Introduction to Structural Integration*: A Hands-on workshop for Massage and Bodywork Practitioners
With Russell Stolzoff, BCSI, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, LMT and Jenny Rock, Certified Advanced Rolfer®, LMT
Saturday and Sunday April 6 & 7, 9:00am – 5:30pm (14 NCBTMB Approved CEU Hours) | Bellingham, WA
If you have ever been curious to know more about Structural Integration, this 2-day workshop is the perfect opportunity to dip your toes in the water and come away with valuable tools you can use right away.
You will learn:
- What Structural Integration is, how it is similar and yet very different from massage
- What fascia is and the integral role it plays in the architecture of the body structure
- How to contact and manipulate fascia to create balance and integration
- How to see the body as a whole, create treatment goals, and decide where to work
- What is involved in training to become a Structural Integration practitioner
Course outline
Day 1
- What is Structural Integration, where did it come from, and what does it do?
- What is fascia, where is it, and why is it so important?
- The role of seeing in the process of body reading
- The role of palpation in assessment and treatment
- How to contact and manipulate fascia
- Perceiving fascia’s role in relation to skin, muscle, nerve and bone
Day 2
- How to recognize Structural Integration with our eyes and hands
- The role of movement analysis in determining where to work
- How to contact and manipulate fascia to address strain and misalignment
- Using visual and palpatory body reading to create regional treatment goals
- Evaluating effectiveness
Course Location: Chrysalis Inn and Spa | 804 10th Street | Bellingham, WA 98225
Contact: Russell Stolzoff r | call/text (360) 920-9668 | Cost: $495
Russell Stolzoff has been a Rolfing® Structural Integration practitioner for
34 years. He is a senior instructor at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute where he is one of only 11 instructors worldwide to teach the Advanced Rolfing Certification training. As a teacher he is passionate about helping practitioners to develop their skills in order to become more precise and effective. As a practitioner he is continually striving to improve his own understanding of the body and his ability to help clients live more comfortably in their bodies. Russell helps clients of all ages and occupations with issues related to pain, movement and performance.
Jenny Rock has been a Licensed Massage Therapist for 34 years, a Certified Rolfer for the last 22 years, and a Certified Advanced Rolfer since 2017. Jenny received her BA in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, has trained as a Life Coach with two different schools, and has taught personal development workshops. Through bodywork Jenny helps clients recover from chronic pain and injury. She is passionate about helping people to reach their goals, remove blocks, and catapult forward, whether through bodywork or teaching and coaching. Jenny currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute, and previously served on the Oregon Board of Massage Practical Exam Task Force.
*This course presents Structural Integration concepts and techniques. The course is not a Rolfing® Structural Integration course, is not affiliated with the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (DIRI), and does not qualify attendees to claim they are a Certified Rolfer®, are certified by DIRI, or are doing Rolfing® Structural Integration.
Past Workshops
Advanced Body Reading, Assessment, and Session Planning
This Course offers individualized supervision in a group formant. Each participant will have the opportunity to interact and explore in detail their way of assessing, planning, executing and evaluating the results of sessions. Russell will present and demonstrate his simple and unique way creating confirmation between the steps of seeing (static posture and in movement), hands-on assessment and palpation, doing the session, evaluating the response, and the overall results. Supervised sessions with class partner and group discussions are a part of the course.
Russell Stolzoff’s style of teaching is personal and group oriented. He is passionate about the unique perspective of Structural Integration and way it transforms people’s function and experience of embodiment. Over the course of his 26 years as a Rolfer he has developed simple ways of perceiving and effectively treating the most important issues clients present.
Limited to 10 participants | $200 Deposit to reserve space in the course. | $450 if Registered before March 15th!
Instructor: Russell Stolzoff | April 29, 2016 – May 1, 2016 | 9:00AM – 6:00 PM PST | 3 RISI Manipulation Credits | Cost: $595
**This course can be offered in your location. Contact Russell to arrange details: **
Advanced Rolfer™ Training
View course listing on The Rolf Institute® of Structural Integration’s Website: Click Here
Creating Successful Therapeutic Relationships: Online Webinar
In this brief and informative online seminar, Russell will describe the essential components of establishing and maintaining relationships with clients in the Structural Integration context. You will learn simple and easy to implement steps that will help you start client relationships off on the right foot, and make dynamic adjustments that better serve your clients and you.
Russell Stolzoff has been a Rolfing SI practitioner for 26 years and a Rolf Institute instructor for 13 years. His extensive studies in body psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing have helped him craft a simple and humanistic approach to creating positive therapeutic relationships. He enjoys sharing these ideas and seeing practitioners put them to use easily and effectively.