Dr. Andrew Weil

Tip: The Advantages of Rolfing

Rolfing is not simply massage. It’s a form of bodywork intended to restructure the connective tissue (or fascia). Basic Rolfing consists of 10 intensive sessions in which the practitioner applies firm pressure with the fingers and elbows to specific parts of the body. For people who are open to rolfing, it can be a great way to get more in touch with your body — and change long-standing problems of bad posture and chronic pain (like back pain). Rolfing can also release repressed emotions as well as diminish habitual muscle tension. If you want to make some kind of change in your life and work on your body, you might consider rolfing.For a referral in your area, contact the Rolfing Institute of Structural Integration.

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“Since I began my sessions with Wanda I have felt much less tension in my back and shoulders, and an increased awareness of how different areas of my body feel.”

“Wanda is a very skilled and knowledgeable rolfing therapist. My sessions with her have brought major changes to my body-mind-emotional system. Posture is now upright and open, walking is an easy and fluid movement, and breathing is efficient rather than a chore. Wanda’s use of rolfing enabled me to dredge up and release long buried emotional debris. We are very fortunate to have a person of Wanda’s caliber in our midst."

“Wanda Silva’s expertise in the art of Rolfing is amazing. Her knowledge of body work and restructuring comes with care and compassion. During my time with her I was relieved of chronic pain throughout my body and began to know myself from inside. I have never felt so confortable in my own skin. Thank you Wanda!”

“My wife Courtney and I have been seeing Wanda for a few months now. We feel as we have been “put in touch with ourselves”, both mentally, and physically. Wanda has an amazing ability to learn your body, understand its troubled areas, and get to the root of the problem. It is as if she is able to re-build you, make you understand that this is the way your body should be, and what to do to maintain that state of being. We have both gained tremendously from these sessions. We thank you and will continue to tell people about this wonderful skill.”

"At 39, after a youth of competitive gymnastics and many small injuries, my body hurt almost continually. I was taking aspirin daily at the full allowable amount - something had to change. So, I began seeing a terrific chiropractor. For the next 25 years, that was the bargain. I could manage the pain with weekly trips for treatment, but, I could never be more than a week or two between visits. Then I was told about Rolfing and Wanda. On the first appointment, to my surprise, Wanda was not concerned with my pain location. Her method involved understanding my body’s relationship to gravity. She then systematically started breaking down the adhesions, scar tissue and facia that held my body in place. By this method, she moved my body into the posture it required to align properly with gravity. About a month after Wanda’s treatments began, I realized I wasn’t waking up and taking note of what hurt most. I can now go months between treatments. For me this was a miracle."

Wanda Silva Rolfing

Silva Rolfing® – North Florida!

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