Fascia is the connective tissue that covers every muscle, organ, tendon and Ligament. It is continuous form head to toe and covers the entire body . Imagine a sausage casing – this is what fascia is like.
Fascia is considered the organ of form. It shapes our body and makes us who we are. As we grow and deal with gravity, we naturally lose the elasticity within the fascia making our bodies rigid, tense and stiff.
As a result of pain, tension and stress, the fascia thickens and hardens over time and becomes dense and fibrous losing it’s elasticity and causing the all types of discomfort aches and pains.
The ten series of Structural Integration will re-hydrate and re-shape the fascia so our body is long in length, soft to the touch and feels more comfortable, giving us the fluid and graceful movement, posture and performance we had when we were younger.
Ida P. Rolf, a native New Yorker, graduated from Barnard College in 1916.