Guest guest Posted January 10, 2002 Report Share Posted January 10, 2002 sweetie...this is the wrong board! whats nxt organic socks and questions about tree hugging? TBRX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2002 Report Share Posted January 10, 2002 "Hello, somebody outside who can tell something about the differences between rolfing, hellerwork and zentherapy?"<br><br>Check out:<br><a href=http://www.rolf.org target=new>http://www.rolf.org</a><br><a href=http://www.rolfguild.org target=new>http://www.rolfguild.org</a><br><a href=http://www.hellerwork.com target=new>http://www.hellerwork.com</a><br><a href=http://www.zentherapy.org target=new>http://www.zentherapy.org</a><br><br>And some books:<br>Rolfing by Ida Rolf<br>Bodywise by Joseph Heller<br>Bodytherapy by William S. Leigh<br><br>Rolfing is the original "deep tissue massage", aiming to reallign the body by manually stretching tense fascia. They cover the whole body in a series of 10 one-hour sessions. It can be painful. Hellerwork was developed by Joseph Heller, one of the first Rolfers, who thought that Rolfing should not have to hurt. They cover the whole body in a series of 11 one-hour sessions. Zentherapy was developed by William "Dub" Leigh after studying with Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrias, and zen master Tanouye Tenshin Rotaishi. Supposedly Zentherapy integrates principles of "ki" with bodywork, whatever that means. His book (above) covers his studies with Rolf, Feldenkrias, and Roshi. I'm not totally sure what actually happens in a Zentherapy session.<br><br>Many serious yogis are also into bodywork therapy. (For instance, Tias Little <a href=http://www.yogasource-santafe.com/staff/index.htm target=new>http://www.yogasource-santafe.com/staff/index.htm</a> )Some would consider it important, others may consider it totally unnecessary. I am of the opinion that theoretically you can accomplish anything by yourself with asana practice that could be accomplished by someone else working on you. But in some cases, it may be 10 or 100 times faster to have some deep tension removed by some serious bodywork. It could give someone a huge boost down the path of asana practice. It can also be worth reading and studying the above books even if you never get any bodywork just to learn more about tension in the human body. If you want to get some bodywork, it probably doesn't matter what kind as much as how good the therapist is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 TBRX, all these are bodytherapies. Don't you know that the first series of Ashtanga-Yoga is called yoga chikitsa, (body-)therapy? Lu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 Hey Lu....yep, i do know about the 1st. series and yoga chikitsa. Thanx for reminding me..xx TBRX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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