Success Stories

By Certified Advanced Rolfer® Pedro Miguel Gonçalves de Amorim, Norway/Portugal   My journey to becoming a Rolfer began in March 2015 at the Rolfing® Spectrum [now Level 1 training] in Agatharied-Munich. At that time, I was primarily working with Shiatsu and Acupuncture but felt something was…

By Michael Hartmann, Physiotherapist, Magdeburg, Germany  As a physiotherapist with many years of experience, I have always been searching for new approaches to enrich my practice and provide my patients with holistic treatment. The decision to pursue my Rolfing® training at the Dr. Ida Rolf…

By Susan, Rolfing® client, Aix-en-Provence, France    I have severe Scoliosis and have been seeing Rolfers® for over 40 years.  My name is Susan. I was a forceps baby, born with a broken collar bone. Perhaps it was this early physical trauma combined with a tumultuous home life that contributed…

By Louise Almgren, Certified Advanced Rolfer® - Stockholm, Sweden  I often reflect on my journey with Rolfing® Structural Integration, from both the perspectives of a practitioner and a receiver: how it began as a physical journey and unfolded into a way of life, a pathway of learning about and…

Although I had my first Rolfing® session 45 years ago when I was still working as a professional musician, my recall of the experience is still very present. At the time, I had been playing all kinds of drums and percussion instruments since I was quite young. But my Rolfing experience was whilst…

“After the first Rolfing® session, I found I could breathe again and I actually thought, ‘do I really need all ten sessions, I feel so much better already!’ Then overtime, I realised it made sense as each session is just one part of the whole thing, and I experienced fantastic things in so many of…

In this conversation, Certified Rolfer® and Rolf Movement™ Practitioner, Claudia Kroczek reconnects with her client, Natasha B (33 years), 18 months after she completed her Rolfing ‘Ten Series’ to check up on her progress. A Sales Manager in a Fitness Centre, Natasha saw Claudia every two to three…

“By the end of the ten Rolfing® sessions, Eric was almost unrecognisable. In his last email to me he said: ‘You took fifty years off my life and now I feel like a teenager!’ Says Begoña Fontana Urriza. I am speaking to Begoña Fontana Urriza, a Certified Rolfer® in Spain, and her client, Eric Weber…

“With every Rolfing® session I discovered something new about my body and the world around me, my vision became wider… and so did my photography. I achieved an entirely new state of wellness. Rolfing has changed my life. It resolved my back pain and gave me the ability to walk without pain.”  Says…

“For me, the results of Rolfing® were immediate. I wanted to get out of this vicious cycle of pain and Henrike said something that made a big impression on me: Henrike said ‘Don’t think about how you are walking. Stay in your head and look around you. Try to avoid thinking about your legs!’  Before…

Rolfing® was so profoundly “life-changing” for Professional Opera Singer Florian Thomas, he decided to move to the UK with his wife, become freelance and to train part-time to become a Certified Rolfer®. The European Rolfing® Association invited me to meet Thomas and investigate further. Sitting…

This month, two of our Certified Advanced Rolfers® Miquel de Jong and Aman Andres Kohlbach have been working closely behind the scenes with the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, to support their globally acclaimed dancers in a very special four-day performance at the New Luxor…

Why did you try Rolfing® and how did you discover it? I started taking piano lessons when I was 7 years old. I played regularly and practiced up to 5 hours a day until I graduated from high school. Eventually I developed back pain, which was clearly noticeable in everyday movements as well as…