𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 ... 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢 𝐄𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤

 

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 "𝐀𝐈" ... 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 ...

 

As noses go, Dick's is a humdinger.

𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ... 𝐗𝐗𝐗 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 ... 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐅.

This guy named Dave goes to the Doctor with a concern. Okay, stop a minute. BTW This is about a guy named "Dave". That's the writers name too, but it's just a coinquidink.

You see first there was a obvious pattern to it. Dave would be steppin' out on the town as is his per usual, and seeing him his friends would say, "Dude, you don't look too good! Real bad. Whassa matter, Boy?" Dave snap back, "But, I feel fine!" "Peachy keen!" "Fine and dandy!" "Spot on!" "You jivin' me?"

This exchange would go down often enough however what to make Dave think it's time for a visit to the old Doc.

So, there he goes. One step into the Doctor's office and the Doctor gets up abruptly, runs over to him and grabs hold of him: "Get in here, Boy! You ain't lookin' so good! Bad!"

"Now, what seems to be the trouble?"

"Well, Doc, that's just it. Everybody's tellin' me that I look bad, but I feel fine! Damn good, in fact. What goin' on, huh?"

"I see", says Doc. 

"Let's see", says Doc.

He's called "Doctor" [or "Doc" for brevity, if you're into that thing. (TU The Dude ... The Big Lubowski.)] But, he's not a Doctor in the conventional sense. No formal schooling. Self-taught, but well and thorough. And, kind. Worked it down to the Four Pillars of Health". Some use the term "whittled". "Quintessence" if you wanna get fancy.

The Doc reaches for his obviously well used, self-published book of symptom diagnosis.

Studiously leafing through the tome ...

"Let's see ... 'Looks good, feels good'. No, Boy, that definitely ain't you!

"Looks bad, feels bad." Nah.

" 'Looks good, feels bad.' No, that not you neither. (We got plenty of pills for that!) And I know a really good plastic surgeon."

"Okay. I got it! Here you are ... 'Looks bad, feels good'.

The anticipation is killing poor Dave. "So? So? What is it? Tell me!"

 "Boy, you a Pussy!"

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚 ... 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬

Going beyond all objects and subjects is the king of views.

Absence of distraction is the king of meditation.

Absence of effort is the king of conduct.

Absence of hope and fear reveals the fruit.

Beyond the objects of concentration, the nature of mind is clear.

There is no path to walk—you have already entered the path of the Buddha.

There is nothing to get used to. When you get used to this, you have attained the unsurpassable.

Tilopa

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 ...

 

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞!

  

We can accept the doings in Gaza now that Bibi has clarified for the world that those critters are Amelekites [sub-human]. Lord knows, we don’t want to contradict the Chosen One of the Chosen Ones, that would be anti-Semitic.  Or the goings on with Iran, for what reason* is not at all clear. Just a bunch of "untermenschen" anyway over there too. BTW don’t forget the "goyem" around the world; useful idiots all. 

But, oil at $200.00 per barrel[?]... we must draw the line! C’mon.

*This just in: Since we’re justifying things on — ahem — Biblical exegesis — not by any means scholarly, but for purposes of self-serving, political convenience, some say— it turns out that after all the rhetoric is sifted through we’re in for an apocalyptic experience. 

No worries. That is, if you’re a Good Jew**. Or, a Christian zionist; but only the good ones of those bunch of literal Bible thumpers.

 

**Like Bibi.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 ...

 

𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐙𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 ... "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐰"

 

𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐏. 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ... 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬

Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration

... Inside of the Inside of its Classic Ten Lessons 

My profession is Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration; certified as a Rolfer in 1981. I am as enthusiastic now as ever over the potential for Humans to learn to live consciously growing in alignment with the Force of Gravity ... for optimal health, peak performance, and full creative expressiveness. Enjoying being really alive!

This is written to specifically lay out the themes and goals. And in particular, what it is in terms of it’s being a received experience. Literally, a "body" of knowledge. Not book learning; but a realized, tangible take away. You feel it. “The proof in the pudding” kind of thing.

This is not just an intellectual exercise. If you go to the meat and potatoes topics and imagine each within yourself, that is a DIY approach anyone can do on their own. Individualized guidance and assistance is what Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is for.

For a comprehensive presentation of what goes into this peerless and definitive body of work here is a link to the Standards of Practice which lays out all the many particulars in detail.

Traditional Classic Dr. Ida P. Rolf Method Structural Integration is formatted in a ten session series. There is informed touch and guided movement. There are distinct themes and hallmark goals for each session in the series.

Dr. Ida P. Rolf originated this approach toward the evolution of full human potential. She named it “Structural Integration”. Practitioners of this approach use manual touch and guided movement, working in partnership with their clients addressing areas of the body related to each session’s theme and goal[s].

This method is not a therapy. It is a training, with lessons; there’s homework. Living in balanced alignment with the Gravitational Force of the Earth is the essential goal ... “Gravity is the tool. Gravity is the therapist” [IPR]. But this is not a didactic, intellectual exercise ... it’s experiential; there’s a takeaway, ownership. The creative potential of standing in your own right, on your own two feet. As a whole Human Being. Free from outdated and unnecessary conditioning(s). It is “somatic” and “wholistic”. Somatic in the sense that the whole Human being is engaged, but at the somatic/tactile body level. Wholistic in that all levels are affected ... body, mind, psyche, spirit.

Dr. Rolf practiced and taught in the mid-late 20th Century. The work was called “Rolfing”; and practitioners, “Rolfers”. Her original school was the Rolf Institute for Structural Integration; now as the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute. Graduates of that school are certified to practice under the registered name as “Rolfers”; and as members they are entitled to call the work “Rolfing”. Since the Institute’s founding in 1971 several other schools have branched out internationally, each under different identity names. Schools which practice in line with Dr. Rolf teachings are recognized by the International Association of Structural Integration.

This lays out the inner side of the work. Think of each of the elements as embodied understandings, not just concepts. Practical and recognizable “percepts”.

Each session carries over and is incorporated into the next. Then that set is further incorporated into subsequent; and so on. Like climbing stairs to get to a higher floor.

As I said, you can do this yourself. Just sit for a while and take in each of the sessions as listed below. The wording is mine, let what speaks to you come of its own. And, again, these are not distinctly separate. The idea is to integrate the whole bunch of them into a whole. "Integration." Kapische?

[You are welcome to comment and/or ask questions. See below.]

INSIDE THE TEN [10] SESSIONS ... 

OUTCOMES/OWNERSHIP

1-2-3 SURFACE SET

1. “BREATH” — There’s breath. I’m alive! Breath moves my body ... everywhere.

2. “BASE” — I can sit ... just sit. I can stand ... just stand. My feet are my foundation. The Earth is my place. Right here. Right now.

3. “SPACE” — My body has dimension. It has orientation and direction ... front/back, side to side, up and down.

4-5-6-7 CORE SET

4. “ENTER” — My body has a center. Inside. It goes up.

5. “EXPAND” —Moving upward. Expanding inward.

6. “LEVEL”— Horizontality. Feels even.

7. “TOP” — My head goes on top. Squarely.

8-9-10 “INTEGRATION/COMPLETION SET

8. “ADJUST LOWER HALF” — From waist down. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.

9. “ADJUST UPPER HALF” — From waist up. Fine tune. Detailing. Connecting.

10. “STACKED” — Together. A whole. Complete.

THE TAKE AWAY


Things feel symmetrical side to side. Horizontal/even. Connected. Uplifted. “Oh! That’s integrity”. Autonomy. Net, net ... “10 toes in front of two feet”. Simple, like “Chop wood.” “I’m alive!” "WOW!"