.
Conditional Pass−Incomplete – An “incomplete-conditional”
grade indicates that a student needs further work in areas such
as emotional maturity, or structural (SI) sessions, or education
in anatomy/physiology, or hands-on practice in massage before
continuing into the next course of training. The instructors
and the School Director will meet with the student who appears to need further work, discuss these concerns, and check
in with the student throughout the training course. After the
final interview, the School Director will write a letter based
on the instructors’ written report outlining concerns. The
student will need to address the concerns and write a letter
before applying for the next phase of training. If a student
needs work with a psychotherapist for greater self-awareness
or overcoming problems, then a letter will be required from
the therapist as well. If it is determined that the student requires more sessions to embody the work, a letter from the SI
Practitioner will also be required.
Except when a student is apparently having problems (which
results in talks with their instructors and written reports), all
students have an interview at the end of their course. At this
time, the instructors give verbal evaluations and invite comments about their experience. Progress is measured by the student’s understanding of the material presented during the class
discussion, and by demonstrations. Instructors will submit a
written report/notes regarding the student’s strengths and areas
for improvement. The written report will be in the student’s
file and available for subsequent teachers.
Conduct
Students are expected to behave maturely. Students demonstrating disruptive behavior problems, violence, abusive
language, or who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be subject to termination. Re-admission will only
be granted if the student satisfactorily addresses the stated
problem.
Facilities
The Guild for Structural Integration classroom and administrative offices are located at 2363 Spruce St., Boulder,
Colorado. We are easily accessible from Denver where Hwy.
36 turns into 28th Street.
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The Guild has a large, well-lit classroom, and in the main
house we have a selection of books for student use. For
structural analysis, we have a computer and video camera
with an imaging system. We have SI tables, benches for
back work. There is a room where students meet with
their assistant teacher(s)...and a small room to rent for
private clients.
The Guild offers Three-Day and Six-Day workshops with
different teachers in different locales. After at least a year
with a full time practice a Practitioner may enroll in the
Guild’s six-week Advanced Training Course.
The facility includes a kitchen with a refrigerator,
microwave, toaster. Mornings we provide bagels and
cheeses, teas and coffee. We love our space here and find
that it is relaxing and supportive of students - a peaceful
environment for learning.
The Guild web site is: www.rolfguild.org. The graduate’s
phone number and e-mail will be posted in the Practitioner
Directory. Updated information about workshops and trainings is also posted on the web pages.
Subscriber Fee
Upon graduating, Guild Practitioners agree to pay the
Guild an annual fee of $150. This fee is due yearly, on the
15th of January. The first year the fee is waived.
Other Student Information
Dress Code: Dress is casual and comfortable. Bring layers
since the room is kept warm.
Placement Assistance: Not available. However, when we
receive a request for an SI Practitioner in a certain area,
we post this as an announcement in our annual ONLINE
Magazine.
Advanced Training and Continuing Education: After training,
Practitioners enjoy taking Continuing Education Workshops.
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Transcripts: Transcripts are given to students at the end of
graduation, along with a packet of articles that the Guild
sells, the GSI logo, and other related articles and information.
Refund Policy
A. A full refund of all monies paid if the school does not accept the applicant.
B. A full refund of tuition minus the Application Fee and $300 if the applicant withdraws from a class they were enrolled in and expected to attend.
C. A full refund of tuition is paid in the event that the school has to cancel a scheduled class, or the tuition may be transferred to the next available class.
D.A student terminating his/her training will be given a prorated refund based on how many days the student attended class.
E. A student’s previous training credit is granted on a case by case basis. It shall not impact the refund policy. GSI does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other institution, state message boards or governing bodies licensing SI state to state, unless there is a written agreement with another institution. Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to ascertain information regarding massage laws in order to practice in each State.
J. The basis of a refund (ie, time based or lesson based) shall be identified in writing to the student.
n Structural Integration, we expect to give a cycle of ten sessions. There is a reason for this. We are not
dealing with local problems. We are not dealing with the kind of thing that you can say, “Well, I fixed
that, that’s all.” We are dealing with an intent to make a body a sturdier human being, to make a body more
secure, more adequate within the field of gravity. This requires that muscles be balanced, and need to be
balanced around a vertical line. And, when I talk about balancing muscles, I’m talking about balancing the
right side against the left side; about balancing the front of the body against the back of the body; and finally,
about balancing the innermost muscles against the outermost muscles, the inside against the outside. This
is the most important of those balances, and we start from the outside working in, and it takes us ten hours
before we can get to the place where we can really balance the outside against the inside. — Ida P. Rolf
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taff and Instructors
Richard Stenstadvold
Susan Melchior
President of The Guild
School Director
Richard was Director of the “original” Guild for Structural
Integration (which became the Rolf Institute) for eighteen
years, 1971−1989. Prior to that, he worked for Adolph’s
in Los Angeles as General Manager from 1958−1971.
His generosity, personal
management style, commitment to and close relationship with Dr. Rolf all
went toward shepherding
the young organization
through the Seventies and
Eighties... until it became
a thriving entity.
Susan met and served Dr. Rolf in the late Sixties at Kairos
Institute, where Dr. Rolf conducted classes. Susan owned
and operated a successful catering service at that time.
She was inspired and transformed by Dr. Rolf ’s work,
and in the early Seventies
moved to Colorado with
her husband, Peter, to raise
a family and help with the
new organization. She was
the School Director for
the Rolf Institute from
1983–1990.
Richard reorganized the
Guild for Structural Integration in 1989. His plan
was designed to preserve
Dr. Rolf ’s traditional teachings while developing her dream
of “satellite schools.”
Richard’s commitment to Dr. Rolf ’s vision and his personal
promises to her inspire us all as we witness the results of his
“labor of love”: a high-quality school and an exceptional,
talented community of people, dedicated to the traditional
teachings of Dr. Ida P. Rolf.
In 1991, Susan joined her
longtime friend and coworker, Richard Stenstadvold, as School Director
for the Guild, where she
continues to be inspired and transformed by the work of
Structural Integration.
Her organizational, business and counseling skills, combined with genuine goodwill and easy laughter, make Susan
the central figure at the Guild’s home office.
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Emmett Hutchins
Jeff Linn
Emmett began his studies with Dr. Rolf in 1965. Her
influence, both personally and professionally, have made
a profound impact in his
life...which he shares so
beautifully with students
and colleagues alike. Dr.
Rolf and Emmett had a
close relationship until
her death in 1979.
Jeff is an Advanced Certified Structural Integration
Practitioner, somatic practitioner and Massage Therapy
Instructor who has practiced Structural Integration
and bodywork for over 25
years. He began his studies
in SI at the International
Professional School of
Bodywork (IPSB) in San
Diego, with Dr. Edward
Maupin, author of the widely
used and respected text
on structural integration,
'A Dynamic Relation to
Gravity.' Jeff studied and
taught with Dr Maupin
from 1987. In 1994 he
moved to Boulder to deepen
his studies in Structural Integration and complete Advanced
Training at the Guild. His 19 years of affiliation with the
Guild have included extensive time studying and teaching
with both Peter Melchior and Emmett Hutchins. He also
holds a certificate in Advanced Structural Integration from
the Rolf Institute. A computer hobbyist, Jeff developed and
supports the unique computerized structural assessment
system used in our classrooms in Boulder and Kauai.
Faculty
In 1971, Emmett cotaught his first class in
Structural Integration
with Peter Melchior.
They were Dr. Rolf ’s first
appointed Instructors and
both have been integral in developing and teaching her
work ever since.
Emmett’s talented hands and unique mastery of the work
combined with his theoretical abilities, metaphysical studies
and exceptional dedication put him in a class of his own.
His particular style in his practice and in the classroom is
famous worldwide.
Neal Powers
Faculty
Neal began his studies with Dr. Rolf in 1971. He was
President of the Rolf Institute for six years as well as being on the faculty. He has
been teaching Structural
Integration since 1981.
Neal’s classes are primarily
in San Francisco, where he
also maintains a private
practice.
Neal has a great ability to
clearly deliver the principles and theories of the
SI work, and with his
amazing sense of humor,
strong spiritual and family
base, he has become a guiding light for many Practitioners.
Neal’s uniqueness is his greatest gift, and his commitment
and dedication to training students in Dr. Rolf ’s work
continues to be demonstrated over and over again.
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Faculty
As well as his numerous bodywork certifications, he holds
certificates as a teacher of Hatha Yoga and Meditation from
the Integral Yoga Institute. Jeff teaches the Guild's prerequisite course, and both basic and advanced trainings. His
teaching and practice are informed by his wide background
in bodywork, his long-standing contemplative practice, and
his extensive study of the original classroom recordings of
Dr. Rolf's teachings.
Liz Stewart
Faculty
Liz is an Advanced SI
Practitioner, a Guild gradute
and member who embodies
the e as e o f Str u c tu r al
Integration. She helps each
student find his/her inherent
s t re n g t h , a d a p t a b i l i t y,
resilience and authenticity
through traditional teachings
that can be practically applied.
Liz challenges students to
go more deeply, not through more pressure, but through
deeper consideration, presence and intention. What's more,
she shows students how to do it.
Whether she is helping someone with chronic pain or helping athletes increase their performance, this basic principle
is the underlying foundation for all of her work.
Liz's classes develop and hone practitioners' skills. She helps
her students see more clearly and feel more connections. Liz
is compassionate and kind; she doesn't have sharp edges.
She is comfortable not knowing every answer, but uses the
questions we have as practitioners to create great sessions
and a powerful learning environment.
“Dance as if no one were watching, sing as if no one were listening, and live every day as if it were your last.” Irish Proverb
Liz carries the wisdom of 20 years' experience and lessons
from her mentors including Peter Melchior, Dorothy Nolte
and other direct students of Dr. Rolf. She has developed
the work into her own style, language and message.
Amber Burnham
Faculty
Amber is an Advanced Structural Integrator. She has been
practicing therapeutic bodywork since 1995 after graduating from the Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT)
Professional Program. In
1999, she also completed the
Clinical Career Track and the
Structural Integration Track
at UCMT. She was fortunate
to work with UCMT founder
Norm Cohn, and Steven Padgen for her initial training in
the 10 sessions of Structural
Integration, and later with
Andy Crow. In 1999, Cohn
asked her to revise and teach
UCMT’s movement class.
Thus began her love of teaching – a love that has continued to the present.
She completed her Advanced Five Series training with Emmett Hutchins. In addition to her teaching at UCMT, she
has gained extensive experience serving on the GSI faculty
in Kauai, Hawaii, and Boulder, Colorado.
Amber's approach to Structural Integration comes from the
basic principle that the human body is a self-healing organism. When all the parts of the body fit together, move freely
and are functioning properly, then health and well being
become our natural state instead of pain and discomfort.
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SMOKE SIGNAL
An old lion with
no teeth sits quietly at the mouth of his cave.
His memories are neither good nor bad, merely images.
The mind is not as soft as the body
and old songs are more than nostalgia
to the heart still open and beating like a Spirit Drum.
The old ones may look funny to you
and there is much more that is to be done,
but you will not find the trail in your dreams, or alone.
Our time is simply over, you know.
It is burned into Mother Earth, leaving a trail for you to follow,
and all her creatures are waiting to follow you.
All your ancestors look into your time
demanding your eventual growth into maturity.
We can leave as legacy only everything we could not do.
The only acceptable payment for the Gift of Life is to live it fully to say Yes, and to mean it.
We leave you here with simple blessings and an awesome duty.
— Peter Melchior, June 4th, 1995
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The Guild For Structural Integration
2653 Spruce Boulder, CO 80302
OFFICE: 303-447-0122 • 800-447-0150 • FAX: 303-447-0108
E-MAIL: gsi@rolfguild.org / School Dirctor: susan@rolfguild.org
Web: http://www.rolfguild.org
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for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
Member of Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
Published January 2012, Volume XVIIII