Bodywork & Massage Center

What is Structural Integration?
Structural Integration is a scientifically validated body therapy developed in the 1930's by Dr. Ida P. Rolf. Unlike massage, Structural Integration is bodywork that focuses not on the muscles but on their protective layer called fascia (also known as connective tissue).

How is Structural Integration practiced?
Structural Integration is performed in a ten-session sequence designed to align and balance the body by lengthening and repositioning the fascia. Structural Integration also re-educates the individual to become aware of body movement patterns creating tension and mis-alignment in the body. The goal of a Structural Integration practitioner is to create a balanced, vertical and integrated body while considering the supportive benefits of the gravitational field.

What Structural Integration degrees or certificates are available?
Certification programs for Structural Integration vary with each school. It is important to ensure that the training program you choose offers the original teaching of Structural Integration as developed by Ida Rolf.

Zen Bodytherapy

Zentherapy methods recognize that from birth to death, life is a flow of energy. This energy takes shape by our attitudes, our emotions and our bodies. Zentherapy methods release the natural form of the body from the aberrations caused by physical, chemical and psychological traumas.

These aberrations misalign the body and block the free flow of energy within the body and between the person and the universe. The blocks and misalignment prevent a person from realizing the full potential of being human and experiencing the oneness of all life. Once the blocks are removed, the body can be aligned and the body, mind and spirit will move to a higher plateau.

Zentherapy has a recipe for processing the body. Many techniques are used to get the desired results: Ida Rolf , Nimmo’s trigger point work, , Feldenkrais, Berry work and the teachings of Tanouye Roshi.